Jamaica Ranked 9th Best Caribbean Country to Live In

Jamaica is the ninth best Caribbean country to live in according to the latest edition of the Human Development Index.

The Human Development Index (HDI), released by the United Nations Development Programme essentially ranks the best countries in the world to live.

More specifically, the HDI is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the GDP per capita is higher.

Barbados (54th in the world) takes the top spot among the Caribbean countries included in the list.

Jamaica is 9th in the Caribbean – ranked 94th in the world.

The ranking only includes UN member countries that provide acceptable data to the agency.

See the ranking of all the Caribbean countries included in the  Human Development Report below:

Barbados (54)

Bahamas (58)

Antigua and Barbuda (62)

Trinidad and Tobago (65)

Cuba (68)

St Kitts and Nevis (74)

Grenada (79)

St Lucia (92)

Jamaica (94)

Dominica (96)

Dominican Republic (99)

St Vincent and the Grenadines (99)

Belize (103)

Guyana (127)

Haiti (163)

See the full report here

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