Historical Index of Human Development: with GDP metric vs. without GDP metric, 2015

The Historical Index of Human Development (HIHD) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: life expectancy, literacyrates, educational enrolment, and GDP per capita. This is shown below using an index which does include GDP versus the index without GDP.

HIHD without GDP0.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9HIHDChinaChinaIndiaIndiaUnited StatesUnited StatesIndonesiaIndonesiaPakistanPakistanNigeriaNigeriaJapanJapanEgyptEgyptSpainSpainUkraineUkrainePolandPolandNigerNigerEcuadorEcuadorEstoniaEstoniaIsraelIsraelOmanOmanAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America1.2B1.2B400M400MDots sized byPopulation(historicalestimates)