Suriname's HDI score
What is an HDI score?
The Human Development Index (HDI) score is a calculated score to measure and rank a country’s level of social and economic development. It is based on four criteria: Life expectancy, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and gross national income per capita. The HDI makes it possible to track changes in a countries development over time and to compare development levels in different countries. Suriname’s HDI score Suriname’s HDI score is 0.684, which places the country at 105th out of 187 countries and territories. The different scores that went into calculating the HDI are: Life expectancy at birth (a score of 70.8), Expected years of schooling (a score of 12.8), Mean years of schooling ( a score of 7.8), and the GNI per capita (a score of 7,327). What does this all mean? It means that Suriname is doing better than many countries, but it is by no means where it could be. There are still improvements that could be made to better the country. Suriname: a 2.0 globalized country According to the globalization levels given by Thomas Freidman, Suriname would fall under the category of a 2.0 level globalized country. A 2.0 level globalized country that is neither technologically impotent nor competent. Evidence of this is Suriname’s HDI score. Its medium HDI score shows that it is not highly developed or greatly underdeveloped. Another evidence of this 2.0 globalized level is the percentage of households in Suriname that utilize technology. The following table shows the use of such technology. |