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.
This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2023.
| Rank | Region | HDI (2023) [1] | Comparable Country (2023) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium | |||
| 1 | Islamabad (ICT) | 0.656 | Tuvalu |
| 2 | Azad Jammu and Kashmir | 0.600 | Cambodia |
| 3 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 0.586 | Comoros |
| 4 | Punjab | 0.551 | Haiti |
| Low | |||
| – | Pakistan | 0.544 | – |
| 5 | Sindh | 0.518 | Sudan |
| 6 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.515 | Sudan |
| 7 | Balochistan | 0.464 | Afghanistan |
| Administrative Unit | HDI [2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2023 | ||
| Islamabad | 0.498 | 0.525 | 0.552 | 0.610 | 0.663 | 0.676 | 0.646 | 0.656 | |
| AJK | 0.481 | 0.505 | 0.531 | 0.584 | 0.592 | 0.592 | 0.582 | 0.600 | |
| Gilgit Baltistan | 0.417 | 0.435 | 0.455 | 0.498 | 0.508 | 0.546 | 0.577 | 0.586 | |
| Punjab | 0.384 | 0.403 | 0.422 | 0.464 | 0.498 | 0.534 | 0.542 | 0.551 | |
| Sindh | 0.383 | 0.403 | 0.424 | 0.468 | 0.494 | 0.514 | 0.510 | 0.518 | |
| Khyber pakhtunkhwa | 0.387 | 0.405 | 0.424 | 0.466 | 0.489 | 0.506 | 0.507 | 0.515 | |
| Balochistan | 0.375 | 0.393 | 0.412 | 0.453 | 0.443 | 0.448 | 0.457 | 0.464 | |
| Pakistan | 0.396 | 0.415 | 0.436 | 0.480 | 0.500 | 0.527 | 0.536 | 0.544 | |