Human Development Index by Latin American nation 2021

[Tooting Carmen]

https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/...gin=BROWSELINK

VERY HIGH
/1/(42) Chile 0.855 (same as Qatar)
/2/(47) Argentina 0.842 (between Hungary and Turkey)
/3/(58) Costa Rica/Uruguay 0.809 (between Trinidad & Tobago and Belarus)
/5/(61) Panama 0.805 (similar to Malaysia)

HIGH
/6/(80) Dominican Republic 0.767 (same as Moldova and Palau)
/7/(83) Cuba 0.764 (similar to Peru)
/8/(84) Peru 0.762 (similar to Cuba)
/9/(86) Mexico 0.758 (similar to Armenia)
/10/(87) Brazil 0.754 (similar to Colombia)
/11/(88) Colombia 0.752 (similar to St Vincent and the Grenadines)
/12/(95) Ecuador 0.740 (similar to Mongolia)
/13/(99) Suriname 0.730 (same as Fiji)
/14/(105) Paraguay 0.717 (similar to Libya)
/15/(108) Guyana 0.714 (between St Lucia and South Africa)

MEDIUM
/16/(118) Bolivia 0.692 (same as Kyrgyzstan)
/17/(120) Venezuela 0.691 (similar to Bolivia and Kyrgyzstan)
/18/(123) Belize 0.683 (same as Morocco)
/19/(125) El Salvador 0.675 (between Morocco and Nicaragua)
/20/(126) Nicaragua 0.667 (similar to Bhutan)
/21/(135) Guatemala 0.627 (similar to Micronesia)
/22/(137) Honduras 0.621 (between Kiribati and Sao Tome & Principe)

LOW
/23/(163) Haiti 0.535 (same as Nigeria)

[Tooting Carmen]

Interestingly, the HDI gap between Chile and Bolivia is the same as that between the US and Mexico (0.163). The gap between DR and Haiti is absolutely enormous (0.232). Other big gaps between neighbouring countries include Costa Rica versus Nicaragua (0.142), Argentina versus Bolivia (0.150), Argentina versus Paraguay (0.125) and Mexico versus Guatemala (0.131).

[Incal]

/8/(84) Peru 0.762 (similar to Cuba)
/9/(86) Mexico 0.758 (similar to Armenia)

[Tooting Carmen]

According to the database, although Mexico's GNI per capita is almost 1.5 times Peru's, it is worse for life expectancy and education.

[axel.aleman]

Bueno Perú es mucho mejor lugar para vivir que Cuba, aunque en Cuba por temas culturales sería más similar a lo que estoy acostumbrado

[Andullero]

Interestingly, the HDI gap between Chile and Bolivia is the same as that between the US and Mexico (0.163).

You can imagine how it was before Evo.

[Tooting Carmen]

You can imagine how it was before Evo.

Are you saying that to praise or condemn him?

[Tooting Carmen]

Bueno Perú es mucho mejor lugar para vivir que Cuba

If you're rich or middle-class, absolutely. However, if you're poor it is much more debatable - Cuba still ranks slightly higher than Peru because of its better life expectancy and education, despite average salaries being almost 50% lower.

[Andullero]

Are you saying that to praise or condemn him?

Praise (in spite of my current views).

[Tooting Carmen]

Praise (in spite of my current views).

As for the Haiti-DR gap, it is even bigger than the Morocco-Spain gap (0.232 vs 0.222). I think the only bigger gap between neighbouring countries in the world is Yemen versus Saudi Arabia (0.420). (North versus South Korea would be up there too, only that the DPRK is too secretive and mysterious to be ranked).

N.B. I just looked again, and the Yemen-Oman and Syria-Israel gaps are also even bigger than Haiti-DR.