Human Development Index
Health, education and standard of living in a single UN ranking.
A gateway to a problem
The Human Development Index, prepared by the UN, brings health, education and standard of living together in one ranking. It is worth checking rankings and indicators for your region or country. Areas with low scores can be linked to the subject of your class and turned into a problem to solve.
Three dimensions of the index
HealthA long and healthy life
Measured by life expectancy.
KnowledgeEducation
Measured by years of schooling.
Standard of livingIncome
Measured by income per person.
From data to a problem
- 1Compare the three dimensionsSet side by side a chosen country’s or region’s scores for health, knowledge and standard of living.
- 2Find the dimension that pulls the score downAsk what lies behind it and what it looks like in everyday life.
- 3Choose a group to studyDescribe the people the problem affects and move on to talking with them in the Discover stage.
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