List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index

This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2024. ^[1] The HDI is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

Regions

These HDI values are from the Global Data Lab, ^[2] covering the years 2019 to 2022.

Subnational HDI of the Philippines (2019–2022)

Region	2019	2020	2021	2022
Philippines (Asia/Pacific)
Total	0.714	0.705	0.692	0.710
BARMM	0.611	0.610	0.606	0.629
Cordillera Administrative Region	0.740	0.732	0.719	0.738
I – Ilocos	0.718	0.708	0.693	0.709
II – Cagayan Valley	0.710	0.705	0.697	0.718
III – Central Luzon	0.729	0.720	0.707	0.725
IV-A – CALABARZON	0.734	0.723	0.708	0.723
IV-B – MIMAROPA	0.691	0.685	0.674	0.694
IX – Zamboanga Peninsula	0.681	0.671	0.658	0.674
National Capital Region	0.765	0.750	0.731	0.743
V – Bicol	0.686	0.677	0.663	0.680
VI – Western Visayas	0.697	0.695	0.689	0.713
VII – Central Visayas	0.700	0.691	0.677	0.694
VIII – Eastern Visayas	0.698	0.690	0.678	0.696
X – Northern Mindanao	0.704	0.699	0.690	0.712
XI – Davao	0.704	0.698	0.688	0.708
XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	0.674	0.670	0.662	0.684
XIII – Caraga	0.706	0.700	0.690	0.710

Highs and lows

All provinces surrounding Metro Manila have a high HDI value. Metro Manila, Benguet, Iloilo and Rizal already have very high HDI values (≥0.800). ^[3]

Provinces

The HDI values below are based on the preliminary estimates of the 2019 Provincial Human Development Index by the Philippine Statistics Authority. ^[3]

Rank [a]	Province	HDI (2019) [3]
1	Benguet	0.88	Very high
2	Metro Manila	0.85	Very high
3T	Ilocos Norte	0.82	Very high
3T	Rizal	0.82	Very high
5	Iloilo	0.80	Very high
6	Batanes	0.79	High
7	Cavite	0.78	High
8	Laguna	0.77	High
9T	Bulacan	0.76	High
9T	La Union	0.76	High
9T	Pampanga	0.76	High
12	Bataan	0.75	High
13T	Batangas	0.74	High
13T	Cebu	0.74	High
15	Siquijor	0.73	High
16	Tarlac	0.72	High
–	Philippines (average)	0.718	High
17T	Misamis Oriental	0.71	High
17T	Negros Occidental	0.71	High
19T	Davao del Sur	0.70	High
19T	Ilocos Sur	0.70	High
21T	Guimaras	0.69	Medium
21T	Nueva Vizcaya	0.69	Medium
21T	Zambales	0.69	Medium
24T	Cagayan	0.68	Medium
24T	Quezon	0.68	Medium
26T	Marinduque	0.67	Medium
26T	Nueva Ecija	0.67	Medium
26T	South Cotabato	0.67	Medium
29T	Aklan	0.66	Medium
29T	Bohol	0.66	Medium
29T	Palawan	0.66	Medium
32T	Capiz	0.65	Medium
32T	Leyte	0.65	Medium
32T	Pangasinan	0.65	Medium
35T	Antique	0.64	Medium
35T	Isabela	0.64	Medium
35T	Zamboanga del Norte	0.64	Medium
35T	Zamboanga del Sur	0.64	Medium
39T	Aurora	0.63	Medium
39T	Biliran	0.63	Medium
39T	Lanao del Norte	0.63	Medium
39T	Quirino	0.63	Medium
43T	Agusan del Norte	0.62	Medium
43T	Oriental Mindoro	0.62	Medium
45T	Abra	0.61	Medium
45T	Kalinga	0.61	Medium
45T	Occidental Mindoro	0.61	Medium
45T	Southern Leyte	0.61	Medium
49T	Misamis Occidental	0.60	Medium
49T	Albay	0.60	Medium
49T	Camarines Sur	0.60	Medium
49T	Camiguin	0.60	Medium
49T	Davao del Norte	0.60	Medium
49T	Surigao del Sur	0.60	Medium
55T	Camarines Norte	0.59	Medium
55T	Catanduanes	0.59	Medium
55T	Ifugao	0.59	Medium
55T	Negros Oriental	0.59	Medium
55T	Zamboanga Sibugay	0.59	Medium
60T	Davao de Oro	0.58	Medium
60T	Romblon	0.58	Medium
60T	Sorsogon	0.58	Medium
63T	Agusan del Sur	0.57	Medium
63T	Basilan	0.57	Medium
63T	Cotabato	0.57	Medium
63T	Mountain Province	0.57	Medium
63T	Northern Samar	0.57	Medium
63T	Sarangani	0.57	Medium
63T	Sulu	0.57	Medium
63T	Surigao del Norte	0.57	Medium
71T	Bukidnon	0.56	Medium
71T	Davao Oriental	0.56	Medium
71T	Masbate	0.56	Medium
71T	Sultan Kudarat	0.56	Medium
71T	Western Samar	0.56	Medium
76T	Apayao	0.55	Medium
76T	Davao Occidental	0.55	Medium
76T	Eastern Samar	0.55	Medium
79T	Maguindanao	0.57	Medium
79T	Tawi-Tawi	0.58	Medium
Notes T indicates tie

See also

• Poverty in the Philippines
• List of Philippine provinces by poverty rate
• List of Philippine provinces by population

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
2. "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab". Global Data Lab. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
3. "Gender and Special Population Groups; Provincial Human Development Index". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.