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0.880 - 0.900
0.860 - 0.880
0.800 - 0.860
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This is a list of French regions and overseas territories by Human Development Index as of 2023. [1] The regions since 2016 that the pre-2016 regions correspond to or are part of are shown alongside.
| Rank | Pre-2016 region | Region since 2016 | HDI (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | |||
| 1 |  Île-de-France | 0.960 | |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes |  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0.930 |
| 3 |  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 0.921 | |
| – |  France | 0.920 | |
| 4 | Midi-Pyrénées |  Occitanie | 0.920 |
| 5 | Aquitaine |  Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 0.914 |
| 6 |  Pays de la Loire | 0.912 | |
| 7 | Alsace |  Grand Est | 0.910 |
| 8 |  Brittany | 0.909 | |
| 9 | Languedoc-Roussillon | Occitanie | 0.905 |
| 10 | Upper Normandy |  Normandy | 0.902 |
| 11 | Poitou-Charentes | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 0.901 |
| 12 | Auvergne | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 0.899 |
| 13 | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |  Hauts-de-France | 0.895 |
| 14 | Franche-Comté |  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 0.890 |
| 15 | Burgundy | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 0.889 |
| Limousin | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ||
| 17 |  Centre-Val de Loire | 0.888 | |
| 18 | Champagne-Ardenne | Grand Est | 0.885 |
| 19 | Lower Normandy | Normandy | 0.884 |
| 20 | Lorraine | Grand Est | 0.881 |
| 21 | Picardy | Hauts-de-France | 0.877 |
| 22 |  Corsica | 0.875 | |
| 23 |  Guadeloupe | 0.872 | |
| 24 |  Martinique | 0.860 | |
| 25 |  Réunion | 0.856 | |
| 26 |  French Guiana | 0.820 | |
| 27 |  Mayotte | 0.800 | |