The United Nations (UN), to analyze the level of social development of a country, uses the Human Development Index (HDI) as a criterion. This index consists of the average obtained through the analysis of three factors: Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (calculated based on purchasing power parity - PCC); people's level of education (average years of schooling in the adult population and expected number of years of schooling.); population life expectancy (life expectancy at birth).
HDI values range from 0 to 1, rich countries have an HDI close to 1, developing nations have an HDI closer to 0.
The European continent has the largest number of countries among the first in the Human Development Index measurements. This fact is a consequence of planning and high investments in the social area for decades.
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Check out the European countries with the highest HDI indexes.
Norway - 0.944
Switzerland - 0.917
Netherlands (Netherlands) – 0.915
Germany - 0.911
Denmark - 0.900
Ireland - 0.899
Iceland - 0.895
Sweden – 0.898
UK – 0.892
Liechtenstein: 0.889
France - 0.884
Austria - 0.881
Belgium - 0.881
Luxembourg – 0.881
Finland - 0.879
Slovenia - 0.874
Italy - 0.872
Spain - 0.869
Greece - 0.853
The countries on the European continent that have the lowest averages of HDI are:
Lithuania: 0.834
Croatia: 0.812
Latvia: 0.810
Montenegro: 0.789
Belarus: 0.786
Romania: 0.785
Russia - 0.778
Bulgaria: 0.777
Arzebaijan - 0.747
Serbia: 0.745
Georgia - 0.744
Ukraine - 0.734
Macedonia: 0.732
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 0.731
Armenia - 0.730
Albania – 0.716
Azerbaijan: 0.713
Moldova - 0.663
By Wagner de Cerqueira and Francisco
Graduated in Geography
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/o-idh-dos-paises-europeus.htm
