Argentina Heads Human Development Index

Argentina, Chile and Uruguay lead the region in the UN’s Human Development Index for 2005. Guatemala brings up the rear in Latin America. Argentina ranked 34th in the world and Uruguay came in 46th place. Both countries’ rankings were unchanged from last year. Chile has improved strongly, rising to 37th from 43rd in 2004. Mexico, Latin America’s biggest economy ranked 53rd and Brazil came 63rd. The index measures income, health, and education levels in 177 countries.