COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS

By Max Blanchet

Source: UNDP’s “Human Development Reports  2002 and (2003)”

Basic Statistics

Cuba

DR

Haiti

India

Jamaica

Nigeria

GDP per capita, PPP$ 2000

NA

(5,259)

6,033

(7,020)

1,467

(1,860)

2,358

(2,840)

3,639

(3,720)

896

(850)

Combined first, second and third level gross enrollment ratio, %

76

(76)

72

(74)

52

(52)

55

(56)

62

(74)

45

(45)

Adult literacy, %

96.7

(96.8)

83.6

(84.0)

49.8

(50.8)

57.2

(58.0)

86.9

(87.3)

63.9

(65.4)

Under 5 infant mortality per 1000 live births

9

(9)

48

(47)

125

(123)

96

(93)

20

(20)

184

(183)

Life expectancy at birth, years

76

(76.5)

67.1

(66.7)

52.6

(49.1)

63.3

(63.3)

75.3

(75.5)

51.7

(51.8)

Human Poverty Index, %

4.1

(5.0)

14.1

(13.9)

42.3

(41.6)

33.1

(33.1)

13.2

(9.3)

34.9

(34.0)

Human Development Index (HDI)

0.795

(0.806)

0.727

(0.737)

0.471

(0.467)

0.577

(0.590)

0.742

(0.757)

0.462

(0.463)

Rank out of 173  (175) countries

55

(52)

94

(94)

146

(150)

124

(127)

86

(78)

148

(152)