According to the United Nations Development Programme’s latest Human Development Index (HDI), Guyana made minimal progress in development in the year 2019.
The index ranks Guyana 122nd of 189 countries and shows that worrying indicators, including the high number of maternal deaths and significant gender inequality, persist.
According to the Human Development Report 2020, titled “The Next Frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene,” Guyana remains in the Medium Human Development group of countries. It also remains the second lowest ranked CARICOM member, ahead of only Haiti, which is in the Low Human Development group.