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Jamaica vs South Africa: Augmented Human Development Index

Jamaica
0.4879
in 2020
South Africa
0.4821
in 2020
Jamaica rank
60th
South Africa rank
62nd

Augmented Human Development Index over time

  • Jamaica
  • South Africa
0.10.20.30.40.5187019452020

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.4879 against 0.4821 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0058.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was South Africa ahead.

Jamaica ranks 60th and South Africa ranks 62nd of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Augmented Human Development Index
Source
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
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The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.