The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. It is a standard means of measuring well-being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development.
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The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Latin America as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2022).[1] Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in Table 2 of the Statistical Annex of the Human Development Report. The HDI rankings and values in the 2021-22 Human Development Report cannot therefore be compared directly to HDI rankings and values published in previous Human Development Reports.[1]
Rank | Country | Human Development Index (HDI) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | World | HDI value | Change in HDI
value 2019–21* |
Average annual
growth (2010–2021)[2] | ||
2021 | 2019[3] | |||||
Very High Human Development | ||||||
1 | 42 | Chile | 0.855 | 0.851 | 0.004 | 0.46% |
2 | 47 | Argentina | 0.842 | 0.845 | 0.003 | 0.09% |
3 | 58 | Costa Rica | 0.809 | 0.810 | 0.001 | 0.43% |
Uruguay | 0.809 | 0.817 | 0.008 | 0.25% | ||
5 | 61 | Panama | 0.805 | 0.815 | 0.010 | 0.37% |
High Human Development | ||||||
6 | 72 | Brazil | 0.780 | 0.765 | 0.09 | 0.38% |
7 | 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.767 | 0.756 | 0.011 | 0.73% |
8 | 83 | Cuba | 0.764 | 0.783 | 0.019 | 0.19% |
9 | 84 | Peru | 0.762 | 0.777 | 0.015 | 0.45% |
10 | 86 | Mexico | 0.758 | 0.779 | 0.021 | 0.15% |
11 | 88 | Colombia | 0.752 | 0.767 | 0.015 | 0.32% |
12 | 95 | Ecuador | 0.740 | 0.759 | 0.019 | 0.05% |
13 | 105 | Paraguay | 0.717 | 0.728 | 0.011 | 0.42% |
Medium Human Development | ||||||
14 | 118 | Bolivia | 0.692 | 0.718 | 0.026 | 0.40% |
15 | 120 | Venezuela | 0.691 | 0.711 | 0.020 | 0.80% |
16 | 125 | El Salvador | 0.675 | 0.673 | 0.002 | 0.22% |
17 | 126 | Nicaragua | 0.667 | 0.660 | 0.007 | 0.76% |
18 | 135 | Guatemala | 0.627 | 0.663 | 0.036 | 0.33% |
19 | 137 | Honduras | 0.621 | 0.634 | 0.013 | 0.36% |
Low Human Development | ||||||
20 | 163 | Haiti | 0.535 | 0.510 | 0.025 | 1.94% |
*Change in HDI value rounded to three decimals |
See also
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
- List of countries by Human Development Index
- List of countries by Human Development Index by region
- List of countries by industrial production growth rate
- List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
- List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP growth
- List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (PPP)
- List of Latin American countries by population
References
- 1 2 Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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ignored (help) - ↑ Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 277–280. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "2020 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.