This is a list of administrative regions of Burkina Faso by Human Development Index as of 2018. [1]
| Rank | Region | HDI (2018) | Comparable countries (2018) [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium human development | |||
| 1 | Centre Region | 0.620 |   |
| Low human development | |||
| 2 | Hauts-Bassins | 0.478 |   |
| 3 | Cascades | 0.444 |   |
| 4 | Centre-Sud | 0.440 | |
| 5 | Centre-Ouest | 0.438 | |
| – |  | 0.434 |  |
| 6 | Plateau-Central | 0.423 |  |
| 7 | Nord | 0.421 |  |
| 8 | Centre-Est | 0.420 | |
| 9 | Boucle du Mouhoun | 0.402 |  |
| 10 | Centre-Nord | 0.389 |  |
| 11 | Sud-Ouest | 0.358 |  |
| 12 | Est | 0.341 | |
| 13 | Sahel | 0.279 | |
A developed country, industrialized country, more developed country, or more economically developed country (MEDC), is a sovereign state that has a developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations. Most commonly, the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Human Development Report Office.
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