List of governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index

Map of Iraqi Provinces by Human Development Index in 2021 and 2024

  > 0.750

  0.700 – 0.749

  0.650 – 0.699

  < 0.649

This is a list of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index as of 2025 with data for the year 2021 and 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

List

Rank	Region	HDI (2024)	HDI (2021)
1	Erbil	0.751	0.702
2	Kirkuk	0.738	0.705
3	Sulaymaniyah	0.737	0.704
4	Saladin	0.736	0.692
5	Dohuk	0.726	0.701
6	Al Anbar	0.723	0.68
7	Babylon	0.722	0.682
8	Diyala	0.719	0.695
9	Wasit	0.718	0.656
10	Najaf	0.715	0.655
11	Dhi Qar	0.706	0.684
12	Baghdad	0.700	0.704
	Al-Qādisiyyah		0.678
13	Nineveh	0.699	0.695
14	Karbala	0.693	0.666
15	Basra	0.689	0.664
16	Maysan	0.676	0.635
17	Muthanna	0.673	0.644
-	Iraq (average)	0.712	0.686

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
2. "Iraq National Human Development Report 2025". UNDP. Archived from the original on 2025-12-10. Retrieved 2026-01-05.