Namibia - CountryWatch

Happy Planet Index Social Overview
States will rank low on this list due to its large per capital ecological footprint, which uses more than
its fair share of resources, and will likely cause planetary damage.
It should be noted that the HPI was designed to be a counterpoint to other well-established indices of
countries' development, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which measures overall national
wealth and economic development, but often obfuscates the realities of countries with stark variances
between the rich and the poor. Moreover, the objective of most of the world's people is not to be
wealthy but to be happy. The HPI also differs from the Human Development Index (HDI), which
measures quality of life but not ecology, since it [HPI] also includes sustainability as a key indicator.
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