Human Development Index The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) uses the Human Development Index (HDI) in an attempt to summarize in one number the progress in health, education, and economics...

Human Development Index The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) uses the Human Development Index (HDI) in an attempt to summarize in one number the progress in health, education, and economics of a country. In 2010, the HDI was as high as 0.938 for Norway and as low as 0.14 for Zimbabwe. The gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC), by contrast, is often used to summarize the overall economic strength of a country. Is the HDI related to the GDPPC? At the top of the next column is a scatterplot of HDI against GDPPC.