List of East African Community sub regions by Human Development Index

Nairobi County has the highest Human Development, with a Human Development Index of 0.771. Mombasa County, Nyeri County, and the city of Zanzibar follow, having Medium human development. Jubaland, Hirshabelle, Southwest Somalia, and East Equatoria have the lowest Human Development. Nairobi County is the only sub region that has High Human Development, 54 sub regions fall under Medium Human Development, while 62 sub regions are categorized under Low Human There is no state with Very High Human Development. The Human Development of East Africa Community is 0.512. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

List

Rank	Region	HDI	Country
High Human Development (≥ 0.7)
1	Nairobi	0.771
Medium Human Development (≥ 0.55)
2	Mombasa	0.698
3	Nyeri	0.678
4	Zanzibar City	0.678
5	Kiambu	0.663
6	Uasin Gishu	0.654
7	Dar es Salaam	0.653
8	Embu	0.650
9	Kirinyaga	0.646
10	Kigali	0.644
11	Nakuru	0.641
12	Kilimanjaro	0.640
13	South Zanzibar	0.639
14	Nyandarua	0.637
15	Laikipia	0.635
16	Machakos	0.633
17	Meru	0.632
18	Taita Taveta	0.630
19	Nandi	0.627
20	Tharaka Nithi	0.626
21	Murang’a	0.625
22	Kisumu	0.621
23	Elgeyo Marakwet	0.620
24	Trans Nzoia	0.620
25	Lamu	0.620
26	Kericho	0.619
27	Bungoma	0.618
28	Nyamira	0.616
29	Bomet	0.613
30	Kisii	0.613
31	Baringo	0.609
32	Kajiado	0.609
33	Kakamega	0.606
34	South Pemba	0.603
35	Kitui	0.602
36	Vihiga	0.602
37	Makueni	0.595
38	Busia	0.594
39	North Zanzibar	0.584
40	Siaya	0.583
41	Kinshasa	0.582
42	Narok	0.578
43	Iringa	0.577
44	Njombe	0.577
45	Kilifi	0.574
46	Homa Bay	0.573
47	Kwale	0.573
48	Tanga	0.569
49	Arusha	0.568
50	Manyara	0.568
51	Migori	0.567
52	Ruvuma	0.555
53	Isiolo	0.554
Low Human Development (< 0.55)
55	North Pemba	0.548
56	Morogoro	0.546
57	Mbeya	0.543
58	Mara	0.541
59	Eastern Province	0.540
60	Western Province	0.535
61	West Pokot	0.534
62	Southern Province	0.526
63	Northern Province	0.525
64	Pwani	0.525
65	Geita	0.523
66	Mwanza	0.523
67	Marsabit	0.522
68	Kagera	0.521
69	Kigoma	0.520
70	Samburu	0.509
71	Lindi	0.509
72	Shinyanga	0.508
73	Simiyu	0.508
74	Mtwara	0.507
75	North Kivu	0.504
76	Tana River	0.497
77	Dodoma	0.497
78	Garissa	0.494
79	South Kivu	0.492
80	Turkana	0.492
81	Wajir	0.491
82	Mandera	0.484
83	Katavi	0.483
84	Rukwa	0.483
85	Tabora	0.482
86	Bas-Congo	0.481
87	West Region	0.469
88	Orientale	0.468
89	Katanga	0.467
90	Banadir	0.459
91	Central Equatoria	0.459
92	Bandundu	0.458
93	Equateur	0.456
94	South Region	0.452
95	Kasai Oriental	0.449
96	Maniema	0.430
97	Northern Bahr el Ghazal	0.426
98	Middle Region	0.422
99	Upper Nile	0.422
100	Somaliland	0.417
101	Western Bahr el Ghazal	0.412
102	Puntland	0.404
103	East Region	0.403
104	Kasai-Occidental	0.403
105	North Region	0.372
106	Eastern Equatoria	0.367
107	Lakes	0.344
108	Unity	0.340
109	Ruweng	0.340
110	Jonglei	0.331
111	Pibor	0.331
112	Galmudug	0.327
113	Warrap	0.308
114	Western Equatoria	0.306
115	Southwest	0.304
116	Hirshabelle	0.303
117	Jubaland	0.287

References

1. "Kenya counties Human Development Index". www.statskenya.co.ke. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 December 2019.