On which of the following factors is the Human Development Index NOT based?

Option 2 : Net Domestic Product index

The correct answer is Net Domestic Product index.

• The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
• The Human Development Index (HDI) is measured on the basis of the Life Expectancy Index (Long and healthy life), Education Index (Knowledge), and Gross National Income index (Standard of Living).
• The other indices that form the part of the Report are:
  1. Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI),
  2. Gender Development Index (GDI),
  3. Gender Inequality Index (GII) and
  4. Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).