List of Brazilian federative units by Human Development Index

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0.800 - 1.000 (very high HDI)
0.700 - 0.799 (high HDI)
0.600 - 0.699 (medium HDI) Mapa dos estados brasileiros por IDH (2021).svg
Map of the Brazilian states by HDI in 2021.
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  0.800 – 1.000 (very high HDI)
  0.700 – 0.799 (high HDI)
  0.600 – 0.699 (medium HDI)

Introduced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990, the Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of education, income and longevity indices, calculated in order to measure social and economic development within countries. [1] [2] It consists of a number between 0 and 1, comprising five tiers of human development—very low, low, medium, high, or very high—wherein the development is considered higher when closer to 1. [3] According to the latest Human Development Report , published in 2015 and reflecting data from 2014, Brazil placed 75th among 188 countries with an HDI value of 0.755. [4] [5] The UNDP highlighted the "rapid advance" of Brazil in two decades, leaving a situation of low human development (0.590) in 1990, reaching medium development (0.669) in 2000 and, finally, achieving high human development (0.726) in 2010. [6] [7] [8]

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In order to bring a human development perspective to the national level, the UNDP also created, in 1998, the Human Development Atlas in Brazil , which calculates the HDI of all the Brazilian administrative divisions, based on data provided by the decennial censuses conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). [9] [10] Released in 2013, in partnership with the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and the João Pinheiro Foundation (FJP), the latest edition of the Human Development Atlas in Brazil shows that the average HDI of the Brazilian federative units grew by 47.5% from 1991 to 2010. [11] [12]

Since the beginning of the statistical series in 1991, the Federal District, which contains the national capital—Brasília—, has the highest HDI among the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the only one to fall in the category of very high human development according to 2010 figures. It also topped every subindex composing the HDI, except for longevity, when, in 1991, it was surpassed by Santa Catarina. Meanwhile, Alagoas set out the lowest HDI since 2000, especially due to a poor performance in education. Tocantins put forward the fastest progress in HDI value (0.330) from 1991 to 2010, while Rio de Janeiro had the smallest increase (0.188). According to the UNDP report, the states of the North and Northeast regions have the lowest indicators, with most municipalities registering low or medium human development, while in the South, more than 65% of municipalities have achieved high human development. The South and Southeast regions and the Federal District have the highest indicators and human development indices. [13] [14]

Human Development Atlas

The methodology used by the UNDP to measure the HDI of all 5,565 Brazilian municipalities and 27 federative units differs from that used for countries. Although it has the same three dimensions of the global HDI—education, income and longevity—it adapts the global methodology to the Brazilian context and the availability of national indicators. [15] Therefore, a comparison between Brazilian federative units and countries is discouraged and the numbers cannot be used as a parameter. The global report uses mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling to evaluate education, while the local report utilizes schooling of the adult population and school flow of young people. [15] In the case of income, while the global report uses GNI per capita (PPP USD), the local report makes use of the Municipal Income per capita (BRL). [15] As for longevity, both use life expectancy at birth as indicator. [15]

Abbreviations
HDI
Human Development Index
E
Education index
I
Income index
L
Longevity index
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 0.800–1.000  Very high human development
 0.700–0.799  High human development
 0.600–0.699  Medium human development
 0.500–0.599  Low human development
 0.000–0.499  Very low human development
List of Brazilian federative units according to Human Development Index and its subindices of Education, Income and Longevity [16] [17] [18] [19]

2021 [16] 201020001991
RankFederative unitHDIEILHDIEILHDIEILHDIEIL
1Bandeira do Distrito Federal (Brasil).svg  Federal District 0.8140.8170.8210.8030.8240.7420.8630.8730.7250.5820.8050.8140.6160.4190.7620.731
2Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg  São Paulo 0.8060.8390.7710.8100.7830.7190.7890.8450.7020.5810.7560.7860.5780.3630.7290.730
3Bandeira de Santa Catarina.svg  Santa Catarina 0.7920.7900.7590.8270.7740.6970.7730.8600.6740.5260.7170.8120.5430.3290.6480.753
4Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais 0.7740.7620.7180.8460.7310.6380.7300.8380.6240.4700.6800.7590.4780.2570.6180.689
5Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg  Rio Grande do Sul 0.7710.7500.7670.7970.7610.6750.7820.8350.6640.5300.7450.7400.5730.3920.6960.690
Bandeira do Espirito Santo.svg  Espírito Santo 0.7420.7150.8640.7400.6530.7430.8350.6400.4910.6870.7770.5050.3040.6190.686
7Bandeira do Parana.svg  Paraná 0.7690.7800.7440.7850.7460.6420.7690.8400.6640.5050.7200.8040.5420.3280.6670.729
8Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg  Rio de Janeiro 0.7620.7580.7590.7690.7490.6680.7570.8300.6500.5220.7040.7470.5070.2980.6440.679
9Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul.svg  Mato Grosso do Sul 0.7420.7410.7330.7510.7290.6290.7400.8330.6130.4450.6870.7520.4880.2590.6410.699
10Flag of Goias.svg  Goiás 0.7370.7780.7140.7210.7350.6460.7420.8270.6150.4390.6860.7730.4870.2730.6330.668
11Bandeira de Mato Grosso.svg  Mato Grosso 0.7360.7580.7200.7300.7250.6350.7320.8210.6010.4260.6890.7400.4490.2210.6270.654
12Bandeira do Ceara.svg  Ceará 0.7340.7660.6580.7840.6820.6150.6510.7930.5410.3770.5880.7130.4050.2040.5320.613
13Bandeira do Tocantins.svg  Tocantins 0.7310.7320.6840.7790.6990.6240.6900.7930.5250.3480.6050.6880.3690.1550.5490.589
14Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg  Rio Grande do Norte 0.7280.6800.6920.8190.6840.5970.6780.7920.5520.3960.6080.7000.4280.2420.5470.591
15Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg  Pernambuco 0.7190.7210.6470.7970.6730.5740.6730.7890.5440.3720.6150.7050.4400.2320.5690.617
16Bandeira do Acre.svg  Acre 0.7100.6920.6550.7880.6630.5590.6710.7770.5170.3250.6120.6940.4020.1760.5740.645
17Bandeira de Sergipe.svg  Sergipe 0.7020.6840.6620.7640.6650.5600.6720.7810.5180.3430.5960.6780.4130.2110.5520.581
18Bandeira do Amazonas.svg  Amazonas 0.7000.7200.6410.7440.6740.5610.6770.8050.5150.3240.6080.6920.4300.2040.6050.645
Bandeira de Rondonia.svg  Rondônia 0.6940.6770.7310.6900.5770.7120.8000.5370.3450.6540.6880.4070.1810.5850.635
20Bandeira de Roraima.svg  Roraima 0.6990.6730.6800.7450.7070.6280.6950.8090.5980.4570.6520.7170.4590.2400.6430.628
21Bandeira da Paraiba.svg  Paraíba 0.6980.6690.6530.7790.6580.5550.6560.7830.5060.3310.5820.6720.3820.1910.5150.565
22Bandeira da Bahia.svg  Bahia 0.6910.6590.6480.7720.6600.5550.6630.7830.5120.3320.5940.6800.3860.1820.5430.582
23Bandeira do Piaui.svg  Piauí 0.6900.6980.6490.7260.6460.5470.6350.7770.4840.3010.5560.6760.3620.1640.4880.595
Bandeira do Para.svg  Pará 0.6860.6450.7440.6460.5280.6460.7890.5180.3190.6010.7250.4130.1940.5670.640
25Bandeira do Amapa.svg  Amapá 0.6880.6470.6480.7780.7080.6290.6940.8130.5770.4240.6380.7110.4720.2540.6200.668
26Bandeira de Alagoas.svg  Alagoas 0.6840.6790.6300.7480.6310.5200.6410.7550.4710.2820.5740.6470.3700.1740.5270.552
27Bandeira do Maranhao.svg  Maranhão 0.6760.7160.6030.7150.6390.5620.6120.7570.4760.3120.5310.6490.3570.1730.4780.551
Maps
Mapa dos estados brasileiros por IDH (1991).svg
1991
Mapa dos estados brasileiros por IDH (2000).svg
2000
Mapa dos estados brasileiros por IDH (2010).svg
2010
Mapa dos estados brasileiros por IDH (2021).svg
2021
Every region of Brazil has significantly increased its Human Development Index in the span of two decades, with no federative unit under low human development by 2010. South, Southeast and Central-West are the most advanced regions, while the North and Northeast still presented states with a medium human development.

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