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Human Development (2013)

Not a real history video, but I've wanted to do this for a while. A list of all countries by the official Human Devopment Index. Information: ...

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supermaletperson commented on 30 Nov 2015

Puerto Rico is not part of USA!

Kenpachi Zaraki commented on 05 Dec 2015

+supermaletperson Uhm it is

Joonaaskr commented on 25 Jul 2015

Norway is at Nr.1 not 9 you idiot

MrAtlfan21 commented on 19 Aug 2015

+Bulgarian Mapping Dang it, my two favorite countries fighting, when they are both right, with the exception of Monaco (a city state) Norway is the #1 country in terms of development. But because of territories they are # 9.

Bulgarian Mapping commented on 31 Jul 2015

+Jonas Otterhaug No ... idiot ...

myrdmixmaximx commented on 11 Jun 2015

My country has 0.920 :D (number 17)

AW3S0MER commented on 10 Nov 2015

Meins auch ;)

OwnageCubed commented on 11 Jun 2015

How is North Korea better than most African countries?

KillerShaws commented on 29 Jun 2015

+Юлиан Гантман So? My brother could be a mass murderer (he's not) but that wouldn't make me one would it?I do not understand what you are trying to say about N+S Korea

Юлиан Гантман commented on 29 Jun 2015

+KillerShaws Don't forget Saudi Arabia and Israel - beloved allies of US. And don't mix brittish and us interests. Kim Jong studied in Switzerland. And his brother goes to brittish operas in London.

KillerShaws commented on 29 Jun 2015

+Юлиан Гантман Is that why SK is one of the United States and United Kingdom's closest allies? And NK is one of the United States and United Kingdom's most hated enemies???????????

Юлиан Гантман commented on 29 Jun 2015

+KillerShaws well, I can say that both of them share common ksenofoby towards non koreans, you know, still one nation.

KillerShaws commented on 29 Jun 2015

+Юлиан Гантман well korean could mean north or south korean, two very different countries

Юлиан Гантман commented on 29 Jun 2015

+KillerShaws *propaganda freeman, its still a juche totalitarian singleparty militaristic dictatorship/despoty

KillerShaws commented on 29 Jun 2015

+Юлиан Гантман *Korean

Юлиан Гантман commented on 25 Jun 2015

Free medcine, free education, no hobo policie, ok police and fireteams, semi-industrial economy. Better then Africa or Afghanistan. But Cuba is way better, cause any latinos is way more chill than any corean.

Visualization of Human Development Index - Interactive Maps & Graphs (data from 2009 UNDP report)

Explore this interactive map through StatPlanet: //www.statsilk.com/maps/world-stats-open-data This is a brief visual exploration of the Human Development ...

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StellandBlood commented on 24 Dec 2011

"The government knows that the unemployment rate is a statistic with great implications. Therefore multiple administrations have adjusted the number from its original calculation to make it look as low as possible. Inflation controls the cost of living increases that are paid to employees by both the government and private companies,to minimize the cost of increases, institutional power (both public and private) has an incentive to use a calculation method that minimizes the inflation rate."

Ander Galeatxe commented on 27 Feb 2011

@ivanspiks Ill take Chile as example, cus its one of the few countries that do not need their people to go away to get a better life (Chile is the only LAmerican country where migration is positive). But take this into account: I hate Pinochet's abuse and US influence in the way he stopped left-wing policies. However, if you watch the current Chilean international exchanging economic model, what has made it succesful, it's 80% based on Pinochet's and the US's model. That is how it is =) or =(

ivanspiks commented on 26 Feb 2011

@wotsup9oo You have to remember how the US became the 1st power: By going to wars they had nothing to do with. It's pretty easy to become a developed country when you destroy the competition, since Europe was left in ruins after both world wars. If there is anything we shouldn't immitate, is US example. You have to remember that most dictatorships in Latin America were U.S. funded and/or supported. I wouldn't like to immitate a system that puts money over everything, incluiding human life.

Ander Galeatxe commented on 26 Feb 2011

@ivanspiks And listen well, Im not American and Im not defending them. Im not racist and Im not offending any race. Americans have always pretended theyre the world saviours, but theyre far from that. What I meant was about American (from THE Americas) culture: The US was the first developed nation here and in the world: They are capitalism, and that culture is what promoves competitiveness. Most Latin American succesful countries follow the same American-European example. It's just that.

Ander Galeatxe commented on 26 Feb 2011

And abput the States my point was that the main GDP source in El Salvador, for example, come from wages from ppl living abroad, mainly in the US, and the problem is that these kind of countries' governments dont care about encouraging people to have (what we occidental ppl call) a good quality of life. This HDI chart is based on common European habits, and no one can deny that, Im not saying is good or bad that for some cultures it is right to die at 50, but theyre clearly different =)

Ander Galeatxe commented on 15 Oct 2010

I'm not defending the States. I'm just saying capitalism is a practice natural in european (and maybe well adopted by japanse or korean) people. It's hard for native peoples from Africa and the Americas to adopt capitalism. That's why it always seems that the fewer white people, the lower HDI for every country. It's really hard for a Salvadoreño to let drugs, bad habits, and think ahead living in poverty. Education is the solution, but the US can't educate people who's born abroad.

Varoonmg commented on 05 Dec 2011

@TheSaman67 Iran has a Human Development Index of 0.707 and ranks 88th But it doesn't have any data as far as Inequality-Adjusted HDI is concerned because its GINI Coefficient figures are missing... Why lie on the internet?...People always find out... P.S: Posting one's qualifications on YouTube, whether true or not, will usually attract scepticism from others... I for instance Graduated Summa Cum Laude From Harvard University in Quantum Physics....if you chose to believe me...

nema1218 commented on 22 Apr 2010

I am an American,I don't understand why Americans become angry when their country is not number one?Why call the UN a socialist organization and all the name calling?Some say I still love my country,the HDI never said you should not love your country!LOL HAHAH!Why do my fellow Americans take this personally?Niger is ranked last,and still it's people love their country.You guys miss the point.Congrats to Norway,a very peaceful and high standard country.

Ander Galeatxe commented on 15 Oct 2010

@TimW1983 In the usa the 99% is immigrant!! and they are constantly renewing immigrants did you know that estimates say that in next american census latin american will be the majority?? (considering italian americans, spanish-americans, and hispanics) Now, you compare the states with France?? Please!!!! In France gipsies are thrown away cause the dont like poor-minded immigrants. The USA is full of mexican indigenous peoples.

Ander Galeatxe commented on 05 May 2010

One thing you may not know The USA is an underrrated HDI country in the aspect that the poorer 10-15% population ave been SINCE CENTURIES newly immigrant peoples. So we can state that the US-born citizens, and even more, the US citizens whose parents were born in the US have a much higher quality of life and HDI than it is represented. European countries, but for Spain, dont have a so high immigration rate :)

Ander Galeatxe commented on 27 Feb 2011

@ivanspiks I know your politics view may influence you to hate or love the states. I find them abusive. But how I told you, that is how the world is stablished, and it is very difficult to develop an african or american country with a method different than capitalism. If I had to make the world, Id do it like John Lennon's imagine, but its too late. Anyway, its a good discussion the one i had with you

StellandBlood commented on 24 Dec 2011

"Data released by the government has been so adjusted for political purposes that it is no longer a reflection of what is happening in the economy. These are the descriptive statistics that are quoted in news programs that we collectively used to measure the health of the economy and even the fairness of the economy, and they have been helplessly jerry-rigged. A few examples are listed below:"

Ander Galeatxe commented on 27 Feb 2011

@ivanspiks Most europeans countries are capitalist, that is, follow the US example. You may not like it, I personally dont like it in many aspects, but if you dont, you MAY end up as Cuba or China. There are good and bad things about capitalism, and many bad about the US themselves. Im not setting the US as world example, Im setting it as Capitalism example. Do not get confused.

ivanspiks commented on 26 Feb 2011

So please, stop the apology to the United States. It's their intervention and explotation of the world that's kept many countries from developing, incluiding El Salvador, or should I have to remind you about the CIA intervention in El Salvador, the dead priests during the sandinist war, and how American companies take all the woods (and God knows what other natural resources)?

Ander Galeatxe commented on 26 Feb 2011

@ivanspiks My comment was an answer to someone who talked about world development. Im saying that some cultures (and I dont mean ethnic groups, cus Japanese and ppl from Singapour have very developed market culture and are not european) have higher interchange habits than others. Amerindians never needed that and will never unless they were forced to do it, as happens now.

ivanspiks commented on 26 Feb 2011

By the way, I'm Chilean too, and I don't need the US to educate myself. What Chilean students is quality education, but that takes money. Chile has money too, but it's taken by Spanish, Brittish and American companies exploding chilean natural resources, whose profits should go to chilean people, and not some wealthy bussinessman in London or New York.

Kevin Shen commented on 31 Jan 2010

@archiebunkerville I agree with you- the HDI is a measurement made up by the UN, who themselves are a bunch of socialists and one-world government types. Because of this, it is not surprising that top-ranked countries by HDI are mostly Socialistic European welfare states, namely the Scandinavian countries and many Western European countries.

ivanspiks commented on 26 Feb 2011

@wotsup9oo Your comment is rather racist and offensive. And pointing the US can't educate people who's born abroad, as if the US were meant to be the saviours of the worlds. Do you know what the US has to do? Stop intervening in the every countries bussiness. Egyptian revolution shoved it up to American faces: It's NOT everything about YOU.

Ander Galeatxe commented on 14 Aug 2010

@terrorfalc Im not excusing man, name an european country whose 80% of the population came from abroad to get a better life in the last 100 years. BTW Im not American (and dont give a fuck about them), But that's just true, 20% of poorer americans are mexicans-americans or latinamerican-americans

Kingofthemattock commented on 26 Apr 2012

The HDI Index isnt exactly a great system. It ignores Crime,Housing,Education,Healthcare Systems,Personal Freedom,Democracy,Gender Equality and Poverty rates,and focuses on Economies. The Inequalty Index puts the U.S.A in a misreable 23rd,below Slovakia....

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Human Development Index vs. Ecological Footprint per capita - Top 5 Performers, 1980 to 2005

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isohexanol commented on 18 Oct 2013

I don't think you should have much trouble identifying the US on that graph. Hint: it's that big yellow bubble in the top right hand corner that is going the wrong way.

Deana Cavan commented on 10 Jun 2013

Would really like to see the U.S. or the 5 countries doing the worst! Is this simulation available somewhere? Thanks for this post though.

International Business Club Debates The Human Development Index

On Tuesday, November 15, the International Business Club held a debate. The topic of the debate was "Is the Human Development Index a Good Way to ...

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Robert Sikora commented on 19 Nov 2011

Wonderful!!

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