Human Development Index   

For a multidisciplinary understanding of the (Western) Balkan region very usefull information offers the HDI / HDI. 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 191 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the health, education, income and living conditions in a given country to provide a measure of human development which is comparable between countries and over time