A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. 1=the most developed.

Human development index (score)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.710.790.750.750.760.770.830.770.770.780.840.83
Antigua and Barbuda0.760.810.760.760.760.760.820.770.770.800.830.82
Trinidad and Tobago0.660.710.750.790.780.780.780.790.810.790.800.820.810.82
Costa Rica0.660.710.740.770.780.780.790.800.790.800.800.810.810.81
Panama0.670.720.750.780.780.790.790.800.800.810.810.810.820.81
Barbados0.730.760.790.790.800.810.810.810.800.810.810.800.810.80
Bahamas0.760.790.800.800.810.810.810.810.810.810.810.830.800.80
Grenada0.740.780.760.760.760.770.790.770.770.800.790.79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.690.710.760.720.720.720.730.780.730.730.780.790.79
Dominican Republic0.580.650.680.710.710.710.720.730.740.740.750.760.770.76
Cuba0.680.690.730.780.780.770.770.770.770.770.780.780.770.76
Mexico0.670.710.740.750.760.760.760.760.770.770.770.780.780.76
Colombia0.610.670.690.730.730.740.740.750.760.760.760.760.770.76
Dominica0.720.720.740.740.740.740.740.720.740.740.730.750.74
Guyana0.500.570.630.650.660.660.670.670.690.680.680.700.710.73
Saint Lucia0.670.690.700.730.740.730.730.740.740.750.760.750.730.72
Jamaica0.660.660.710.710.730.730.730.730.710.730.730.720.710.71
Belize0.610.660.660.720.690.700.700.710.710.720.710.710.720.71
Suriname0.690.700.720.730.730.740.710.740.730.760.710.70
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)0.660.700.720.760.770.770.780.780.770.760.740.740.720.69
El Salvador0.520.610.650.660.660.670.670.670.660.670.670.680.680.67
Nicaragua0.490.560.600.610.630.630.640.650.640.660.660.660.660.65
Guatemala0.490.550.570.610.610.620.620.650.630.650.660.640.650.64
Honduras0.510.550.590.600.610.610.610.620.610.630.630.620.630.62
Haiti0.440.490.450.450.480.480.490.490.550.500.510.540.560.56