Guyana is now ranked at 117 on the United Nations Development Programme Human Development index; having moved up two points from last year, a report issued today said, and is one of the countries listed as having medium human development.
Guyana was ranked at 104 last year out of 169 countries evaluated; this year, the report captures 187 countries.
Guyana’s life expectancy was set at 69.9 years, while last year it was 67.8 years.
On the gender inequality index Guyana’s rating was 106, with its male/female secondary education listed as 77.5/73.6 in 2010 and its male/female labour
