List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2019).[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 2019 Human Development Report cannot therefore be compared directly to HDI rankings and values published in previous Human Development Reports.

List of Latin American & Caribbean Countries by Human Development Index
Rank		Country	Human Development Index (HDI)
In Region	World		HDI Value		Change in HDI value 2017–18*
			2018	2017
Very High Human Development
1	42	Chile	0.847	0.845	0.002
2	48	Argentina	0.830	0.832	0.002
3	57	Uruguay	0.808	0.807	0.001
High Human Development
4	67	Panama	0.795	0.793	0.002
5	68	Costa Rica	0.794	0.792	0.002
6	73	Cuba	0.778	0.777	0.001
7	76	Mexico	0.767	0.765	0.002
8	79	Brazil	0.761	0.760	0.001
8	79	Colombia	0.761	0.760	0.001
10	82	Peru	0.759	0.756	0.003
11	85	Ecuador	0.758	0.757	0.001
12	89	Dominican Republic	0.745	0.741	0.004
13	96	Venezuela	0.726	0.735	0.009
14	98	Paraguay	0.724	0.722	0.002
15	114	Bolivia	0.703	0.700	0.003
Medium Human Development
16	124	El Salvador	0.667	0.665	0.002
17	126	Guatemala	0.651	0.649	0.002
17	126	Nicaragua	0.651	0.653	0.002
19	132	Honduras	0.623	0.621	0.002
Low Human Development
20	169	Haiti	0.503	0.501	0.002
*Change in HDI value rounded to three decimals

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