Human Development (1997-2000)

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Monique Bégot, Delphine Ducrot

The Human Development Index (HDI) world average has progressed in 2000 compared to 1997: respectively 0.722 against 0.706.

Rank	Country	IDH 2000	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Adult literacy rate (% age 15 and above)	GDP per capita (PPP ¹ - US$)
6	United States	0.939	77.0	99.0	34 142
31	Barbados	0.871	76.8	98.0	15 494
41	Bahamas	0.826	69.2	95.4	17 012
43	Costa Rica	0.820	76.4	95.6	8 650
44	Saint Kitts andNevis	0.814	70.0	97.8	12 510
50	Trinidad and Tobago	0.805	74.3	93.8	8 964
52	Antigua and Barbuda	0.800	73.9	86.6	10 541
54	Mexico	0.796	72.6	91.4	9 023
55	Cuba	0.795	76.0	96.7	- ²
57	Panamá	0.787	74.0	91.9	6 000
58	Belize	0.784	74.0	93.2	5 606
61	Dominica	0.779	72.9	96.4	5 880
66	Saint Lucia	0.772	73.4	90.2	5 703
68	Colombia	0.772	71.2	91.7	6 248
69	Venezuela	0.770	72.9	92.6	5 794
74	Suriname	0.756	70.6	94.0	3 799
83	Grenada	0.747	65.3	94.4	7 580
86	Jamaica	0.742	75.3	86.9	3 639
91	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.733	69.6	88.9	5 555
94	Dominican Republic	0.727	67.1	83.6	6 033
103	Guyana	0.708	63.0	98.5	3 963
104	El Salvador	0.706	69.7	78.7	4 497
116	Honduras	0.638	65.7	74.6	2 453
118	Nicaragua	0.635	68.4	66.5	2 366
120	Guatemala	0.631	64.8	68.6	3 821
146	Haiti	0.471	52.6	49.8	1 467
Latin America and the Caribbean		0.767	70.0	88.3	7 234
World		0.722	66.9	-	7 446
1. PPP: purchasing power parity. The base year for the PPP data is 1996; data for the reference year 2000 were extrapolated using relative price movements over time between each country and the United States, the base country. 2. Pendeng the outcome of ongoing efforts to calculate GDP per capita (PPP) for Cuba, the Human Development Report Office estimate of the sub-regional weighted average for the Caribbean of $4 519 dollars (PPP) was used.

Source: UNDP, Human Development Report 2002

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