List of South African provinces by Human Development Index

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Map of the South African provinces by Human Development Index in 2017.
Legend:
  0.700 – 0.799 (high)
  0.600 – 0.699 (medium)

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[]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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