United States Human Rights Development Index Survey

 http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/USA.html

United States

Human Development Index

Ranking

4

Year	United States	Very high human development	OECD	World
2011	0.910	0.889	0.873	0.682
2010	n.a.	n.a.	0.872	0.679
2009	0.906	0.885	0.869	0.676
2008	0.907	0.885	0.869	0.674
2007	0.905	0.882	0.866	0.670
2006	0.904	0.879	0.863	0.664
2005	0.902	0.876	0.860	0.660
2004	n.a.	n.a.	0.859	0.665
2003	n.a.	n.a.	0.855	0.659
2002	n.a.	n.a.	0.852	0.654
2001	n.a.	n.a.	0.848	0.650
2000	0.897	0.858	0.840	0.634
1999	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1998	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1997	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1996	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1995	n.a.	n.a.	0.815	0.613
1994	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1993	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1992	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1991	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1990	0.870	0.810	0.792	0.594
1989	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1988	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1987	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1986	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1985	n.a.	n.a.	0.769	0.576
1984	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1983	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1982	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1981	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
1980	0.837	0.766	0.749	0.558

Human Development Index

Read more about the Human Development Index

Health

Life expectancy at birth (years)

78.5

Indicator	Value	Notes
Expenditure on health, public (% of GDP) (%)	7.1
Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)	8
Life expectancy at birth (years)	78.5
Health index	0.923

Education

Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years)

12.4

Indicator	Value	Notes
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP) (%)	5.5
Expected Years of Schooling (of children) (years)	16.0	1
Adult literacy rate, both sexes (% aged 15 and above)	n.a.
Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years)	12.4	2
Education index	0.939
Combined gross enrolment in education (both sexes) (%)	93.5

Income

GNI per capita in PPP terms (constant 2005 international $) (Constant 2005 international $)

43,017

Indicator	Value	Notes
GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	41,761
GNI per capita in PPP terms (constant 2005 international $) (Constant 2005 international $)	43,017
Income index	0.869

Inequality

Inequality-adjusted HDI value

0.771

Indicator	Value	Notes
Income Gini coefficient	40.8
Loss due to inequality in life expectancy (%)	6.6
Loss due to inequality in education (%)	3.7
Loss due to inequality in income (%)	32.4
Inequality-adjusted education index	0.905
Inequality-adjusted life expectancy index	0.863
Inequality-adjusted income index	0.587
Inequality-adjusted HDI value	0.771

Poverty

MPI: Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) (%)

n.a.

Indicator	Value	Notes
MPI: Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) (%)	n.a.
MPI: Intensity of deprivation	n.a.
MPI: Headcount ( k greater than or equal to 3), percentage population in poverty (% of population)	n.a.
MPI: Population living below $1.25 PPP per day (%)	n.a.

Gender

GII: Gender Inequality Index, value

0.310

Indicator	Value	Notes
Population with at least secondary education, female/male ratio (Ratio of female to male rates)	1.004
Adolescent fertility rate (women aged 15-19 years) (births per 1,000 women aged 15-19)	35.9
Labour force participation rate, female-male ratio (Ratio of female to male shares)	0.811
GII: Gender Inequality Index, value	0.310
Shares in parliament, female-male ratio	0.202
Maternal mortality ratio (deaths of women per100,000 live births)	24

Sustainability

Adjusted net savings (% of GNI)

-0.8

Indicator	Value	Notes
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita for calc (tonnes per carbon)	4.7
Endangered species (% of all species)	21
Ecological footprint of consumption (global hectares per capita)	8.0
Adjusted net savings (% of GNI)	-0.8	3
Greenhouse gases per capita (tonnes of CO2 equivalent)	3.7
Fresh water withdrawals (% of actual total renewable water resources)	15.6	4
Natural resource depletion (% of GNI)	0.7
Carbon dioxide per capita emission (growth 1970-2008) (%)	-0.6
Forest area (thousand ha)	303,256	5
Change in forest area (%)	2.3
Impact of natural disasters: number of deaths (average per year/million) (average per year per million people)	n.a.
Impact of natural disasters: population affected (average per year/million) (average per year per million people)	n.a.
Environmental performance index (EPI)	n.a.
Forest area (% of total land area)	33.2

Demography

Population, total both sexes (thousands)

313,085.4

Indicator	Value	Notes
Population, total both sexes (thousands)	313,085.4
Population, urban (%) (% of population)	82.6	6
Population, female (thousands)	158,523.57
Population, male (thousands)	154,561.81

Composite indices

Nonincome HDI value

0.931

Indicator	Value	Notes
Nonincome HDI value	0.931

Footnotes