The Dominican Republic has moved up eight places to ranking 94th of 189 countries in the United Nations Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The overall trend globally is toward continued human development improvements, with many countries moving up through the human development categories, including the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic is categorized in the high human development group of the ranking, together with Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Cuba, Mexico, Grenada, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, St. Lucia, Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica, and Paraguay in Latin America and the Caribbean. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bahamas and Barbados are included in the top very high human development group.
The UNDP 2018 Report that focuses on opportunities and wellbeing for young people concluded that Ireland enjoyed the highest increase in HDI rank between 2012 and 2017 moving up 13 places, while Turkey, the Dominican Republic and Botswana were also developing strongly, each moving up eight places.
Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland and Germany lead the ranking of 189 countries and territories in the latest Human Development Index (HDI), while Niger, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Chad and Burundi have the lowest scores in the HDI’s measurement of national achievements in health, education and income, released on 14 September 2018 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
According to the report, Latin America and the Caribbean enjoy high levels of human development, second only to Europe and Central Asia. However, when adjusted for inequality, the region’s HDI drops by 21.8% due to the unequal distribution of human development, particularly in income. The region has the narrowest gap between men and women in HDI at 2%, below the global average of 6%. However, it has the second highest adolescent birth rate and the labor force participation rate for women is significantly lower than for men (51.6 vs 77.5%).
17 September 2018
