Georgetown: Guyana has been ranked 82nd out of 132 countries in a social index report, far below Trinidad and Jamaica, the two other Caricom countries monitored.
The 2014 Social Progress Index is the second one presented by the Social Progress Imperative, a non-governmental group created in the US in 2012.
The Social Progress Index provides a useful benchmark by which countries can compare themselves to others, and can identify specific areas of current strength or weakness. Additionally, scoring on a 0–100 scale gives countries a realistic benchmark rather than an abstract measure. This scale allows us to track absolute, not just relative, performance of countries over time on each component, dimension, and the overall model. The Social Progress Index 2014 results, found in the main report, are a starting point for many different avenues of research into the ways a country is successful or not and whether conclusions can be drawn about the overall effect of social progress on economic growth and life satisfaction. Furthermore, while disaggregated scores provide insight into the behavior of the different components that contribute to a country’s performance, we believe disaggregation within a country (e.g. regional or state) also provides important insight and actionable information to those seeking to increase social progress, and applying the framework at this level will be a key focus of research over the next year.
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