Which of the following is true regarding the use of the HDI (Human Development Index)?

A. It is not useful in distinguishing development levels of countries with the highest income levels.
B. The HDI includes spiritual happiness and intellectual advances, allowing lower income countries to be ranked higher than they are in other similar indices.
C. The HDI does not include life expectancies, since a human, on average, can only expect to live to about 75 years of age.
D. The rankings of the HDI for the poorest least developed countries of the world are from matching those labeled as the least developed by the UN (United Nations).


Answer: A

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