Explain why the proportion of workers in each of the four economic sectors differs between countries with a high HDI score and those with a much lower HDI score.
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Gerald Jonker, Jan Harmsen, in Engineering for Sustainability, 2012
Basic Human Needs
The Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations exhibits four key aspects on the basics of human quality of living: infant mortality, population growth rate, longevity, and (il)literacy[49], p202. Every world citizen can be believed to strive to an HDI of close to one, implying a fulfilling of the basic needs. Figure 3.9, showing both the HDI and the ecological footprint, reveals the desired area to be in [69,70].
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FIGURE 3.9. Meeting the dual goals of sustainability: high human development and low ecological impact, depicted for a snapshot of countries as the Global Footprint Network's Ecological footprint at the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). An HDI above 0.8 is defined by the United Nations Development Programme's as an high human development. In the box in the right corner an HDI above 0.8 can be achieved within the Earth's limits.
© Global Footprint Network (2009). Data from Global Footprint Network National Footprint Accounts, 2009 Edition; UNDP Human Development Report, 2009 [69].