List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index

This is a list of Malaysian states and federal territories by Human Development Index as of 2019.^[1]

States and federal territories of Malaysia by Human Development Index rankings for 2019

  0.851 to 0.900

  0.801 to 0.850

  0.751 to 0.800

  0.701 to 0.750

Rank	State	HDI (2019)	Comparable country
Very high human development
1	Kuala Lumpur	0.867	Latvia
2	Selangor	0.863	Portugal
3	Penang	0.845	Argentina
4	Malacca	0.835	Brunei
5	Negeri Sembilan	0.829	Montenegro
6	Johor	0.825	Kazakhstan
7	Perak	0.816	Bulgaria
–	Malaysia	0.810	Costa Rica
8	Kedah	0.808	Kuwait,  Serbia
9	Perlis	0.805	Kuwait,  Serbia
10	Pahang	0.804	Mauritius
11	Terengganu	0.800	Mauritius
High human development
12	Labuan	0.784	Cuba,  Iran
13	Kelantan	0.779	Grenada,  Mexico,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Ukraine
14	Sarawak	0.745	Lebanon
15	Sabah	0.710	South Africa

See also[]

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References[]