What does the Human Development Index (HDI) measure?

Economic growth only

Human well-being including health and education

Environmental quality

Natural resource availability

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B. Human well-being including health and education

The HDI measures human well-being based on indicators of health (life expectancy), education (years of schooling), and per capita income.

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