Evolution of Total Population , 1800-2000

Evolution of Global Extreme Poverty Cost of Basic Needs, 1820-2018

Evolution of Global Extreme Poverty Dollar a Day, 1820-2018

Evolution of Educational Inequality Gini Coefficient, 1915-2010

Evolution of Cattle per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Cropland per Capita, 1500-2010

Raking and performance of all available indicators for the entire period covered by the data (download all indicators)

Period Best performing Worst performing Best ranking Worst ranking
1820-1869 13 Total Num. of Pigs Composite Measure
of Wellbeing
Global Extreme
Poverty Dollar
a Day
Total Cropland
1870-1919 15 Total Num. of Pigs Cropland per Capita Global Extreme
Poverty Dollar
a Day
Cropland per Capita
Total Cropland
1920-1959 20 Composite Measure
of Wellbeing
Cattle per Capita Average Years
of Education
Total Population
1960-2010 34 GDP per Capita Total CO2 Emissions Average Years
of Education
Total Population
Overall     36 N/A N/A Pigs per Capita Cropland per Capita
Total Cropland
         
Caribbean

Anguilla[No Data]

Antigua and Barbuda1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Aruba[No Data]

Bahamas1500 (5)-2013 (23)

Barbados1500 (5)-2016 (28)

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba[No Data]

British Virgin Islands[No Data]

Cayman Islands[No Data]

Cuba1500 (8)-2016 (35)

Curaçao[No Data]

Dominica1500 (5)-2016 (21)

Dominican Republic1500 (6)-2018 (38)

Grenada1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Guadeloupe[No Data]

Haiti1500 (6)-2018 (36)

Jamaica1500 (6)-2018 (35)

Martinique[No Data]

Montserrat[No Data]

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