Latin Education Index 2013

Abel Halpern February 5, 2014

Which countries do the best at giving their citizens a head start?

By Score					By Country

Rk	Ch.	Country	Score	Sc. Ch.	Rk	Ch.	Country	Score	Sc. Ch.
1	+1	Argentina	22.05	0.59	1	+1	Argentina	22.05	0.59
2	-1	Uruguay	21.43	-0.19	8	-3	Bolivia	19.82	-0.51
3	same	Chile	21.12	0.29	6	+1	Brazil	20.13	0.03
4	same	Venezuela	20.94	0.34	3	same	Chile	21.12	0.29
5	+5	Colombia	20.28	0.61	5	+5	Colombia	20.28	0.61
6	+1	Brazil	20.13	0.03	10	+1	Costa Rica	19.72	0.29
7	+2	Mexico	19.85	-0.01	14	same	Dom. Rep.	18.46	0.00
8	-3	Bolivia	19.82	-0.51	12	+1	Ecuador	18.69	0.00
9	-1	Panama	19.81	-0.12	15	same	El Salvador	17.78	-0.28
10	+1	Costa Rica	19.72	0.29	18	same	Guatemala	16.39	0.12
11	-5	Peru	19.58	-0.56	19	same	Haiti	10.32	-1.61
12	+1	Ecuador	18.69	0.00	16	same	Honduras	17.72	-0.25
13	-1	Paraguay	18.69	-0.10	7	+2	Mexico	19.85	-0.01
14	same	Dom. Rep.	18.46	0.00	17	same	Nicaragua	16.76	-0.17
15	same	El Salvador	17.78	-0.28	9	-1	Panama	19.81	-0.12
16	same	Honduras	17.72	-0.25	13	-1	Paraguay	18.69	-0.10
17	same	Nicaragua	16.76	-0.17	11	-5	Peru	19.58	-0.56
18	same	Guatemala	16.39	0.12	2	-1	Uruguay	21.43	-0.19
19	same	Haiti	10.32	-1.61	4	same	Venezuela	20.94	0.34

		Average	18.92	-0.08			Average	18.92	-0.08


**Sources: World Economic Forum (quality), UNESCO (Mean and expected years**
**of schooling, enrollment, literacy), Latin Business Chronicle (index)**

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Abel Halpern February 6, 2014