List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index

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Provinces (2019)[]

New formed Provinces

This is a list according to new formed Provinces of Nepal

Rank Provinces 2019 HDI[1] Comparable country (2019)[1]
Medium Human Development
1 Bagmati 0.661  Nicaragua
2 Gandaki 0.618  Micronesia
—    Nepal (average) 0.602  Kenya
3 Province No. 1 0.580  Angola
4 Lumbini 0.563  Cameroon
Low human development
5 Sudurpashchim 0.547  Mauritania
6 Karnali 0.538  Ivory Coast
7 Madhesh 0.510  Haiti,  Sudan

Former regions (2019)[]

Former development regions of Nepal

This is a list of former development regions of Nepal (until 2015) by Human Development Index as of 2018.[2]

Rank Region (Zones) 2019 HDI[3] Comparable country (2019)[1]
Medium Human Development
1 Western (Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri) 0.625  Sao Tome and Principe
2 Central (Janakpu, Bagmati, Narayani) 0.606  Timor Leste
–    Nepal (average) 0.602  Kenya
3 Eastern (Mechi, Kosi, Sagarmatha) 0.600  Kenya
4 Far-Western (Seti, Mahakali) 0.577  Republic of the Congo
5 Mid-Western (Rapti, Bheri, Karnali) 0.576

Trends by UNDP reports (international HDI)[]

Human Development Index (by UN Method) of regions in Nepal since 1990.[2]

Region HDI 1990 HDI 1995 HDI 2000 HDI 2005 HDI 2010 HDI 2015 HDI 2018
Central 0.382 0.413 0.442 0.483 0.529 0.571 0.583
Eastern 0.406 0.440 0.459 0.477 0.538 0.569 0.577
Far-Western 0.352 0.382 0.414 0.444 0.493 0.542 0.556
Mid-Western 0.338 0.366 0.421 0.450 0.499 0.541 0.554
Western 0.389 0.421 0.465 0.488 0.543 0.589 0.601
Nepal 0.379 0.411 0.446 0.474 0.528 0.568 0.580

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Human Development Index–Human Development Reports" (PDF). GoN, UNDP. 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Human Development Indices (5.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Human Development Indices (5.0)". Global Data Lab.
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