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List of municipalities in Amazonas by HDI

This is a list of municipalities in Amazonas 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 62 municipalities in the state of Amazonas, none of them have very high HDI (equal to or greater than 0.800), 1 has high HDI (between 0.700 and 0.799), 14 have medium (between 0.600 and 0.699), 40 have low (between 0.500 and 0.599), and 7 have very low (less than 0.500). The HDI of Amazonas is 0.674 (considered medium).

Criteria

Categories

The index varies from 0 to 1, considering:

  • <span style="color:#0000FF;">Very high</span> – 0.800 to 1.000
  • <span style="color:#00A86B;">High</span> – 0.700 to 0.799
  • <span style="color:#F4C430;">Medium</span> – 0.600 to 0.699
  • <span style="color:#FF8C00;">Low</span> – 0.500 to 0.599
  • <span style="color:#EE0000;">Very low</span> – 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