Human Development Index 2020

Countries from which continent dominate the top (best) positions on the Human Development Index 2020 and the Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index 2020?

Question 1 options:

South America

Asia

Africa

Europe

Question 2 (5 points)
Which four countries are ranked as the most corrupt (Corruption Perceptions Index 2018) and most fragile (Fragile States Index 2021)?

Question 2 options:

Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan

North Korea, Zambia, Egypt, and Oman

Haiti, Venezuela, Niger, and Ukraine

Myanmar, Mongolia, Timor, and Paraguay

Question 3 (5 points)
Countries from which continent score the lowest (worst) on the Social Progress Index 2021?

Question 3 options:

Africa

Asia

Europe

South America

Question 4 (6 points)
What country is ranked in the top 5 on the Social Progress Index 2021, Happy Planet Index 2021, and Where to be Born 2013 Index?

Question 4 options:

Germany

Switzerland

Canada

United States of America

Question 5 (6 points)
What country is ranked among the bottom 4 (worst) on the Gender Gap Index 2015 and the Human Development Index 2020?

Question 5 options:

Chad

Uruguay

Iran

Indonesia

Question 6 (6 points)
Which three countries are ranked among the top 5 least corrupt (Corruption Perceptions Index 2018) and top 5 least (Fragile States Index 2021)?

Question 6 options:

Uganda, Iraq, Belgium

United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Costa Rica, The Netherlands, India

Denmark, New Zealand, Finland

Question 7 (4 points)
The United States is rarely among the top ranked countries on these indices of well being. Which U.S. ranking surprises you the most? Why?