Human Development Report and statistical database (UN)
The Human Development Report and statistical database is updated annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The underlying statistical data set – and HDI global ranking – are accessible via this UNDP portal .
The UNDP has developed four 'composite indices for human development' used in the annual Report, which covers all countries in the UN system:
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The Human Development Index
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The Gender-related Development Index
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The Gender Empowerment Measure
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The Human Poverty Index
Online coverage from 1990 to present is available on the UNDP portal .
The Library holds earlier reports on paper at SER 30 HUMAN on the garden floor of the Badia Library.
The methodology of the Human Development Report is available from the UNDP.
Human Development reports from 1990 to present are available via this UNDP link .
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu