Wow, what will the Joe Duffy listenership make of that ?
Using the notation in the Wiki link, Ireland has the following figures:Wikipedia on HDI calculation said:New method (2010 Index onwards)[edit]
Published on 4 November 2010 (and updated on 10 June 2011), the 2010 Human Development Report calculated the HDI combining three dimensions:
In its 2010 Human Development Report, the UNDP began using a new method of calculating the HDI. The following three indices are used:
- A long and healthy life: Life expectancy at birth
- Education index: Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling
- A decent standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP international dollars)
1. Life Expectancy Index (LEI) =(LE-20)/(85-20)
LEI is 1 when Life expectancy at birth is 85 and 0 when Life expectancy at birth is 20.
2. Education Index (EI)=(MYSI)+(EYSI))/2
2.1 Mean Years of Schooling Index (MYSI) =MYS/15 Fifteen is the projected maximum of this indicator for 2025.
2.2 Expected Years of Schooling Index (EYSI) = EYS/18 Eighteen is equivalent to achieving a master's degree in most countries.
3. Income Index (II) = (ln(GNIpc)-\ln(100))\(ln(75,000)-ln(100)
II is 1 when GNI per capita is $75,000 and 0 when GNI per capita is $100.
Finally, the HDI is the geometric mean of the previous three normalized indices:
HDI = (LEI * EI * II)^(1/3)
LE: Life expectancy at birth
MYS: Mean years of schooling (i.e. years that a person aged 25 or older has spent in formal education)
EYS: Expected years of schooling (i.e. total expected years of schooling for children under 18 years of age)
GNIpc: Gross national income at purchasing power parity per capita
That's what Buzz Aldrin says.. . . it is a great achievement to be in second place, . . . .
Nice weather mustn't be among the criteria used for quality of life.
Second is first runner-up.
We are probably in the top 10. Our inflated GNP distorts the figures. GNI* is a much better figure. I do think this is a great country. I'd prefer to live in this place than the USA or UK, though there's parts of up-State New York and Connecticut that I could live in and parts of the South of England I could also live but culturally I prefer here.I reckon that Ireland are No. 1.
Using the notation in the Wiki link, Ireland has the following figures:
LE 82.3
EYS 18.7
MYS 12.7
GNIpc 68371
giving
LEI .958
EI .943
II .986
and finally
HDI = .962
Not .955 as in the rankings. Norway and Switzerland are calculated correctly at .957 and .955 respectively, so that means Ireland is No. 1 and by a fair margin.
No the tolerance and moderation. The understanding by most people that Nationalism is dangerous. The friendliness. The fact that this is a republic and, unlike the UK, we are all equal under the law. That sort of thing.The drinking culture ?
As Arsene Wenger once opined " everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."
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