This map categorizes countries based on their inclusion in three key international development frameworks:
1. Human Development Index (HDI): Refers to nations classified as having “Very High Human Development” by the UNDP. This index accounts for life expectancy, education (years of schooling), and Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
2. World Bank (WB) High-Income: Includes economies with a GNI per capita above the World Bank’s “High-Income” threshold.
3. IMF Advanced Economies: Economies identified by the International Monetary Fund as “Advanced” based on their per capita income level, export diversification, and degree of integration into the global financial system.
The map uses a tiered color scale based on the number of these criteria a country satisfies:
* Tier 1 (3 criteria): Represents the highest level of international consensus (e.g., USA, Germany, Japan).
* Tier 2 (2 criteria): Nations that are not yet classified as an “Advanced Economy” by the IMF (e.g. Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Chile and Uruguay).
* Tier 3 (1 criterion): Nations meeting specific benchmarks (like High Income [Guyana] or Very High HDI [Argentina]).
Purple_Topic_1459 on
So is IMF the strictest and HDI the loosest?
scraperbase on
A developed country should have good public transport.
Having visited both China and the US several times, I am pretty sure that China is more developed than the US.
iamgigglz on
Sheesh, Kazakhstan surprises me
sf_sf_sf on
They should treat the US as 50+ separate countries and color the map base on that….
ArkGuardian on
Is this saying French Guina is developed just cause it’s a territory and not a country?
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This map categorizes countries based on their inclusion in three key international development frameworks:
1. Human Development Index (HDI): Refers to nations classified as having “Very High Human Development” by the UNDP. This index accounts for life expectancy, education (years of schooling), and Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
2. World Bank (WB) High-Income: Includes economies with a GNI per capita above the World Bank’s “High-Income” threshold.
3. IMF Advanced Economies: Economies identified by the International Monetary Fund as “Advanced” based on their per capita income level, export diversification, and degree of integration into the global financial system.
The map uses a tiered color scale based on the number of these criteria a country satisfies:
* Tier 1 (3 criteria): Represents the highest level of international consensus (e.g., USA, Germany, Japan).
* Tier 2 (2 criteria): Nations that are not yet classified as an “Advanced Economy” by the IMF (e.g. Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Chile and Uruguay).
* Tier 3 (1 criterion): Nations meeting specific benchmarks (like High Income [Guyana] or Very High HDI [Argentina]).
So is IMF the strictest and HDI the loosest?
A developed country should have good public transport.
Having visited both China and the US several times, I am pretty sure that China is more developed than the US.
Sheesh, Kazakhstan surprises me
They should treat the US as 50+ separate countries and color the map base on that….
Is this saying French Guina is developed just cause it’s a territory and not a country?
This seems wrong