| Social & Moral Development Index1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Higher is better Points1 | |
| 1 | Bahamas | 63.2 |
| 2 | Barbados | 62.4 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 61.3 |
| 4 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 61.2 |
| 5 | Trinidad & Tobago | 59.8 |
| 6 | Antigua & Barbuda | 58.6 |
| 7 | St Lucia | 58.6 |
| 8 | Dominican Rep. | 56.3 |
| 9 | Cuba | 55.1 |
| 10 | Grenada | 54.0 |
| Caribbean Avg | 56.2 | |
| World Avg | 53.8 | |
| q=14. | ||
A popular tourist and recreation destination, much of the public face of the Caribbean is scenic and centered on tourism, despite setbacks caused by occassional destructive weather events. Social problems arise from much of the Caribbean being part of established narcotics trade routes between South America and the USA.
There are 29 locations that fall within this category. By adding up all the known populations that fall within these locations, and summing their physical land areas, we can calculate population densities. Some islands and territories can end up being counted twice depending on how they are classified and divided up politically, but, mostly such errors involve only small populations. So, some data on this collection of countries in total:
The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life.
| Pos. | Social & Moral Higher is better Points1 | Life Expectancy (2015) Higher is better Years2 | Gross National Income (2011) Higher is better PPP $2 | UN HDI (2016) Lower is better Rank3 | Population (2012)4 | Land Area (2011) km25 | People Per km2 Lower is better | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 63.2 | 75.56 | $21 565 | 58 | 0.4m | 10 010 | 35 |
| 2 | Barbados | 62.4 | 75.77 | $14 952 | 54 | 0.3m | 430 | 638 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 61.3 | 75.82 | $8 350 | 94 | 2.8m | 10 830 | 255 |
| 4 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 61.2 | 73.04 | $10 372 | 99 | 0.1m | 390 | 280 |
| 5 | Trinidad & Tobago | 59.8 | 70.52 | $28 049 | 65 | 1.4m | 5 130 | 263 |
| 6 | Antigua & Barbuda | 58.6 | 76.24 | $20 907 | 62 | 90 510 | 440 | 206 |
| 7 | St Lucia | 58.6 | 75.20 | $9 791 | 92 | 0.2m | 610 | 291 |
| 8 | Dominican Rep. | 56.3 | 73.65 | $12 756 | 99 | 10.2m | 48 320 | 211 |
| 9 | Cuba | 55.1 | 79.57 | $7 455 | 68 | 11.2m | 106 440 | 106 |
| 10 | Grenada | 54.0 | 73.56 | $11 502 | 79 | 0.1m | 340 | 310 |
| 11 | Dominica | 52.2 | 77.85 | $10 096 | 96 | 67 665 | 750 | 90 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 48.6 | 8 870 | |||||
| 13 | Haiti | 48.4 | 63.12 | $1 657 | 163 | 10.3m | 27 560 | 372 |
| 14 | St Kitts & Nevis | 47.1 | 73.98 | $22 436 | 74 | 53 697 | 260 | 207 |
| Caribbean Avg | 56.2 | 74.14 | $13 838 | 84.8 | 2.8m | 12 339 | 231 | |
| World Avg | 53.8 | 71.27 | $17 240 | 94.3 | 36.0m | 620 450 | 58 | |
| q=14. | ||||||||
Not showing due to lack of data: St Barthelemy. This page only shows places where the database has enough data to be able to come to reasonable conclusions about each place. The main focus is on nation states, but, some distinct external territories may be listed if the database has enough information about them. Averages are calculated from as many valid data points as possible, meaning, that some territories and locations that are not listed above may still be used to calculate some of the average values. Some calculations only use Independent State data - hover the cursor over values to see hints.
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| Pos. | Social & Moral Higher is better Points1 | Gender Inequality (2015) Lower is better6 | Nominal Commitment to HR (2009) Higher is better Treaties7 | Press Freedom (2013) Lower is better8 | LGBT Equality (2017) Higher is better Score9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 63.2 | 0.36 | 11 | 10 | |
| 2 | Barbados | 62.4 | 0.29 | 11 | -10 | |
| 3 | Jamaica | 61.3 | 0.42 | 14 | 988 | -5 |
| 4 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 61.2 | 15 | -10 | ||
| 5 | Trinidad & Tobago | 59.8 | 0.32 | 12 | 2312 | -10 |
| 6 | Antigua & Barbuda | 58.6 | 13 | -10 | ||
| 7 | St Lucia | 58.6 | 0.35 | 6 | -9 | |
| 8 | Dominican Rep. | 56.3 | 0.47 | 14 | 2834 | 25 |
| 9 | Cuba | 55.1 | 0.30 | 11 | 7164 | 25 |
| 10 | Grenada | 54.0 | 7 | -5 | ||
| 11 | Dominica | 52.2 | 12 | -5 | ||
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 48.6 | ||||
| 13 | Haiti | 48.4 | 0.59 | 12 | 2409 | 15 |
| 14 | St Kitts & Nevis | 47.1 | 9 | -25 | ||
| Caribbean Avg | 56.2 | 0.39 | 11.3 | 3141 | -01.1 | |
| World Avg | 53.8 | 0.36 | 15.1 | 3249 | 12.6 | |
| q=14. | ||||||
| Pos. | Religiosity (2009) Lower is better %10 | Disbelief In God (2007) Higher is better11 | Jews (2010) %12 | Christians (2010) %12 | Muslims (2010) %12 | Hindus (2010) %12 | Buddhists (2010) %12 | Folk Religion (2010) %12 | Unaffiliated (2010) %12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua & Barbuda | 0.1 | 93.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | Bahamas | 0.1 | 96.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | Barbados | 0.1 | 95.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | Cuba | 40 | 0.1 | 59.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17.4 | 23.0 | |
| 5 | Dominica | 0.1 | 94.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.5 | ||
| 6 | Dominican Rep. | 87 | 7 | 0.1 | 88.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Grenada | 0.1 | 96.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | ||
| 8 | Haiti | 0 | 0.1 | 86.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 10.6 | |
| 9 | Jamaica | 3 | 0.1 | 77.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 17.2 | |
| 10 | St Kitts & Nevis | 0.1 | 94.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 11 | St Lucia | 0.1 | 91.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 6.0 | ||
| 12 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 0.1 | 88.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||
| 13 | Trinidad & Tobago | 9 | 0.1 | 65.9 | 5.9 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| 14 | St Barthelemy | |||||||||
| 15 | St Martin | |||||||||
| 16 | Anguilla | 0.1 | 90.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | ||
| 17 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1 | 84.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 18 | Cayman Islands | 0.8 | 83.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 19 | Montserrat | 0.1 | 93.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 20 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 0.1 | 92.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 0.1 | 96.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 22 | US Virgin Islands | 0.3 | 94.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 23 | Guadeloupe | 0.1 | 95.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 24 | Martinique | 0.1 | 96.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 25 | Aruba | 0.4 | 91.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 6.0 | ||
| 26 | Curaco | |||||||||
| 27 | Saba | |||||||||
| 28 | Sint Eustatius | |||||||||
| 29 | Bonaire | |||||||||
| Caribbean Avg | 87.0 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 89.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 5.4 | |
| World Avg | 75.1 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 60.6 | 22.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 7.9 | |
| q=29. | ||||||||||
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Last Modified: 2017 Mar 22
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