Zimbabwe
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| Zimbabwe | |
 Flag of Zimbabwe | |
| Population (In Millions) | 12.57 |
| Human Development Index | 173/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 7.48 |
| Global Peace Index | 140/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 143/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | - /86 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 127/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 50.9 |
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Geography
Quality of Life
UNDP Human Development Report Trends - 2011
The Human Development Index represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. According to the United Nations Development Programme's 2011 Human Development Reports, Zimbabwe's HDI is 0.376, which gives the country a rank of 173 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Sub-Saharan Africa as a region increased from 0.365 in 1980 to 0.463 today, placing Zimbabwe below the regional average[1]
Between 1980 and 2011, Zimbabwe’s HDI value increased from 0.366 to 0.376, an increase of 3.0 per cent or average annual increase of about 0.1 per cent[2]
Zimbabwe's HDI breaks down s follow:
- Health: 0.495 (life expectancy at birth, 51.4)
- Education: 0.566 (mean years of schooling, 7.2)
- Income: 0.190 (HNI per capita -2005 PPP$-317).
Jobs and Earnings
Sustainability
Civic Engagement and Governance
Official Statistics
Happiness in Zimbabwe
This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Zimbabwe.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Zimbabwe[1]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
External Links
- Case Study: A community-centred approach to health in Zimbabwe, OECD DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET) (2011}.
References:
- ↑ United Nations Development Programme.2011 Human Development Reports. Zimbabwe.http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/ZWE.html
- ↑ Human Development Report 2011.Sustainability and Equity:A Better Future for All.Zimbabwe.http://hdrstats.undp.org/images/explanations/ZWE.pdf
