List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index

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Map of the Tamil Nadu districts by HDI in 2017

The average Human Development Index (HDI) for the state of Tamil Nadu in 1996 calculated by the government's State Planning Commission was 0.636. [1] By 2001, the average HDI for the state calculated by the State Planning Commission had risen to 0.657. [2] [3] The 2017 Human development Index was calculated by the state planning commission by the methodology of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was 0.708. [4] While comparing with the 2003 data, the latest report has also shown that the two sets of reports are not strictly comparable. Besides, some districts in Tamil Nadu had seen separation in the last fourteen years. [5]

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While the Human development index in the report of 2003 had placed Chennai, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Coimbatore as the districts in the top five positions, the latest report of 2017 shows that Kanyakumari has taken the first position. Virudhunagar district has the second place now, succeeded by Thoothokudi and Chennai went to the fourth place, followed by Kanchipuram. [6] [7]

Human Development Index is a composite index that takes into consideration:

  1. Life expectancy
  2. Education
  3. Per capita income.

List of districts by HDI as of 2017

List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) methodology as of 2017. [7] [8]

RankDistrictHDI for 2017Country comparison
Very High Human Development
1 Kanyakumari 0.944 Ireland
2 Virudhunagar 0.855 Chile & Qatar
3 Thoothukudi 0.852 San Marino
4 Chennai 0.847 Slovakia
5 Kanchipuram 0.845 Hungary
6 Coimbatore 0.844 Argentina
7 Tirunelveli 0.802 Georgia, Mauritius & Serbia
8 Thiruvallur 0.801 Thailand
High Human Development
9 Krishnagiri 0.788 Antigua and Barbuda
10 Trichy 0.774 Iran
11 Vellore 0.742 Ecuador
12 Namakkal 0.738 Mongolia
13 Cuddalore 0.719 Libya
- Tamil Nadu 0.709 Jamaica
Medium human development
14 Dindigul 0.691 Venezuela
15 Madurai 0.689
16 Sivaganga 0.671 El Salvador
17 Salem 0.669 Nicaragua
18 Karur 0.668
19 Thanjavur 0.655 Bangladesh
20 Ramanathapuram 0.653
21 Dharmapuri 0.644 Tuvalu
22 Pudukottai 0.631 Ghana
23 Tiruppur 0.627 Guatemala
24 The Nilgiris 0.624 Kiribati
25 Erode 0.616 Namibia
26 Nagapattinam 0.601 Nepal
27 Tiruvannamalai 0.596 Equatorial Guinea
28 Thiruvarur 0.568 Republic of Congo
29 Villupuram 0.561 Solomon Islands & Papua New Guinea
Low Human Development
30 Theni 0.539 Togo
31 Perambalur 0.447 Mozambique
32 Ariyalur 0.282 South Sudan

    HDI from 1995–2017

    Human Development Index of Indian states since 1995 by the State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu (1995-2017) [8] [7] [1] [3] [9] [2] [10]

    NoDistrictHDI 1995HDI 2001HDI 2007HDI 2011HDI 2017 (UNDP Method)
    1 Ariyalur 0.282
    2 Chennai 0.7520.7570.8420.8590.847
    3 Coimbatore 0.6630.6990.7750.8070.844
    4 Cuddalore 0.590.6440.7090.7450.719
    5 Dharmapuri 0.5760.5840.6560.7060.644
    6 Dindigul 0.5990.6410.7050.7350.691
    7 Erode 0.6440.6580.7210.7550.616
    8 Kanchipuram 0.6850.7120.7780.8090.845
    9 Kanyakumari 0.6790.7110.7630.8120.944
    10 Karur 0.6280.6470.7370.7850.668
    11 Krishnagiri 0.6650.7420.788
    12 Madurai 0.6330.6610.7590.7770.689
    13 Nagapattiam 0.6180.6540.7380.7770.601
    14 Namakkal 0.6110.6360.7150.7640.738
    15 Nilgiris 0.6670.6850.7450.7670.624
    16 Perambalur 0.5920.5960.6970.7030.447
    17 Pudukottai 0.6120.6180.7050.7380.631
    18 Ramanathapuram 0.6220.6290.7030.7370.653
    19 Salem 0.6220.6260.7170.7620.669
    20 Sivaganga 0.6080.640.7010.7330.671
    21 Thanjavur 0.5860.630.7140.7540.655
    22 Theni 0.6180.6280.7260.7260.539
    23 Thiruvallur 0.6540.6540.7670.8010.801
    24 Thiruvarur 0.5980.6370.7190.7430.568
    25 Thoothukudi 0.7030.7910.8020.852
    26 Tirunelveli 0.6520.6580.740.770.802
    27 Tiruppur 0.627
    28 Tiruvannamalai 0.5860.6120.6780.7210.596
    29 Trichy 0.6380.7320.7840.774
    30 Vellore 0.6350.6580.710.750.742
    31 Villupuram 0.5870.6670.710.561
    32 Virudhunagar 0.6390.6510.7370.7730.855
    Tamil Nadu 0.6360.6570.7360.7680.708

    Trend analysis

    Compared with the previous Tamil Nadu's Human Development Reports by the state planning commission and the latest district-level government statistical report, Tamil Nadu has significantly improved its HDI in all of its administrative subdivisions.

    The decline of the poverty rate has been very significant for Tamil Nadu, that it takes much of the pain to the political criticism against the Dravidian parties about corruption in the administration. The substantial reduction in urban and rural poverty at a huge level since the economic improvements of the 1990s, shows that poverty reduction and social well-being programmes have brought in rising incomes for the poor. [6]

    Kanyakumari is the district with the highest Human Development Index in the report of 2017. Kanyakumari also has the highest literacy rate in the state. Ariyalur has the lowest HDI in the 2017 report. Thoothukudi, with high life expectancy and high literacy rate, is in the top five districts. [7] Ariyalur and Perambalur, due to its Per capita income being so low, came in the bottom five. [7] Coimbatore, in spite of its high degree of industrialisation and Per capita income, does not rank in the top five districts with high Human Development Index in the report of 2017. [6] [5]

    The previous report of 2003 showed that Chennai, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Coimbatore were the top five districts. Though the two sets of reports are not strictly comparable given the separation of some districts between the two time points, some relative observations are made. According to the latest report, Kanyakumari has reached the top position, while Coimbatore does not even figure in the top five. The new entrant in the top five district category is Virudhunagar in the latest Human development report. Virudhunagar's rise to the top has been primarily due to its relatively higher per capita income which in turn can be connected to the spread of small scale industries, and a vibrant agricultural marketing economy. The five districts in the bottom of the previous report are Perambalur, Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai and Pudukottai. Many of these districts have been separated, but Perambalur and Villupuram continue to be at the bottom. Theni has newly entered into the bottom five. [6] [5] [7]

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