List of municipalities in Roraima by HDI


This is a list of municipalities in Roraima ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010.[1][2] The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen.[3][4]

According to the list, of the 15 municipalities in the state of Roraima, none of them have very high HDI (equal to or greater than 0.800), 1 has high HDI (between 0.700 and 0.799), 9 have medium (between 0.600 and 0.699), 3 have low (between 0.500 and 0.599) and 2 have very low (less than 0.500). The HDI of Roraima is 0.707 (considered high).[5]

Criteria

Map of HDI of the municipalities of Roraima.
Legend:
  Very high (no municipality)
  High (1 municipality)
  Medium (9 municipalities)
  Low (3 municipalities)
  Very low (2 municipalities)

Categories

The index varies from 0 to 1, considering:

  • Very high – 0.800 to 1.000
  • High – 0.700 to 0.799
  • Medium – 0.600 to 0.699
  • Low – 0.500 to 0.599
  • Very low – 0.000 to 0.499

Components

The HDI of the municipalities is an average between the income index, life expectancy index and educational index.

List

Rank Municipalities Data of 2010
HDI
Very high HDI
no municipality
High HDI
1 Boa Vista 0.752
Medium HDI
2 Mucajaí 0.665
3 São João da Baliza 0.655
4 Pacaraima 0.650
5 São Luís 0.649
6 Caroebe 0.639
7 Bonfim 0.626
8 Caracaraí 0.624
9 Rorainópolis 0.619
10 Cantá 0.619
Low HDI
11 Normandia 0.594
12 Iracema 0.582
13 Alto Alegre 0.542
Very low HDI
14 Amajari 0.488
15 Uiramutã 0.453

References

  1. ^ PNUD Brasil. "Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal, 2010 – Todos os Estados do Brasil" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. ^ Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil 2013. "IDHM Municípios 2010". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 29 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "História do Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  4. ^ "About HDRO". United Nations Development Programme. 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. ^ "2013 Human Development Atlas in Brazil". Database (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

See also