background: the current study was conducted to estimate the integrated mean of quality of life (qol) of the general population of different countries around the world and to compare them on the grounds of the human development index (hdi). methods: well-known international databases such as medline, scopus, science direct, google scholar & google, and domestic databases including sid, iranmedex...

Introduction of Human Development Index (HDI) by UNDP in early 1990 followed a surge in use of non-parametric and parametric indices for measurement and comparison of countries performance in development, globalization, competition, well-being and etc. The HDI is a composite index of three indicators. Its components are to reflect three major dimensions of human development: longevity, knowledg...