List of regions of the United Kingdom by Human Development Index

The following list sorts the regions of the United Kingdom according to their Human Development Index .

The Human Development Index is a method of calculating the level of development of a country or region. The HDI not only takes into account the gross national income per capita, but also life expectancy and the duration of training based on the number of school years a 25-year-old has completed and the expected duration of a child's education at school age. The HDI was essentially developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq , who worked closely with the Indian economist Amartya Sen and the British economist and politician Meghnad Desai .

Calculation method

As of the Human Development Report 2010, the three dimensions are calculated as follows:

• Life expectancy index: life expectancy at birth (LE)
• Education index: Average school attendance (DSD) and expected school attendance (VSD) in years
• Standard of living : Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (GNIpk), PPP US $

1. Life Expectancy Index (LEI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{LE}}-20}{85{,}0-20}}}$
2. Education Index (BI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{DSDI}}+{\text{VSDI}}}{2}}}$

   2.1. Average School Attendance Index (DSDI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{DSD}}-0}{15{,}0-0}}}$

   2.2. Estimated School Attendance Index (VSDI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{VSD}}-0}{18{,}0-0}}}$

3. Income Index (EI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {\ln({\text{BNEpk}})-\ln(100)}{\ln(75000)-\ln(100)}}}$

Finally, the HDI is calculated as a geometric mean from the three dimensions: ${\displaystyle {\text{HDI}}={\sqrt[{3}]{{\text{LEI}}\cdot {\text{BI}}\cdot {\text{EI}}}}.}$

LE: life expectancy at birth

DSD: Average duration of school attendance (number of years that a person aged 25 or older has attended school)

VSD: Estimated length of school attendance (number of years a 5-year-old child will likely go to school)

BNEpk: Gross national income per capita adjusted for purchasing power in US dollars

Regions according to HDI

Map of the regions of Great Britain by HDI in 2017.

> 0.950

0.920-0.950

0.900 - 0.919

0.885 - 0.899

<0.885

All 12 UK NUTS2 regions according to the development of their Human Development Index from 1990 to 2017. A country with a similar Human Development Index in the same year is also given. With a value of 0.922, the United Kingdom was ranked 14th in the Human Development Index, making it one of the countries with very high levels of human development.

rank	region	1990 HDI	2000 HDI	2010 HDI	2017 HDI	Increase 1995-2017	Comparable country
1	London ( England )	0.805	0.901	0.946	0.968	▲ 0.163	Norway
2	South East ( England )	0.786	0.881	0.918	0.932	▲ 0.146	Singapore
3	South West ( England )	0.781	0.872	0.908	0.919	▲ 0.138	Finland
4th	Scotland	0.760	0.854	0.892	0.914	▲ 0.154	Belgium
5	East of England ( England )	0.772	0.864	0.897	0.910	▲ 0.128	Japan
6th	North West ( England )	0.763	0.855	0.893	0.908	▲ 0.145	Austria
7th	East Midlands ( England )	0.763	0.855	0.892	0.906	▲ 0.143	Austria
8th	West Midlands ( England )	0.763	0.854	0.886	0.905	▲ 0.142	Israel
9	Yorkshire and the Humber ( England )	0.764	0.855	0.888	0.903	▲ 0.139	Israel
10	North East ( England )	0.754	0.845	0.885	0.897	▲ 0.143	Slovenia
11	Northern Ireland	0.754	0.845	0.881	0.887	▲ 0.133	Czech Republic
12	Wales	0.751	0.841	0.877	0.883	▲ 0.132	Italy
	United Kingdom	0.775	0.868	0.906	0.922	▲ 0.147	United States

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HDR_2013_EN_TechNotes (PDF) Page 2.
2. ^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .