TIL. en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Australian_states_and_…
comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and overall well-being of the citizens in each states
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread:🥝 Mon 25 Mar 2024
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
TIL we have a human development index for all the states and territories:
The ACT ranks #1, we’re #4 and Tasmania is #8
neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
bull@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I don’t understand what this means. What’s a human development index and how does it relate to those numbers?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It means the rest of us in vic are 1/2 human.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
i’m bacon
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yeah, it’s an odd measurement. I mainly care because it means we’re superior to tassieburgers :)
Seriously though, it’s meant to measure things like poverty, literacy, unemployment, the things usually deemed essential in western societies. The worldwide chart seems to list the US quite high up though, so I’m not sure it really reflects anything besides “how well developed are rich people in western countries” vs “how undeveloped are the poorest people in the poorest countries”