The United Nations Development Programme (UNPD) publishes yearly statistical reports. We Aint Plastic has taken the data from those reports and has developed an interactive Flash visualization. The visualization focuses on The Human’s Development. That is, those characteristics that they think make a successful human development. These three markers are a health index, living standard, and education. You can launch the visualization by choosing the United States as the default country to view, or for our foreign readers, you can choose your own country to view. For the record, Japan ranks as number one, with Iceland following at number two.
Considering the debt these two countries have, it makes me wonder. Yes, I know, just because there is a corellation between successful human development and debt does not mean that debt causes a long, healthy, well-educated life with a high quality of living.
via : We Aint Plastic
