Activity 5 Introduction The Human Development Index prepared by the United Nations is acknowledged as a good indicator of quality of life in today s world context The index takes into account education adult literacy and school enrollment life expectancy a surrogate for various health data and economic well being gross domestic product per capita or GDP to determine a measure of standard of living Raw data are converted into an index to make them comparable then averaged to produce an overall index the HDI The HDI ranges between 0 and 1 Procedure 1 The data collected by the United Nations for a selection of countries is provided below 2 Calculate the Human Development Index HDI for each country by averaging the index for LIFE EXPECTANCY EDUCATION and GDP HDI LIFE EXPECTANCY Index EDUCATION Index GDP Index 3 e g Angola HDI 25 38 50 3 37 3 Using a different color for each lightest color least plot the values of each country using these categories in order to make a map 80 High HDI 50 Medium HDI 0 49 99 Low HDI 4 Is there a global pattern for this index Does the concept of core periphery help to explain global trends Explain 5 Which country has the highest HDI Lowest 6 Which factor do you feel has the most influence in the index There is no right or wrong answer here but clearly explain your response Geography 201 Human Geography Dr Sarah Bednarz Fall 2007 Combined primary secondary and tertiary gross Life Adult expectancy literacy rate enrolment ratio at birth age 15 years and above 2001 2001 2000 01b Angola Australia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Central African Republic China Egypt France Ghana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Islamic Rep of Japan Jordan Kuwait Korea Rep of Lao People s Dem Rep Mali Mexico Nepal Peru Philippines Poland GDP per capita PPP US 2001 Life expectancy index Education index GDP index 40 2 79 0 71 8 73 7 60 5 67 8 45 8 42 0 97 0 87 9 40 6 87 3 24 8 29 114 69 81 54 95 22 2 040 25 370 3 090 16 060 1 610 7 360 1 120 0 25 0 90 0 78 0 81 0 59 0 71 0 35 0 38 0 99 0 88 0 86 0 45 0 90 0 24 0 50 0 92 0 57 0 85 0 46 0 72 0 40 57 4 40 4 68 7 48 2 55 24 1 860 1 300 0 54 0 26 0 64 0 40 0 49 0 43 70 6 68 3 78 7 57 7 49 1 68 8 63 3 66 2 69 8 85 8 56 1 72 7 50 8 75 6 58 0 87 3 77 1 64 76 91 46 52 62 56 64 64 4 020 3 520 23 990 2 250 1 860 2 830 2 840 2 940 6 000 0 76 0 72 0 90 0 54 0 40 0 73 0 64 0 69 0 75 0 79 0 63 0 96 0 64 0 51 0 71 0 57 0 80 0 73 0 62 0 59 0 91 0 52 0 49 0 56 0 56 0 56 0 68 81 3 70 6 76 3 75 2 90 3 82 4 97 9 83 77 54 91 25 130 3 870 18 700 15 090 0 94 0 76 0 86 0 84 0 94 0 86 0 73 0 96 0 92 0 61 0 87 0 84 53 9 65 6 57 1 620 0 48 0 63 0 46 48 4 73 1 59 1 69 4 69 5 73 6 26 4 91 4 42 9 90 2 95 1 99 7 29 74 64 83 80 88 810 8 430 1 310 4 570 3 840 9 450 0 39 0 80 0 57 0 74 0 74 0 81 0 27 0 86 0 50 0 88 0 90 0 95 0 35 0 74 0 43 0 64 0 61 0 76 Geography 201 Human Geography Dr Sarah Bednarz Fall 2007 Qatar Russian Federation Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Sweden Thailand Turkey Uganda United States Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe 71 8 66 6 81 7 99 6 81 82 19 844 7 100 0 78 0 69 0 82 0 93 0 88 0 71 38 2 34 5 68 0 36 0 52 51 1 250 470 0 22 0 16 0 63 0 41 0 42 0 26 50 9 85 6 78 11 290 0 43 0 83 0 79 55 4 79 9 68 9 70 1 44 7 76 9 58 8 95 7 85 5 68 0 34 113 72 60 71 94 1 970 24 180 6 400 5 890 1 490 34 320 0 51 0 91 0 73 0 75 0 33 0 86 0 51 0 99 0 88 0 77 0 69 0 97 0 50 0 92 0 69 0 68 0 45 0 97 69 3 33 4 35 4 99 2 79 0 89 3 76 45 59 2 460 780 2 280 0 74 0 14 0 17 0 91 0 68 0 79 0 53 0 34 0 52 Geography 201 Human Geography Dr Sarah Bednarz Fall 2007