Development

5 metrics in Development. Each one has a world map, a chart over time and a free download.

Human Development Index

Where is human development highest?

Iceland 0.972
Norway 0.970

World 0.756 · 2023 193 countries

Extreme poverty

Where do most people live on under $3 a day?

Central African Republic 71.6%
Madagascar 69.2%

World 11.3% · 2021 81 countries

Mean income or consumption

How much do people live on each day?

Luxembourg $101
United States $96.9

World $20.5 · 2021 80 countries

Income inequality (Gini)

Where is income most unequal?

Colombia 55.1
Brazil 52.9

2021 81 countries

Income share of the richest 1%

Where do the richest 1% take the biggest share?

Mexico 33.9%
Peru 26.5%

World 20.3% · 2018 75 countries

About the author

Hello there, I’m Klaus Jürgen Folz. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and I work in Austria as a lead Python and Power BI developer. I built Data Mechanics because good decisions start with facts. Public data is often scattered, hard to find or locked behind paywalls, and too much of what we read about the world is biased. Here, every number is shown as it was published, next to its source, so anyone can check it, compare countries and leaders, and draw their own conclusions.

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