Ariddia
18-04-2006, 18:17
I don't think this has ever been done before; correct me if I'm wrong. The Human Development Index (HDI) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index) is a theoretical measure of the well-being of a population. If you're interested in calculating your nation's HDI, a list, ranking or database of sorts could be established.
The HDI is established on the basis of three factors: life expectancy, education and GDP.
How to calculate your nation's HDI
1. Life expectancy
This one's reasonably simple. Take your population's average life expectancy, and subtract 25. Divide the result by 60. You'll obtain a life expectancy index between 0 and 1. (If it's above or below, consider it to be 0 or 1 accordingly.)
Example for Ariddia:
78.6-25= 53.6
53.6/60= 0.89
2. Education
This one's more complex. The education index relies on two sub-factors. First, adult literacy. Take the percentage of literate adults in your nation, and divide it by 100 to get an index between 0 and 1.
For Ariddia: 99.6/100= 0.996
The second factor is enrolment in education. To calculate this, establish what percentage of your nation's children which could/should attend primary education actually do so, and establish the percentage also for secondary and teriary education. Calculate the average of these three percentages. Now divide it by 100 to obtain an index between 0 and 1.
(Or, if you can't be bothered, just assign an index as you see fit, between 0 and 1. ;) )
For Ariddia: 97.5/100= 0.975
Last step: The final index for education is two thirds of the adult literacy index + one third of the education enrolment index.
For example, for Ariddia: 2/3x0.996 + 1/3x0.975= 0.664 + 0.325 = 0.989
3. GDP
The complexity of this one would be fairly ghastly, so I've simplified it. Your nation has got a UN classification for its economy - somewhere between Imploded and Frightening. There are 15 ranks. Using this page (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Economic%2C_Political%2C_and_Civil_Rankings), you can see where your nation ranks (between 1 and 15). Simply take that number between 1 and 15, and divide it by 15, to obtain an index between 0.07 and 1.
For example, Ariddia's economy is Imploded, so 1/15= 0.07.
Total
You now have three indexes: one for life expectancy, one for education and one for GDP. Add them up, and divide the total by 3. Hey presto, a Human Development index, which should normall be between 0 and 10. ;)
For Ariddia: 0.89 + 0.989 + 0.07 = 1.949
Divided by 3, that gives Ariddia an HDI of 0.65.
The HDI is established on the basis of three factors: life expectancy, education and GDP.
How to calculate your nation's HDI
1. Life expectancy
This one's reasonably simple. Take your population's average life expectancy, and subtract 25. Divide the result by 60. You'll obtain a life expectancy index between 0 and 1. (If it's above or below, consider it to be 0 or 1 accordingly.)
Example for Ariddia:
78.6-25= 53.6
53.6/60= 0.89
2. Education
This one's more complex. The education index relies on two sub-factors. First, adult literacy. Take the percentage of literate adults in your nation, and divide it by 100 to get an index between 0 and 1.
For Ariddia: 99.6/100= 0.996
The second factor is enrolment in education. To calculate this, establish what percentage of your nation's children which could/should attend primary education actually do so, and establish the percentage also for secondary and teriary education. Calculate the average of these three percentages. Now divide it by 100 to obtain an index between 0 and 1.
(Or, if you can't be bothered, just assign an index as you see fit, between 0 and 1. ;) )
For Ariddia: 97.5/100= 0.975
Last step: The final index for education is two thirds of the adult literacy index + one third of the education enrolment index.
For example, for Ariddia: 2/3x0.996 + 1/3x0.975= 0.664 + 0.325 = 0.989
3. GDP
The complexity of this one would be fairly ghastly, so I've simplified it. Your nation has got a UN classification for its economy - somewhere between Imploded and Frightening. There are 15 ranks. Using this page (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Economic%2C_Political%2C_and_Civil_Rankings), you can see where your nation ranks (between 1 and 15). Simply take that number between 1 and 15, and divide it by 15, to obtain an index between 0.07 and 1.
For example, Ariddia's economy is Imploded, so 1/15= 0.07.
Total
You now have three indexes: one for life expectancy, one for education and one for GDP. Add them up, and divide the total by 3. Hey presto, a Human Development index, which should normall be between 0 and 10. ;)
For Ariddia: 0.89 + 0.989 + 0.07 = 1.949
Divided by 3, that gives Ariddia an HDI of 0.65.