List of regions of Afghanistan by Human Development Index

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This is a list of regions of Afghanistan by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1]

RankRegionHDI (2022)Comparable Country (2022)
Low human development
1Central (Kabul, Wardak, Kapisa, Logar, Parwan, Panjshir)0.534Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
2North (Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab)0.481Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
-Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan (average)0.462Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
3South East (Ghazni Paktya Paktika Khost)0.460
4Central Highlands (Bamyan, Daykundi)0.456Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
5East (Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan)0.443Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
6West (Ghor, Herat, Badghis, Farah)0.431Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
7North East (Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz)0.428
8South (Uruzgan, Helmand, Zabul, Nimroz, Kandahar)0.391Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic

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References

  1. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.