List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

The following tables covers the list of Latin American countries by Human Development Index as released by the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for regions worldwide.

Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high (for developed countries), high and medium (for developing countries) and low (for least developing countries).

Human Development Index

2015 report

Human Development Index

The 2015 report by UNDP was released on December 14, 2015, and calculates HDIs based on estimates for 2014.

Very High Human Development
Rank Country HDI World rank
1  Argentina 0.836 40
2  Chile 0.832 42
High Human Development
Rank Country HDI World rank
3  Uruguay 0.793 52
4  Panama 0.780 60
5  Cuba 0.769 67
6  Costa Rica 0.766 69
7  Venezuela 0.762 71
8  Mexico 0.756 74
9  Brazil 0.755 75
10  Peru 0.734 84
11  Ecuador 0.732 88
12  Colombia 0.720 97
13  Dominican Republic 0.715 101
Medium Human Development
Rank Country HDI World rank
14  Paraguay 0.679 112
15  El Salvador 0.666 116
16  Bolivia 0.662 119
17  Nicaragua 0.631 125
18  Guatemala 0.627 128
19  Honduras 0.606 131
Low Human Development
20  Haiti 0.483 163

Past reports

2014

  1.  Chile 0.822 (41)
  2.  Cuba 0.815 (45)
  3.  Argentina 0.808 (49)
  4.  Uruguay 0.790 (51)
  5.  Panama 0.765 (66)
  6.  Venezuela 0.764 (67)
  7.  Costa Rica 0.763 (68)
  8.  Mexico 0.756 (71)
  9.  Brazil 0.744 (73)
  10.  Peru 0.737 (82)
  11.  Colombia 0.711 (98)
  12.  Ecuador 0.711 (98)
  13.  Dominican Republic 0.702 (102)
  14.  Paraguay 0.676 (111)
  15.  Bolivia 0.667 (113)
  16.  El Salvador 0.662 (115)
  17.  Guatemala 0.628 (125)
  18.  Honduras 0.617 (129)
  19.  Nicaragua 0.614 (132)
  20.  Haiti 0.471 (168)

2010

The 2010 report by UNDP was released on March 14, 2013. Position in the world rank appears in parenthesis.

  1.  Chile 0.819 (40)
  2.  Argentina 0.811 (45)
  3.  Uruguay 0.794 (51)
  4.  Cuba 0.780 (59)
  5.  Panama 0.780 (60)
  6.  Mexico 0.775 (61)
  7.  Costa Rica 0.773 (62)
  8.  Venezuela 0.748 (71)
  9.  Peru 0.741 (77)
  10.  Brazil 0.730 (85)

2009

The 2009 report by UNDP was released on October 5, 2009, and covers the period up to 2007. It was titled "Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development". Position in the world rank appears in parenthesis.

  1.  Chile 0.878 (44)
  2.  Argentina 0.866 (45)
  3.  Uruguay 0.865 (50)
  4.  Cuba 0.863 (51)
  5.  Mexico 0.854 (53)
  6.  Costa Rica 0.853 (54)
  7.  Venezuela 0.844 (58)
  8.  Panama 0.840 (60)
  9.  Brazil 0.813 (75)
  10.  Colombia 0.807 (77)
  11.  Peru 0.806 (76)
  12.  Ecuador 0.806 (80)
  13.  Dominican Republic 0.877 (90)
  14.  Paraguay 0.706 (101)
  15.  El Salvador 0.747 (106)
  16.  Honduras 0.732 (112)
  17.  Bolivia 0.729 (113)
  18.  Guatemala 0.704 (122)
  19.  Nicaragua 0.699 (124)
  20.  Haiti 0.532 (149)

Past top countries

The list below displays the top-ranked country from each year of the human development index

HDI Trends

Education index (2007)

Rank Country Education
Index		 World
rank		 Comparable country
(outside the region)
1  Cuba 0.876 5  Finland
2  Argentina 0.806 31  Montenegro
3  Chile 0.797 37  Malta
4  Venezuela 0.879 46  Tonga
5  Chile 0.919 48  Kyrgyzstan
6  Bolivia 0.892 64  Bahrain
7  Brazil 0.891 68  Serbia
8  Peru 0.891 69  Serbia
9  Panama 0.888 72  Thailand
10  Mexico 0.886 77  Seychelles

Income index (2012)

Rank Country Income
Index		 World
rank		 Comparable country
(outside the region)
1  Argentina 15,347 46  Croatia
2  Chile 14,987 47  Latvia
3  Panama 13,519 50  Uruguay
4  Uruguay 13,333 53  Panama
5  Mexico 12,947 55  Lebanon
5  Costa Rica 0.783 60  Belarus
8  Brazil 0.761 67  South Africa
9  Colombia 0.743 69  Macedonia
10  Peru 0.728 72  Azerbaijan

Life expectancy index (2007)

Rank Country Life
Expectancy
Index		 World
rank		 Comparable country
(outside the region)
1  Costa Rica 0.937 34  Slovenia
2  Chile 0.935 35  Cuba
3  Cuba 0.935 36  Albania
4  Uruguay 0.902 43  Mexico
5  Mexico 0.901 44  Albania
6  Panama 0.888 51  Poland
7  Argentina 0.884 54  Grenada
8  Ecuador 0.880 58  Bosnia and Herzegovina
9  Venezuela 0.861 72  Serbia
10  Nicaragua 0.856 75  Thailand
— Latin America 0.756 —
18  Guatemala 0.752 111  Azerbaijan
19  Bolivia 0.673 138  Sao Tome and Principe
20  Haiti 0.600 149  Benin

See also

References

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