List of Latin American subnational entities by high Human Development Index

This report is based on the information from the United Nations Development Programme to high percentages in Latin American countries are from Chile 2009,[1] Mexico 2004,[2] Uruguay 2002,[3] Brazil 2004,[4] Venezuela[5] 2004 and Colombia 2001.[6] All the new departments created by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 (Amazonas, Arauca, Casanare, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo, San Andrés and Providencia, Vaupés, Vichada) have an HDI of 0.755, as reported by the UNDP. Argentina uses different methods in the composition of the provincial HDI (it uses the average income instead of GDP per capita PPP) for this reason, this country is not on the list.[7]

Rank Subnational entity Country HDI
1 Santiago  Chile 0.921
2 Magallanes  Chile 0.905
3 Bogota (2011)  Colombia 0.904
4 Tarapacá  Chile 0.895
5 Mexico City  Mexico 0.883
7 Montevideo  Uruguay 0.880
8 Bogotá  Colombia 0.904
9 Federal District  Brazil 0.874
10 Valparaíso  Chile 0.864
11 Atacama  Chile 0.855
12 Flores  Uruguay 0.854
13 Colonia  Uruguay 0.852
14 Nuevo León  Mexico 0.851
15 Coquimbo  Chile 0.846
16 Florida  Uruguay 0.842
17 Maldonado  Uruguay 0.841
18 Santa Catarina  Brazil 0.840
19 Río Negro  Uruguay 0.837
20 Rocha  Uruguay 0.837
21 Durazno  Uruguay 0.837
22 Asunción  Paraguay 0.837
23 Lavalleja  Uruguay 0.836
24 Aysén  Chile 0.835
25 Chihuahua  Mexico 0.835
26 Soriano  Uruguay 0.835
27 Coahuila  Mexico 0.834
28 Baja California Sur  Mexico 0.833
29 São Paulo  Brazil 0.833
29 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 0.832
30 Rio Grande do Sul  Brazil 0.832
31 Quintana Roo  Mexico 0.829
32 Aguascalientes  Mexico 0.828
33 Tacuarembó  Uruguay 0.828
34 Caracas  Venezuela 0.827
35 Campeche  Mexico 0.826
36 Sonora  Mexico 0.825
37 Tamaulipas  Mexico 0.824
38 Paraná  Brazil 0.820
39 Miranda  Venezuela 0.820
40 Treinta y Tres  Uruguay 0.819
41 Salto  Uruguay 0.819
43 Cerro Largo  Uruguay 0.814
44 Heredia  Costa Rica 0.810
45 Colima  Mexico 0.809
46 Artigas  Uruguay 0.809
47 Querétaro  Mexico 0.808
48 Jalisco  Mexico 0.805
49 Durango  Mexico 0.804
50 Espírito Santo  Brazil 0.802
51 Mato Grosso do Sul  Brazil 0.802
52 Morelos  Mexico 0.801
53 Goiás  Brazil 0.800

References

  1. ^ Informe Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2009 - Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.
  2. ^ Mexico Human Development Index
  3. ^ Uruguay Human Development Index
  4. ^ Brazil Human Development Index
  5. ^ Venezuela Human Development Index
  6. ^ Colombia Human Development Index
  7. ^ Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (Spanish)

See also