List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index
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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.
List
[edit]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) | |||||
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Region | World | HDI value | Change in HDI value 2019–22* | Average annual growth (2010–2021)[2] | |||
2022 | 2021 | 2019[3] | |||||
Very High Human Development | |||||||
1 | 44 | ![]() | 0.860 | 0.855 | 0.851 | ![]() | ![]() |
2 | 48 | ![]() | 0.849 | 0.842 | 0.845 | ![]() | ![]() |
3 | 52 | ![]() | 0.830 | 0.809 | 0.817 | ![]() | ![]() |
4 | 57 | ![]() | 0.820 | 0.805 | 0.815 | ![]() | ![]() |
5 | 64 | ![]() | 0.806 | 0.809 | 0.810 | ![]() | ![]() |
High Human Development | |||||||
6 | 77 | ![]() | 0.781 | 0.758 | 0.779 | ![]() | ![]() |
7 | 82 | ![]() | 0.766 | 0.767 | 0.756 | ![]() | ![]() |
8 | 83 | ![]() | 0.765 | 0.740 | 0.759 | ![]() | ![]() |
9 | 85 | ![]() | 0.764 | 0.764 | 0.783 | ![]() | ![]() |
10 | 87 | ![]() | 0.762 | 0.762 | 0.777 | ![]() | ![]() |
11 | 89 | ![]() | 0.760 | 0.754 | 0.766 | ![]() | ![]() |
12 | 91 | ![]() | 0.758 | 0.752 | 0.767 | ![]() | ![]() |
13 | 102 | ![]() | 0.731 | 0.717 | 0.728 | ![]() | ![]() |
Medium Human Development | |||||||
14 | 119 | ![]() | 0.699 | 0.691 | 0.711 | ![]() | ![]() |
15 | 120 | ![]() | 0.698 | 0.692 | 0.718 | ![]() | ![]() |
16 | 127 | ![]() | 0.674 | 0.675 | 0.673 | ![]() | ![]() |
17 | 130 | ![]() | 0.669 | 0.667 | 0.660 | ![]() | ![]() |
18 | 136 | ![]() | 0.629 | 0.627 | 0.663 | ![]() | ![]() |
19 | 138 | ![]() | 0.624 | 0.621 | 0.634 | ![]() | ![]() |
20 | 158 | ![]() | 0.552 | 0.535 | 0.510 | ![]() | ![]() |
*Change in HDI value rounded to three decimals |
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b 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) - ^ "2020 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.