List of German states by Human Development Index

Map of German states by HDI in 2018.

  > 0.949

  0.949 – 0.930

  0.929 – 0.910

  < 0.909

This is a list of German states by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2023. ^[1]

Rank	State	HDI (2023)
Very high human development
1	Hamburg	0.977
	Berlin
3	Baden-Württemberg	0.972
4	Bavaria	0.967
5	Hesse	0.963
6	Bremen	0.961
—	Germany (average)	0.959
7	North Rhine-Westphalia	0.955
8	Saxony	0.953
9	Rhineland-Palatinate	0.948
10	Lower Saxony	0.945
11	Saarland	0.944
12	Schleswig-Holstein	0.939
13	Thuringia	0.937
14	Brandenburg	0.936
15	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	0.932
16	Saxony-Anhalt	0.930

Development 1995–2015

Human Development Index of German states since 1995.

State	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	Increase 1995–2015
Hamburg	0.874	0.896	0.934	0.953	0.964	9.0%
Baden-Württemberg	0.847	0.872	0.905	0.926	0.941	9.4%
Bremen	0.853	0.879	0.910	0.930	0.938	8.5%
Hesse	0.849	0.875	0.908	0.926	0.935	8.6%
Bavaria	0.835	0.861	0.894	0.916	0.933	9.8%
Berlin	0.840	0.866	0.897	0.919	0.932	9.2%
North Rhine-Westphalia	0.834	0.860	0.891	0.910	0.924	9.0%
Saxony	0.830	0.855	0.887	0.904	0.916	8.6%
Rhineland-Palatinate	0.823	0.849	0.879	0.901	0.914	9.1%
Saarland	0.824	0.849	0.880	0.901	0.914	9.0%
Lower Saxony	0.819	0.844	0.875	0.896	0.912	9.3%
Schleswig-Holstein	0.820	0.846	0.877	0.893	0.907	8.7%
Thuringia	0.815	0.847	0.873	0.892	0.906	9.1%
Brandenburg	0.811	0.836	0.868	0.888	0.902	9.1%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	0.806	0.831	0.863	0.884	0.897	9.1%
Saxony-Anhalt	0.807	0.832	0.862	0.883	0.895	8.8%
Germany	0.834	0.860	0.892	0.912	0.926	9.2%

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References

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