This is a list of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2023 with data for the year 2025. [1]
| Rank | Province | HDI (2023) | Comparable Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | |||
| 1 | Tehran (with Alborz) | 0.836 |  Kazakhstan |
| 2 | Isfahan | 0.831 |  Russia |
| 3 | Yazd | 0.824 |  Belarus |
| Semnan | |||
| 5 | Mazandaran | 0.823 | |
| 6 | Qom | 0.815 |  North Macedonia |
| 7 | Ilam | 0.814 | |
| 8 | Bushehr | 0.812 |  Armenia |
| 9 | Fars | 0.809 |  Albania |
| 10 | Gilan | 0.803 |  Bosnia Herzegovina |
| 11 | Khuzestan | 0.802 | |
| High Human Development | |||
| – |  Iran (average) | 0.799 |  Thailand |
| 12 | Kermanshah | 0.796 |  China |
| 13 | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | 0.795 |  Peru |
| 14 | Qazvin | ||
| 15 | Markazi | 0.792 |  Grenada |
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | |||
| 17 | East Azerbaijan | 0.786 |  Brazil |
| 18 | Razavi Khorasan | 0.782 |  Ukraine |
| 18 | Lorestan | 0.781 | |
| 20 | Kerman | 0.779 | |
| 21 | Golestan | 0.776 |  Sri Lanka |
| 22 | Hamadan | 0.774 | |
| 23 | Zanjan | 0.772 |  Tonga |
| 24 | Hormozgan | 0.769 | |
| 25 | Ardabil | 0.763 |  Algeria |
| 26 | West Azerbaijan | 0.760 |  Dominica |
| 27 | South Khorasan | 0.757 |  Paraguay |
| 28 | North Khorasan | 0.747 |  Mongolia |
| Kurdistan | |||
| Medium Human Development | |||
| 30 | Sistan and Baluchestan | 0.688 |  Tuvalu |