Equatorial Guinea vs Eswatini: Human development index

Equatorial Guinea
0.551 HDI
in 2011
Eswatini
0.536 HDI
in 2011
Equatorial Guinea rank
13th
Eswatini rank
14th

Human development index over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini
00.20.40.6199020002011

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.551 HDI against 0.536 HDI in Eswatini, a difference of 0.015 HDI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Eswatini ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Eswatini ranks 14th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Human development index (HDI)
Unit
HDI
Source
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/data/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 459 data points, 1980–2011
Last refreshed

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices measuring achievements in each dimension. The HDI is the geometric mean of the three dimension indices and embodies imperfect substitutability across all HDI dimensions. It thus addresses one of the most serious criticisms of the linear aggregation formula, which allowed for perfect substitution across dimensions. Some substitutability is inherent in the definition of any index that increases with the values of its components. Data sources: Life expectancy at birth: UNDESA; Mean years of schooling: Barro and Lee; Expected years of schooling: UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Gross national income (GNI) per capita: World Bank.