Trinidad and Tobago has placed 62 in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI) from a list of 187 countries.
It's a drop of three from 2010. The country's overall rating is 0.760, placing Trinidad & Tobago in the High Human Development category along with a number of caribbean countries.
Barbados, which was rated at 47 on the index, is the only regional state in the Very High Human Development group.
Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 43 countries: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development.
The countries that top the index in order of scores are:
The HDI is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide.
It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing or under-developed state and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.
The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
It's a drop of three from 2010. The country's overall rating is 0.760, placing Trinidad & Tobago in the High Human Development category along with a number of caribbean countries.
Barbados, which was rated at 47 on the index, is the only regional state in the Very High Human Development group.
Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 43 countries: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development.
The countries that top the index in order of scores are:
| 1 |  |  Norway | 0.943 |  0.005 |
| 2 | |  Australia | 0.929 |  0.008 |
| 3 | (4) |  Netherlands | 0.910 | 0.02 |
| 4 | |  United States | 0.910 | 0.008 |
| 5 | (2) |  New Zealand | 0.908 | 0.001 |
| 6 | (2) |  Canada | 0.908 | 0.02 |
The HDI of Latin America and the Caribbean as a region increased from 0.582 in 1980 to 0.731 today, placing Trinidad and Tobago above the regional average.
The HDI is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide.
It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing or under-developed state and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.
The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
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