The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the development of countries based on statistical data of life expectancy, education, and income. While this data is collected country by country, the data can reflect entire regions in a range from very high human development to low human development.

Which of the following regions of the world has the lowest ranking human development on the HDI?

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the Demographic Transition Model?

Which of these regions scores the highest on the Human Development Index?

Which of the following would not directly result in a higher human development index (HDI)?

Which of the following three countries best represent Stage 4 of demographic transition?

What is the sum of all economic activity produced by a country in a given period of time?

The HDI (Human Development Index) takes into account the factors of Industrialization. As cities and countries develop, they can improve their industry or add new industry, becoming new industrial cities or new industrial countries.

Which of the following countries can be defined as New Industrial Countries?

Which of these are considered as part of the Human Development Index?

I. Income

II. Sanitation

III. Nutrition

IV. Education

V. Life expectancy

The Human Development Index (HDI) was created by the United Nations (UN) to measure a country's level of development. Development is the process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology. As the development process is continuous and constantly fluctuating, the HDI rating of any given country changes year to year. Categorization of development is simplified by terming countries as either developed or developing, based on what their HDI ranking is. A developed country has progressed further along the development continuum than a developing country and the UN considers these countries to have a very high development. A developing country has generally made some progress towards development but less than that of the developed countries. The UN further divides the developing countries into levels of "high", "medium", and "low" development.

The UN HDI considers development to be a function of three factors:

1.) A decent standard of living

2.) Access to knowledge

3.) A long and healthy life

Each country is given a score for each of the three factors, which are then combined into an overall HDI. The highest HDI possible is 1.0 (or 100%).

It is not surprising that the three most developed regions in the world according to the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) are Australia, Europe, and North America. There are many regions of the world which have an overall low HDI ranking which is caused by only one or two of the factors considered in classifying rank. Which region of the world has the lowest HDI, mainly influenced by the low rank of the "long and healthy life" factor?

Which of the following societies would most likely be undergoing Stage 2 of the demographic transition?