Health Component of SHDI

Health Component of SHDI. The health dimension of the HDI uses life expectancy at birth (LEXP) as indicator.

For High Income Countries (HICs) and some Middle Income countries (MICs), subnational values of LEXP were based on data derived from national statistical offices and Eurostat.

For Low- and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), data were derived from the Global Data Lab Health Database. Given that household surveys and censuses generally do not contain information on LEXP, subnational values of this indicatorwere for these countries estimated based on information on under-5 mortality (U5M).

To create the dimension indices and SHDI on the basis of the four indicators (mean years of schooling of adults aged 25+, expected years of schooling, life expectancy, and gross national income per capita) the same procedures were used as are used by the UNDP to compute the regular HDI.

For a complete list of sources and surveys used, please refer to the Data Sources page.