From
http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/For what it's worth; here's how some of our favorite latin nations fared (along with some benchmarks):
High human development
1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Sweden
4 Australia
5 Netherlands
6 Belgium
7 United States
34 Argentina
42 Costa Rica
43 Chile
52 Cuba
54 Trinidad and Tobago
55 Mexico
Medium human development
59 Panama
64 Colombia
65 Brazil
67 Belize
69 Venezuela
82 Peru
84 Paraguay
92 Guyana
94 Dominican Republic
97 Ecuador
114 Bolivia
115 Honduras
121 Nicaragua
Low human development
150 Haiti
175 Sierra Leone