List of South African provinces by Human Development Index
This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index as of 2019.[1]
Rank | Province | HDI (2019) | Comparable countries (2019)[2] |
---|---|---|---|
High human development | |||
1 | Western Cape | 0.745 | Lebanon |
2 | Gauteng | 0.730 | Jordan |
3 | Limpopo | 0.710 | Venezuela |
– | South Africa (average) | 0.709 | Palestine |
4 | Free State | 0.708 | Palestine |
5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 0.706 | Egypt |
Medium human development | |||
6 | Northern Cape | 0.697 | Kyrgyzstan |
7 | Mpumalanga | 0.675 | Iraq |
8 | North West | 0.672 | El Salvador |
9 | Eastern Cape | 0.671 |
Historical data[]
Province | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Cape | 0.699 | 0.731 | 0.702 | 0.674 | 0.703 | 0.735 | 0.741 |
Gauteng | 0.688 | 0.719 | 0.690 | 0.667 | 0.701 | 0.724 | 0.726 |
Free State | 0.640 | 0.667 | 0.641 | 0.624 | 0.659 | 0.699 | 0.705 |
Limpopo | 0.591 | 0.614 | 0.597 | 0.599 | 0.649 | 0.698 | 0.705 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 0.584 | 0.607 | 0.590 | 0.593 | 0.643 | 0.693 | 0.701 |
Northern Cape | 0.618 | 0.645 | 0.621 | 0.607 | 0.643 | 0.686 | 0.694 |
Mpumalanga | 0.603 | 0.627 | 0.605 | 0.597 | 0.637 | 0.668 | 0.673 |
North West | 0.619 | 0.645 | 0.619 | 0.602 | 0.635 | 0.666 | 0.671 |
Eastern Cape | 0.576 | 0.599 | 0.580 | 0.576 | 0.620 | 0.663 | 0.669 |
South Africa | 0.625 | 0.651 | 0.629 | 0.620 | 0.662 | 0.699 | 0.705 |
References[]
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
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