The only surprise to me is Spain, I wouldn’t have called that.
North Pole? Good job, then.
So, since already we’ve got comments apparently unable to read either the title nor the map legend, here’s you reminder that “more developed” = “higher HDI”, with the following for a state X:
HDI(X) = 3rdroot(LEI(X) * EI(X) * II(X))
LEI(X) = ((Life expectancy at birth(X)) – 20)/65
EI(X) = (MYSI(X) + EYSI(X))/2
MYSI(X) = (Mean years of schooling(X))/15
EYSI(X) = (Expected years of schooling(X))/18
II(X) = (ln(GNI_pc(X)) – ln(100))/(ln(75000) – ln(100))
Note that, while a lot of these magic numbers do have bases in the real world, they are still fundamentally chosen arbitrarily, and the whole metric is far from neutral.
What does it actually mean? Seriously, Italy might not be the richest country in the world, but I would certainly choose living in Italy over several of the countries in blue on this map.
It looks dangerously close to the map of “developed countries”.
If anyone wondered, Italy is 30th for HDI and 35th for IHDI. If anyone really wants to know where their country ranks for quality of life though, Google the OECD Better Life Index and then alter the weightings to reflect what you care about.
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Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index)
More developed how?
Is really Spain more developed than Italy?
The only surprise to me is Spain, I wouldn’t have called that.
North Pole? Good job, then.
So, since already we’ve got comments apparently unable to read either the title nor the map legend, here’s you reminder that “more developed” = “higher HDI”, with the following for a state X:
HDI(X) = 3rdroot(LEI(X) * EI(X) * II(X))
LEI(X) = ((Life expectancy at birth(X)) – 20)/65
EI(X) = (MYSI(X) + EYSI(X))/2
MYSI(X) = (Mean years of schooling(X))/15
EYSI(X) = (Expected years of schooling(X))/18
II(X) = (ln(GNI_pc(X)) – ln(100))/(ln(75000) – ln(100))
Note that, while a lot of these magic numbers do have bases in the real world, they are still fundamentally chosen arbitrarily, and the whole metric is far from neutral.
What does it actually mean? Seriously, Italy might not be the richest country in the world, but I would certainly choose living in Italy over several of the countries in blue on this map.
It looks dangerously close to the map of “developed countries”.
If anyone wondered, Italy is 30th for HDI and 35th for IHDI. If anyone really wants to know where their country ranks for quality of life though, Google the OECD Better Life Index and then alter the weightings to reflect what you care about.
Estonia *just* misses out.