Human Development Index vs. Historical Index of Human Development, 2015

The HDI is an index capturing life expectancy, expected and average years of schooling and gross national income (GNI) per capita and commonly used by the UN asan index measure of development.The HIHD is based on life expectancy, adult literacy, educational enrollment rates and GDP per capita.

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