This is a list of municipalities in Roraima ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010.[1] [2] The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen.[3] [4]
According to the list, of the 15 municipalities in the state of Roraima, none of them have very high HDI (equal to or greater than 0.800), 1 has high HDI (between 0.700 and 0.799), 9 have medium (between 0.600 and 0.699), 3 have low (between 0.500 and 0.599) and 2 have very low (less than 0.500). The HDI of Roraima is 0.707 (considered high).[5]
The index varies from 0 to 1, considering:
The HDI of the municipalities is an average between the income index, life expectancy index and educational index.
| Rank | Municipalities | Data of 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDI | |||
| Very high HDI | |||
| no municipality | |||
| High HDI | |||
| 1 | Boa Vista | 0.752 | |
| Medium HDI | |||
| 2 | Mucajaí | 0.665 | |
| 3 | São João da Baliza | 0.655 | |
| 4 | Pacaraima | 0.650 | |
| 5 | São Luís | 0.649 | |
| 6 | Caroebe | 0.639 | |
| 7 | Bonfim | 0.626 | |
| 8 | Caracaraí | 0.624 | |
| 9 | Rorainópolis | 0.619 | |
| 10 | Cantá | 0.619 | |
| Low HDI | |||
| 11 | Normandia | 0.594 | |
| 12 | Iracema | 0.582 | |
| 13 | Alto Alegre | 0.542 | |
| Very low HDI | |||
| 14 | Amajari | 0.488 | |
| 15 | Uiramutã | 0.453 | |