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Human Development Index (HDI)

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Human Development Index scores, by country. HDI is a composite of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development: very high, high, medium, and low. The rankings are viewed as the extent to which people are able to do things in life. HDI is a measure of the "potential" that people have to achieve economic and social goals, not necessarily whether all persons actually achieve such goals.

A world map shows the Human Development Index for different countries. Dark blue (more than 0.9): Canada, U S A. Blue to light blue (0.5 to 0.9): Brazil, Russia, north and South Africa. Very light blue (less than 0.5): most central countries of Africa.

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Countries

Human Development Index (HDI)

Language Families

French as Official or de facto Language

Class

Rank

Value

Austronesian

Austronesian and Papuan

English

English and areas of persisting indigenous languages

Papuan

Value

81.6%7.90%15.2%24.9%86.2%
87.5%
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