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2018 Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical update

There was no Human Development Report released in 2017 or 2018. In 2018, Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update was released without an analytic report. The section heading that says 2018 report should therefore be revised to "Statistical Update 2018". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.228.20.104 (talk) 16:40, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Formatting issues (mobile)

It seems like most of the article isn't actually contained by the subsections, though I don't know enough to identify the issue more precisely (or to fix it). Tomatoes1 (talk) 09:48, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

The US has decreased by 2 places in the 2019 report compared to the 2018 report

Hi user:Trialpears and user:Ymblanter, wanted to make sure we're all on the same page.

This page, the Human Development Index, is showing the Change from previous year, which you can see in the column headings.

The other page which only shows the list, List of countries by Human Development Index, is showing the Average annual HDI growth (2010–2018), which you can see in the column headings.

Both pages are accurate because they are measuring different things. For the current Human Development Index figures on this page, see page 300 of the source [1]; .920 is a DECREASE from .924 last year, as can be seen here on page 22: [2]

Current version of this article [3] -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 11:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Somedifferentstuff I was looking at page 304 from the official Human Development Report 2019 where HDI trends are displayed. I believe this should be considered the best source since the UNDP says For HDI values that are comparable across years and countries, use this table. HDI values often varies slighlty between reports since more data may have become available and slightly different data sets may have been used and as can be seen in the readers guide at page 295 of the 2019 human development report the HDI values and ranks presented in this report are not comparable to those published in earlier editions which would indicate that comparing with the 2018 Statistical Update is not suitable. --Trialpears (talk) 11:31, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Trialpears, I would be ok using the numbers on pg. 304 but then we should use the most current figures (2013 to 2018) which shows Sweden at -4 and the US at -3, etc. I find these to be the most compelling figures as they show changes over this period of time between different countries. If we decide to do this, we will need to reformat the current list which is currently comparing year-to-year. I think updating the current list would be sufficient while leaving past reports in tack, knowing that this report (2019) and all future reports will be formatted in the same way. -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 12:00, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

I think using a rank change measured over a longer period of time is better here as well for the same reasons I changed the HDI growth index to a longer period at List of countries by HDI. I've also restored my change per my comment above and since that is how the table is cited as well as the data already in the table being more consistent with my page 304. --Trialpears (talk) 12:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Trialpears, I've already explained to you above that this page is comparing year to year which according to the sources shows the US decreasing by .004. I've fixed the list to reflect this. Have you looked at the sources that I linked above? Let's continue discussing this until this issue is resolved. -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 12:24, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

The UNDP explictley says that the HDI values and ranks presented in this report are not comparable to those published in earlier editions and if you checked page 304 of the 2019 Human development report you can see that the year to year change between 2017 and 2018 is +0.001. This isn't a matter of us looking at different metrics but looking at different sources for the same metric. Since the UNDP always improves the underlying data between publications we should use the latest source with the most reliable underlying data. It also looks like Human Development Report 2019 was the source used when originally constructing the table as that is what is cited (page numbers looks wrong though) and if you try using the method you laid out in your edit summary the data is often not consistent with what's already in the table. --Trialpears (talk) 12:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Trialpears, now I see what you're looking at! -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 12:46, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Complete mess

After this week's update with the 2020 report, this article has been updated in a way that seems to favour speed over accuracy. There are currently conflicting tables, the data in the tables do not match, the years presented in the latest table seems to be wrong... For the reader, it is complete chaos. I appreciate that users wanted to be fast with updating the article, but it might have been better to do it thoroughly than to do it fast. At the moment, this article cannot be used to tell anything about the latest HDI index. Jeppiz (talk) 14:25, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Jeppiz The problem is that the rank changes were calculated by comparing between reports, which is not possible since better data becomes available changing the HDI slightly (and in some cases significantly) for the same year in different reports. I've removed the table based on the 2019 report and added the top of the table used in List of countries by HDI which I know is accurate. --Trialpears (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

New maps

@SCPdude629: In this edit you are replacing two maps with new files that you have uploaded yourself. According to the title, they show data for 2021, which is a bit odd when the captions of both maps still say that they are based on 2019 data, published in 2020. Can you please explain:

• What are the differences between the old maps and your maps?
• What are your sources for your 2021 data? --T*U (talk) 07:42, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Well despite not internationally being recognized, Crimea is technically part of Russia regardless. The population their is ion heavy Russian support and runs as an administrative body within the federation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SCPdude629 (talk • contribs) 12:50, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Can you please, please sign your talk page postings, SCPdude629? You have been adviced about that I-dont-know-how-many times. --T*U (talk) 13:39, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

@SCPdude629: The numbers that the maps are based upon, are from the Human Development Report 2020, published by the United Nations Development Programme. As a UN program, we have to assume standard UN definitions apply. Since the UN never has accepted the Russian annexation of Crimea, that means that Crimea at least in this context has to be regarded as an integral part of Ukraine unless reliable sources say otherwise. --T*U (talk) 13:39, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Human Development Report 2022

The new HDR is coming and that means updates! I've started a discussion about this at Talk:List of countries by Human Development Index#Human Development Report 2022 and believe it would be good to centralize discussion there. Thanks! --Trialpears (talk) 22:59, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Hi 42.104.135.25 (talk) 06:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Formulas changed

An IPv6 (2603:7000:b500:70d:8840:aae:7f87:bcf3 (talk · contribs)) has changed the formulas for calculating some of the HDI values in these edits. Can someone take a look at these? Mathglot (talk) 10:09, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

@Mathglot:@2603:7000:B500:70D:8840:AAE:7F87:BCF3: I restored original fomulas because they are useful to understand the explanations.

Copied content to List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index

The following content was copied from Human Development Index to List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

I have also added a note on that article's talk page. - Crisantom (talk) 01:49, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

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