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. The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen.

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).

Criteria

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 RankMunicipalitiesData of 2010HDIVery high HDIno municipalityHigh HDI1Boa Vista0.752Medium HDI2Mucajaí0.6653São João da Baliza0.6554Pacaraima0.6505São Luís0.6496Caroebe0.6397Bonfim0.6268Caracaraí0.6249Rorainópolis0.61910Cantá0.619Low HDI11Normandia0.59412Iracema0.58213Alto Alegre0.542Very low HDI14Amajari0.48815Uiramutã0.453

References

See also Geography of Brazil