The Gap between Urban and Rural Development Levels Narrowed
Table 3
National Human Development Index by urban and rural areas.
Year
Education Index
Health Index
Income Index
HDI
Nationwide
Urban
Rural
Urban
Rural
Urban
Rural
Urban
Rural
1995
0.556
0.403
0.817
0.746
0.538
0.406
0.625
0.496
0.548
1996
0.567
0.409
0.823
0.749
0.546
0.413
0.634
0.502
0.556
1997
0.579
0.415
0.829
0.752
0.555
0.421
0.643
0.508
0.565
1998
0.577
0.419
0.837
0.755
0.563
0.428
0.648
0.514
0.574
1999
0.585
0.425
0.843
0.758
0.571
0.435
0.656
0.520
0.583
2000
0.596
0.440
0.849
0.762
0.579
0.443
0.666
0.528
0.593
2001
0.615
0.450
0.853
0.766
0.591
0.449
0.677
0.537
0.599
2002
0.614
0.453
0.856
0.771
0.610
0.457
0.685
0.542
0.610
2003
0.622
0.460
0.860
0.776
0.623
0.464
0.693
0.549
0.621
2004
0.629
0.467
0.864
0.781
0.634
0.475
0.701
0.557
0.634
2005
0.607
0.452
0.867
0.785
0.648
0.484
0.698
0.556
0.646
2006
0.622
0.469
0.871
0.790
0.662
0.496
0.711
0.568
0.658
2007
0.627
0.479
0.874
0.795
0.679
0.510
0.720
0.579
0.673
2008
0.628
0.486
0.878
0.800
0.691
0.523
0.725
0.588
0.682
2009
0.633
0.492
0.882
0.805
0.705
0.536
0.733
0.596
0.692
2010
0.666
0.505
0.885
0.809
0.716
0.552
0.750
0.609
0.701
2011
0.666
0.506
0.889
0.814
0.728
0.568
0.756
0.616
0.704
2012
0.671
0.509
0.892
0.819
0.742
0.584
0.763
0.624
0.713
2013
0.677
0.514
0.896
0.824
0.752
0.597
0.770
0.632
0.723
2014
0.674
0.512
0.899
0.829
0.762
0.610
0.773
0.638
0.733
2015
0.682
0.514
0.903
0.833
0.772
0.621
0.780
0.643
0.737
2016
0.679
0.513
0.907
0.838
0.780
0.630
0.783
0.647
0.748
2017
0.687
0.520
0.910
0.843
0.789
0.641
0.790
0.655
0.752
The relevant data needed to calculate the 2003 Education Index have statistical errors in the National Statistical Yearbook. Therefore, the 2003 Education Index was obtained by interpolation from the years 2002 and 2004.
