Human Development (1997-2000)

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Monique Bégot, Delphine Ducrot M. Bégot, D. Ducrot

translation: Louis Shurmer-Smith

published on July 21, 2005

(2005)

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

Human development 1997
D. Ducros
AREC - MRSH University of Caen

Table n°1 : Human development indicators 2000
(données sur 173 pays)

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 nd
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

Source: UNDP, Human Development Report 2002.

  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.

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To cite this document:

Bégot, M. & Ducrot, D. (2005). Human Development (1997-2000). Atlas Caraïbe.

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