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Calculating Indices Generic 2010

This document describes an Excel tool for calculating various human development indices, including the Human Development Index (HDI), Inequality-Adjusted HDI (IHDI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The tool contains sample calculations for countries using built-in Excel formulas and sample or hypothetical data. Users can input their own data to calculate indices for real applications. It provides a way to practice calculations and verify results described in technical notes of the Human Development Report.
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Calculating Indices Generic 2010

This document describes an Excel tool for calculating various human development indices, including the Human Development Index (HDI), Inequality-Adjusted HDI (IHDI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The tool contains sample calculations for countries using built-in Excel formulas and sample or hypothetical data. Users can input their own data to calculate indices for real applications. It provides a way to practice calculations and verify results described in technical notes of the Human Development Report.
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"Calculating the Indices using EXCEL" is a tool that helps you learn how the composite human develop

development index (HDI), the inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) the gender inequality index (GII) and the mul
can be calculated using EXCEL, based on the current methodologies described in the technical notes in t
Report.

Each worksheet contains a set of sample calculations for one country for a specific index, with built-in EXC
sample data and results. In the case of the MPI which uses micro survey data, hypothetical country with f
demonstration. This tool could be used for practice and verifying your results. To replicate a specific step
sample cell and adjust for the relevant cell(s) you are working on.

Using this tool, you could also input your own data and calculate the relevant human development indices

For more detailed explanations about the composite indices, please refer to Technical notes: Calculating
which can be found towards the back of each global Human Development Report.
Introduction

"Calculating the Indices using EXCEL" is a tool that helps you learn how the composite human development ind
development index (HDI), the inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) the gender inequality index (GII) and the multi-dimens
can be calculated using EXCEL, based on the current methodologies described in the technical notes in the latest g
Report.

Each worksheet contains a set of sample calculations for one country for a specific index, with built-in EXCEL form
sample data and results. In the case of the MPI which uses micro survey data, hypothetical country with four house
demonstration. This tool could be used for practice and verifying your results. To replicate a specific step, you may
sample cell and adjust for the relevant cell(s) you are working on.

Using this tool, you could also input your own data and calculate the relevant human development indices for real a

For more detailed explanations about the composite indices, please refer to Technical notes: Calculating the huma
which can be found towards the back of each global Human Development Report.
Data

Mean years of
Life expectancy schooling for GNI per capita
at birth ages 25 and Expected years
(years) above of schooling (PPP
(years) (years) US$ )
Country A 68.0 12.4 14.0 7,770
Country B 48.8 10.7 16.2 10,070
Country C 60.8 6.5 9.0 1,940
Country D 49.4 5.5 10.1 1,990

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Data Answers:
Indicators Atkinson's inequality measure for distribution Inequality-adjusted dimensional
of: indices

Mean years of Household Inequality-


schooling for disposable adjusted Human Human
Life expectancy ages 25 and Expected years GNI per capita Expected income (or Life Development development
at birth above of schooling length of life Mean years consumption) expectancy Education Index (IHDI) index (HDI)
of schooling per capita index index GDP index value value
Country A 68.0 12.4 14.0 7,770 10.0 15.0 26.5 0.684 0.714 0.437 0.598 0.724
Country B 48.8 10.7 16.2 10,070 18.4 23.7 42.7 0.372 0.641 0.364 0.442 0.624
Country C 60.8 6.5 9.0 1,940 21.1 26.4 33.2 0.509 0.359 0.255 0.360 0.493
Country D 49.4 5.5 10.1 1,990 13.7 19.6 42.1 0.401 0.382 0.223 0.325 0.440

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Practice (you may copy
Dataand paste the formula)

Loss due to Life


inequality expectancy
(%) index Education index
Country A 17.5
Country B 29.1
Country C 27.1
Country D 26.2

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Calculating the gender inequality index (GII)
Data
Dimensional indices by gender

Maternal
mortality Adolescent Population with at
ratio fertility ratio least secondary
(deaths per (births per 1000 Seats in parliament education Labour force
100,000 women ages 15- held by (% (% ages 25 and participation rate Reproductive
live births) a
19) of total) b
older) (% ) health index
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Country A 110 75.6 9.4 90.6 49 46 64 85 0.011 1
Country B 7 65 3.6 96.4 9 91 30 70 0.039 1
Country C 1500 135 8.7 91.3 26 74 48 52 0.003 1

a - Maternal mortality ratio less than 10 is coded as 10 and when greater than 1000 it is coded as 1000.
b - If the share of parlament seats is equal to 0 it is coded as 0.1%

Enter your own data here for a real application:


Practice (you may copy and paste the
nsional indices by gender
Indices within and across genders

Accounting Treating
Empowerment Labour Market for genders Gender Inequality Reproductive Empowerment
index Index Gender indices inequality equally Index health index index
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
0.214 0.648 0.640 0.852 0.115 0.820 0.201 0.546 0.632
0.058 0.935 0.303 0.697 0.088 0.867 0.161 0.505 0.682
0.149 0.824 0.479 0.521 0.058 0.754 0.108 0.496 0.783
may copy and paste the formula)

Accounting Treating
Labour Market for genders Gender Inequality
Index Gender indices inequality equally Index
Female Male Female Male
Calculating the multidimensional poverty index
Household Data
Households and their sizes
Household Household
number Size number Size
1 4 2 7
Dimensions and indicators
Education
No one has completed five years od education 0 1

At least one school-age child not enrolled in school 0 1


Health
At least one member is malnourished 0 0
One or more children have died 1 1
Living conditions
No electricity 0 1
No access to clean drinking water 0 0
No access to adequate sanitation 0 1
House has dirt floor 0 0
Household uses “dirty” cooking fuel (dung,
firewood or charcoal) 1 1
Household has no car and owns at most one of:
bicycle, motorcycle, radio, refrigerator, telephone
or television 0 1
Weighted count of deprivation, c (sum of each
deprivation multiplied by its weight) 2.22 7.22
Is the household poor (c ≥ 3)? No Yes
Multidimensional poverty headcount (H) 0.81 80.56
Intensity (breadth) of deprivation 0.5625 56.25
Multidimensional poverty index (MPI) 0.45

Enter your own data here for a real application:


useholds and their sizes
Household Household Indicator
number Size number Size weights
3 5 4 4

0 1 5/3 or 1.67

0 0 5/3 or 1.67

1 0 5/3 or 1.67
0 1 5/3 or 1.67

1 1 5/9 or 0.56
1 0 5/9 or 0.56
1 0 5/9 or 0.56
0 0 5/9 or 0.56

1 1 5/9 or 0.56

0 1 5/9 or 0.56

3.89 5.000
Yes Yes

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