This is a list of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2021 with data for the year 2024. [1]
Rank | Province | HDI (2021) | Comparable Countries |
---|---|---|---|
Very high human development | |||
1 | Tehran (with Alborz) | 0.810 | Barbados |
2 | Isfahan | 0.805 | Serbia |
High human development | |||
3 | Yazd | 0.799 | Bulgaria |
4 | Mazandaran | 0.798 | Bulgaria, Palau |
Semnan | |||
6 | Qom | 0.790 | Albania |
Ilam | |||
8 | Bushehr | 0.787 | China, Armenia |
9 | Fars | 0.783 | Mexico |
– | Iran (average) | 0.783 | |
10 | Gilan | 0.779 | Bosnia |
11 | Khuzestan | 0.777 | |
12 | Kermanshah | 0.772 | Saint Vincent |
13 | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | 0.771 | |
Qazvin | |||
15 | Markazi | 0.767 | Dominican Republic |
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | |||
17 | East Azerbaijan | 0.761 | Maldives, Peru, Azerbaijan, Brazil |
18 | Lorestan | 0.757 | Colombia |
Razavi Khorasan | |||
20 | Kerman | 0.755 | |
21 | Golestan | 0.752 | Colombia, Libya |
22 | Hamadan | 0.750 | Libya |
23 | Zanjan | 0.748 | |
24 | Hormozgan | 0.745 | Algeria |
25 | Ardabil | 0.737 | Jordan |
26 | West Azerbaijan | 0.736 | |
27 | South Khorasan | 0.733 | Ukraine, Tunisia |
28 | Kurdistan | 0.723 | Lebanon |
North Khorasan | |||
Medium Human Development | |||
30 | Sistan and Baluchestan | 0.665 | Cape Verde |
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher level of HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul-Haq and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Human Development Report Office.