List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed ( very High development), developing (High and Medium development), and underdeveloped (Low development) areas. The statistics is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.

Administrative units by Human Development Index

This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2025.

This map shows the H.D.I. level of each Pakistani subdivision in 2024.

Rank	Region	HDI (2025) [1]
Medium
1	Islamabad (ICT)	0.656
2	Azad Jammu and Kashmir	0.634
–	Pakistan	0.632
3	Gilgit-Baltistan	0.628
4	Punjab	0.606
5	Sindh	0.568
6	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.564
Low
7	Balochistan	0.502

Historical Trend

Administrative Unit	HDI in year [1]
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Islamabad	0.499	0.505	0.511	0.513	0.519	0.522	0.529	0.533	0.539	0.546	0.552	0.562	0.571	0.581	0.598	0.609	0.619	0.623	0.632	0.648	0.662	0.677	0.692	0.686	0.684	0.678	0.674	0.662	0.650	0.715	0.755	0.875	0.924
Azad Kashmir	0.458	0.464	0.468	0.470	0.475	0.477	0.486	0.490	0.497	0.506	0.513	0.523	0.531	0.542	0.558	0.566	0.582	0.588	0.582	0.583	0.583	0.583	0.584	0.584	0.588	0.590	0.592	0.589	0.584	0.587	0.584	0.585	0.589
Gilgit-Baltistan	0.415	0.419	0.423	0.425	0.428	0.431	0.436	0.438	0.442	0.448	0.453	0.459	0.464	0.472	0.486	0.495	0.504	0.511	0.506	0.505	0.504	0.503	0.503	0.514	0.528	0.541	0.554	0.560	0.567	0.570	0.569	0.571	0.574
Punjab	0.382	0.386	0.391	0.392	0.396	0.398	0.403	0.405	0.409	0.415	0.419	0.425	0.431	0.438	0.451	0.460	0.468	0.474	0.477	0.486	0.494	0.501	0.510	0.516	0.525	0.532	0.539	0.540	0.541	0.543	0.541	0.543	0.546
Sindh	0.381	0.385	0.390	0.392	0.395	0.398	0.404	0.406	0.411	0.416	0.421	0.428	0.435	0.443	0.456	0.464	0.472	0.476	0.477	0.484	0.490	0.496	0.502	0.504	0.509	0.512	0.515	0.513	0.510	0.511	0.509	0.511	0.514
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.386	0.390	0.394	0.396	0.399	0.402	0.407	0.409	0.413	0.418	0.423	0.429	0.434	0.442	0.455	0.463	0.472	0.478	0.478	0.483	0.486	0.490	0.496	0.497	0.502	0.505	0.509	0.506	0.505	0.508	0.507	0.508	0.511
Balochistan	0.375	0.378	0.383	0.384	0.388	0.390	0.395	0.397	0.401	0.406	0.411	0.417	0.423	0.430	0.443	0.451	0.459	0.464	0.453	0.447	0.439	0.432	0.426	0.431	0.439	0.445	0.452	0.454	0.455	0.457	0.456	0.457	0.460
Pakistan	0.394	0.399	0.403	0.405	0.409	0.411	0.417	0.419	0.423	0.429	0.434	0.441	0.447	0.455	0.468	0.477	0.485	0.490	0.489	0.493	0.496	0.500	0.504	0.510	0.519	0.525	0.533	0.534	0.535	0.537	0.536	0.537	0.540

See also

• Education in Pakistan
• Demographics of Pakistan
• Economy of Pakistan
• Health in Pakistan
• List of Pakistani provinces by gross domestic product

References

1. "Subnational HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2026-03-16.

Further reading

• UNDP Pakistan (2017). "Fact Sheet 'Uneashing the potential of a young Pakistan'" (PDF). National Human Development Report 2025. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2023.

External links

• UN Development Programme Human Development Reports