Question

What are the criteria used to measure human development?

Answer 1

The three basic components of HDI to know about the development of the countries is as under:

1.Life expectancy at birth, as an index of population health and longevity

2.Knowledge and education, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (with one-third weighting).

3.Standard of living, as measured by the natural logarithm of gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity.