List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index

This article is about the country. For the U.S. state, see List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index.

Map of the Georgian regions by Human Development Index in 2021 Legend:

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  0.800 – 0.820

  0.770 – 0.800

  0.740 – 0.770

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This is a list of Georgian administrative divisions ( mkhare ) by Human Development Index as of 2023. ^[1] This also includes Adjara, a historical, geographic and political-administrative region of Georgia, and Tbilisi, the capital and largest city. There is no data for the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia available.

Rank	Region	HDI (2021)	Comparable country
Very high human development
1	Tbilisi	0.824	Brunei
2	Adjara	0.806	Costa Rica
–	Georgia	0.802	Seychelles   Kazakhstan
3	Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	0.800	Belarus   Bulgaria
High human development
4	Kvemo Kartli	0.783	Mexico
5	Shida Kartli	0.779	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	Samtskhe-Javakheti	0.775	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	0.765	Ecuador   North Macedonia
8	Guria	0.759	Azerbaijan   Brazil   Colombia
9	Kakheti	0.757	Colombia
10	Mtskheta-Mtianeti	0.745	Algeria

Development 2000-2019

Human Development Index of Georgain regions since 2000.

Region	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	HDI 2019	Increase 2000-2019
Tbilisi	0.779	0.817	0.815	0.825	0.832	6.3%
Adjara	0.701	0.737	0.760	0.793	0.814	13.8%
Georgia	0.702	0.738	0.759	0.790	0.810	13.3%
Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	0.686	0.722	0.749	0.785	0.808	15.4%
Kvemo Kartli	0.656	0.691	0.723	0.764	0.791	17.0%
Shida Kartli	0.667	0.702	0.729	0.764	0.787	15.2%
Samtskhe-Javakheti	0.663	0.698	0.725	0.760	0.783	15.3%
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	0.679	0.716	0.732	0.757	0.773	12.1%
Guria	0.697	0.734	0.741	0.757	0.767	9.1%
Kakheti	0.679	0.714	0.728	0.750	0.765	11.2%
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	0.669	0.704	0.717	0.739	0.757	11.6%

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.