Use the table. Which country would rank highest on HDI?

A researcher wants to compare the value of all final goods and services produced inside each country's borders in one year. Which measure fits best?

Two countries have the same GDP per capita, but one has much shorter life expectancy and fewer years of schooling. What limitation of GDP does this expose?

Use the table. Which country most clearly has high income but weak HDI components outside income?

Residents of a Pacific island country own many hotels and businesses overseas, and the profits flow home each year. Which measure adds that income to the value of production at home?

A country raises life expectancy and average schooling while income per person changes little, and its HDI rises. What does that show?

Read the bar graph. Which country has the highest GDP per capita?

A minister learns that the country's Gini coefficient rose from 0.30 to 0.45 over a decade. What does that change show?

A country reports rapid GDP growth because oil exports rose, while most households see little change. Which criticism fits GDP growth here?

Use the table. Which country best fits a higher HDI ranking than its income rank alone would suggest?

A geographer compares countries' average achievement in living long lives, being educated, and having a decent income. Which measure fits?

If two countries have similar GNI per capita but one has a much higher HDI, what is the most likely reason?

Use the map. Dark shading marks countries with HDI at or above 0.90. Which country is in the dark-shaded group?

Which of these does the Human Development Index NOT directly measure?

A country's expected years of schooling rise from 12 to 14 while life expectancy and income stay the same. What happens to its HDI?

Use the bar graph. Which country most likely has the largest economy by total GDP?

A planner wants a measure that reveals whether a country depends mostly on farming, manufacturing, or services. Which data should be used?

Two countries have the same HDI, but one has far higher carbon emissions per person. What limitation of HDI does this show?

Use the table. Which country has the strongest service-based employment structure?

A city-state has many foreign-owned factories, and their profits are sent to owners abroad. How does this outflow affect its GNI compared with its GDP?

A country has a high HDI score, but a rural minority lacks access to schools and clinics. Which limitation is exposed?

Use the table. Which pair shows how GNI per capita can differ from GDP per capita?

HDI has three dimensions: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Which indicator measures the standard-of-living dimension?

Over fifty years, a country's share of workers in agriculture falls from 45% to 10%. What does this shift most likely suggest?

Use the map. Dark shading marks countries where GNI per capita is above $40,000. Which option is dark shaded?

A journalist says total GDP proves Country X is more developed than Country Y, even though Country X has five times the population. What is the problem?

If a country raises life expectancy but loses ground in mean years of schooling, what does HDI require the analyst to do?

Use the table. Which country should be ranked lowest on this income-only indicator?

Many people in a country spend long hours cooking, cleaning, and caring for children at home without pay. How does GDP treat this work?

Country A and Country B have equal HDI, but Country A has much wider income inequality. Which separate measure would reveal that difference?

Use the bar graph. Which country is most likely to have the largest tertiary-sector share?

HDI measures income as GNI per person adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). Why does the index make that adjustment?

A small country hosts a tax office for multinational firms, causing very high GDP per capita without broad household prosperity. What caution applies?

Use the table. Which country combines the lowest primary-sector share with the highest life expectancy?

HDI uses the logarithm of income, so each extra dollar counts for less as income rises. Why is income transformed this way?