- Source: List of municipalities in Roraima by HDI
This is a list of municipalities in Roraima ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010. The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen.
According to the list, of the 15 municipalities in the state of Roraima, none of them have very high HDI (equal to or greater than 0.800), 1 has high HDI (between 0.700 and 0.799), 9 have medium (between 0.600 and 0.699), 3 have low (between 0.500 and 0.599) and 2 have very low (less than 0.500). The HDI of Roraima is 0.707 (considered high).
Criteria
= Categories
=The index varies from 0 to 1, considering:
Very high – 0.800 to 1.000
High – 0.700 to 0.799
Medium – 0.600 to 0.699
Low – 0.500 to 0.599
Very low – 0.000 to 0.499
= Components
=The HDI of the municipalities is an average between the income index, life expectancy index and educational index.
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References
See also
Geography of Brazil