what do you know about the compilation and interpretation of simple statistical data relating to human development
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long and healthy life (here is the Our World in Data entry on Life Expectancy)
– being knowledgeable (here are the Our World in Data entries on Literacy and the Global Rise of Education)
– and have a decent standard of living (here is the Our World in Data entry on Economic Growth).
This entry provides a basic overview of the Human Development Index (HDI) over the last few decades using the standard HDI methodology of the UNDP, as well as the long-term Historical Index of Human Development (HIHD), developed by Leandro Prados de la Escosura. The metrics of the HDI and HIHD are similar, but differ slightly in how they are used to derive the development index [further information on these measures can be found in our Data Quality & Definitions section].
Empirical View
The very long run perspective on human development through the HIHD
The economic historian Leandro Prados de la Escosura calculated the HDI over the course of 2 centuries, here termed the 'Historical Index of Human Development'. This data is shown below to give a long run perspective on human development.