The following are international rankings of
Economy
The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom , ranked 49 out of 157 countries International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita (2000), ranked 71 out of 182 countries International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) (2006), ranked 92 out of 181 countries United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 58 out of 177 countries
Education
Literacy rate 94 percent
Environment
Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 28 out of 146 countries
Globalization
A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 21 out of 62 countries
Politics
Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2006 ranked 84 out of 163 countries Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2006, ranked 39 out of 168 countries
Technology
World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 82 out of 133 countries
Historical data
Index (Year)Author / Editor / Source Year ofpublication Countriessampled World Ranking (1) RankingL.A.(2)Environmental Performance (2008) Yale University 149 32nd Democracy (2010) The Economist 167 46th Global Peace (2008) The Economist 140 48th Economic Freedom (2008) The Wall Street Journal 157 46th Quality-of-life (2005) The Economist 111 47th Travel and Tourism Competitiveness (2008) World Economic Forum 130 50th Press Freedom (2007) Reporters Without Borders 169 54th Global Competitiviness (2007) World Economic Forum 131 59th Human Development (2005) United Nations (UNDP) 177 62nd Corruption Perception (2010) Transparency International 178 73rd Income inequality (1989–2007)(3) United Nations (UNDP) 126 115th (1) Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated. (2) Ranking among the 20 Latin American countries (Puerto Rico is not included). (3) Because the Gini coefficient used for the ranking corresponds to different years depending on the country, and the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. The ranking therefore is only a proxy for reference purposes, and though the source is the same, the sample is smaller than for the HDI
Organization Survey Ranking Latin Business Chronicle Latin Business Index 1 out of 19 World's Best Countries (2008/09) Newsweek 41 out of 100 Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 59 out of 144 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index 60 out of 182 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 73 out of 178 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 59 out of 133 Latin Business Chronicle Latin Globalization Index 1 out of 19
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