SELECTED SOCIAL INDICATORS
Mean Years of
Human Dev. Life Expectancy Daily Cal.Supply Adult Literacy Rate Schooling (25+)
Index [a] at Birth(years) (% of required) Total Male Female Total Male Female
Country 1990 1960 1990 1965 1988-90 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Barbados .928 64.3 75.1 128 8.9 9.2 8.6
Uruguay .881 67.7 72.2 106 101 96 97 96 7.8 7.4 8.2
Tirinidad and Tobago .877 63.5 71.6 103 114 8.0 8.0 8.1
Bahamas .875 63.2 71.5 6.2 6.4 6.0
Chile .864 57.1 71.8 108 102 93 94 93 7.5 7.8 7.2
Costa Rica .852 61.6 74.9 104 121 93 93 93 5.7 5.8 5.6
Argentina .832 64.9 71.0 119 131 95 96 95 8.7 8.5 8.9
Venezuela .824 59.5 70.0 94 99 88 87 90 6.3 6.4 6.2
Dominica .819 4.7 4.9 4.5
Mexico .805 57.0 69.7 111 131 88 90 85 4.7 4.8 4.6
Grenada .787 4.7 4.9 4.5
Antigua and Barbuda .785 4.6 5.1 4.1
Colombia .770 56.5 68.8 94 106 87 88 86 7.1 6.9 7.3
Suriname .751 60.2 69.5 95 95 95 4.2 4.3 4.0
Panama .738 60.7 72.4 98 98 88 88 88 6.7 6.5 6.9
Jamaica .736 62.7 73.1 100 114 98 98 99 5.3 5.3 5.2
Brazil .730 54.6 65.6 100 114 81 83 80 3.9 4.0 3.8
St. Lucia .720 3.9 4.0 3.8
Cuba .711 63.8 75.4 102 135 94 95 93 7.6 7.5 7.7
St. Vincent and Grens. .709 4.6 4.7 4.5
St. Kitts & Nevis .697 6.0 6.1 5.9
Belize .689 4.6 4.8 4.4
Ecuador .646 53.1 66.0 83 105 86 88 84 5.6 5.8 5.3
Paraguay .641 63.8 67.1 112 116 90 92 88 4.9 5.2 4.6
Peru .592 47.7 63.0 98 87 85 92 79 6.4 7.1 5.7
Dominican Republic .586 51.8 66.7 85 102 83 85 82 4.3 4.6 4.0
Guyana .541 56.1 64.2 96 98 95 5.1 5.4 4.9
El Salvador .503 50.5 64.4 80 102 73 76 70 4.1 4.1 4.1
Nicaragua .500 47.0 64.8 107 99 4.3 4.1 4.5
Guatemala .489 45.6 63.4 93 103 55 63 47 4.1 4.4 3.8
Honduras .472 46.5 64.9 87 98 73 76 71 3.9 4.0 3.7
Bolivia .398 42.7 54.5 77 84 78 85 71 4.0 5.0 3.0
Haiti .275 42.2 55.7 88 89 53 59 47 1.7 2.0 1.3
Source: UNDP, "Human Development Report 1993."
[a] The "Human Development Index" combines national income with two social indicators - adult literacy and
life expectancy - to give a composite measure of human progress.