Human capital index (HCI) (scale 0-1) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean
Definition: The HCI calculates the contributions of health and education to worker productivity. The final index score ranges from zero to one and measures the productivity as a future worker of child born today relative to the benchmark of full health and complete education.
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on the methodology described in World Bank (2018). https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30498
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 0.63 | 2020 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.60 | 2020 |
| 3 | St. Lucia | 0.60 | 2020 |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.60 | 2020 |
| 5 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.59 | 2020 |
| 6 | Grenada | 0.57 | 2020 |
| 7 | El Salvador | 0.55 | 2020 |
| 8 | Dominica | 0.54 | 2020 |
| 9 | Jamaica | 0.53 | 2020 |
| 10 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.53 | 2020 |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 0.51 | 2020 |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0.50 | 2020 |
| 13 | Panama | 0.50 | 2020 |
| 14 | Honduras | 0.48 | 2020 |
| 15 | Guatemala | 0.46 | 2020 |
| 16 | Haiti | 0.45 | 2020 |
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