>>213075914the funny thing about your picture is that the USSR actually dropped our HDI substantially by shipping in a bunch of uneducated siberians and holding back our economic growth by about 20 years all told
in any case Latvia is actually one of the most HDI inflated countries on earth compared to how it actually looks when you come here. we have lots of old babushkas and a massive degree inflation problem due to misguided government initiatives boosting university enrollment at the cost of quality
>>213075990riga is extremely over-credentialed for what it is due to the degree inflation thing, so the HDI score makes it look much better than it is in reality. our infrastructure is worse than even many thirdie countries. every road full of potholes, constant flooding, frequent water mains outages, poor public transit, crumbling bridges, shitty healthcare etc
HDI measures none of those things