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
Low human development
1Central (Kabul, Wardak, Kapisa, Logar, Parwan, Panjshir)0.531Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
2North (Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab)0.481Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Flag 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)0.461
4Central Highlands (Bamyan, Daykundi)0.459Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
5East (Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan)0.442Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
6West (Ghor, Herat, Badghis, Farah)0.433Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
7North East (Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz)0.429
8South (Uruzgan, Helmand, Zabul, Nimroz, Kandahar)0.393Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan

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References

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