What is the HDI?
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary composite index that measures a country's
average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge, and
income. It was first developed by the late Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq with the
collaboration of the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and other leading development thinkers for the
first Human Development Report in 1990. It was introduced as an alternative to conventional
measures of national development, such as level of income and the rate of economic growth.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life (health), access to knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living (income). Data availability determines HDI country coverage.
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