List of provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index

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This is a list of Provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index as of 2021. [1]

RankProvinceHDI (2021)
High human development
1 Flag of NCD.svg National Capital District 0.729
Medium human development
2 Flag of Manus.svg Manus 0.613
3 Flag of East New Britain.svg East New Britain 0.603
4 Flag of New Ireland.svg New Ireland 0.601
5 Flag of Bougainville.svg Bougainville 0.597
6 Flag of Morobe.png Morobe 0.595
Flag of West New Britain.svg West New Britain
8 Flag of Western Highlands.svg Western Highlands 0.588
9 Flag of Chimbu.svg Chimbu 0.572
Flag of Central Province PNG.svg Central
11 Flag of Western Province.svg Western 0.565
12 Flag of Milne Bay.svg Milne Bay 0.564
13 Flag of Madang.svg Madang 0.560
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0.558
14 Flag of Flag Oro new.png Oro 0.557
15 Flag of Jiwaka.svg Jiwaka 0.554
16 Flag of East Sepik.png East Sepik 0.552
Low human development
17 Flag of Sandaun.svg Sandaun 0.532
18 Flag of Eastern Highlands.svg Eastern Highlands 0.525
19 Flag of Gulf Province.png Gulf 0.524
20 Flag of Enga.png Enga 0.490
Flag of Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea).svg Southern Highlands
22 Flag of Hela.svg Hela 0.463

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References

  1. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org.