1. Pick 3 countries (Turkey, Poland, and Belgium).Visit theUnited Nation Human Development Reportsand look up the HDI for your country.Provide theHDI index valuefor your country andtheir world rank.
2. Comparetherank of the country's HDIrelative to theirGDP per capita(GDP per person) from theCIA World Factbook: GDP Country Comparison.
3. Review and consider some of the characteristics of the country that contribute to the HDI at theUnited Nation Human Development Reportssuch as health, education, gender, poverty, unemployment, and the environment.Provide reasons why the country is ranking higher (or lower) globally as opposed to their GDP perperson.

EXAMPLE: The United States

The United States HDI is 0.915 and ranks8 globally in terms of well-being.

The United States GDP per capita (PPP)is $57,300 (estimated 2016 value) ranking 18 globally.

The United States ranks higher in the HDI than in terms of GDP per capita.Looking at the HDI indicators, part of the reason for the higher HDI score are health and education.The United States receives high values in health with high life expectancy at 79.1 years average life spanand low infant mortality of 5.9 deaths per 1000 births.The United States also has high levels of education with16.5 years of expected schooling and 95% of the population over 25years old has some secondary education (high school).

Link:

• United Nation Human Development Reports:

http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

• CIA World Factbook: GDP Country Comparison:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html#us