List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed (Very High development), developing (High and Medium development), and underdeveloped (Low development) areas. The statistics is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.
Administrative units by Human Development Index (international HDI)[]
This is a list of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index as of 2019.[1]
Rank | Region | HDI (2019)[1] | Change from previous year |
Comparable countries[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Medium human development | ||||
1 | Azad Kashmir | 0.672 | 0.007 | Laos |
2 | Islamabad | 0.667 | 0.007 | Iraq |
3 | Gilgit Baltistan | 0.658 | 0.007 | Equatorial Guinea |
4 | Punjab | 0.592 | 0.006 | Cameroon |
– | Pakistan (average) | 0.558 | 0.006 | Comoros |
Low human development | ||||
5 | Sindh | 0.562 | 0.006 | Tanzania |
6 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.557 | 0.006 | Lesotho |
7 | Balochistan | 0.475 | 0.006 | Guinea |
8 | FATA | 0.465 | 0.006 | Yemen |
Trends by UNDP reports (international HDI)[]
Human Development Index (by UN Method) of Pakistan Provinces since 1990.
Unit [1] | HDI 1990 | HDI 1995 | HDI 2000 | HDI 2005 | HDI 2010 | HDI 2015 | HDI 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 0.467 | 0.502 | 0.532 | 0.583 | 0.606 | 0.606 | 0.612 |
Balochistan | 0.382 | 0.405 | 0.424 | 0.459 | 0.454 | 0.455 | 0.475 |
FATA | 0.377 | 0.398 | 0.416 | 0.449 | 0.464 | 0.460 | 0.465 |
Gilgit-Baltistan | 0.424 | 0.449 | 0.469 | 0.505 | 0.522 | 0.553 | 0.592 |
Islamabad (ICT) | 0.508 | 0.540 | 0.568 | 0.619 | 0.682 | 0.690 | 0.677 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.395 | 0.418 | 0.437 | 0.472 | 0.503 | 0.516 | 0.527 |
Punjab | 0.391 | 0.414 | 0.433 | 0.469 | 0.510 | 0.542 | 0.564 |
Sindh | 0.388 | 0.412 | 0.433 | 0.472 | 0.505 | 0.522 | 0.532 |
Pakistan | 0.402 | 0.427 | 0.448 | 0.486 | 0.513 | 0.536 | 0.558 |
Year reached Medium human development by Administrative unit[]
Unit [1] | Year (Value) |
---|---|
Islamabad (ICT) | 1997 (0.551) |
Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 2002 (0.553) |
Gilgit-Baltistan | 2015 (0.553) |
Punjab | 2017 (0.556) |
Year reached High human development by Administrative unit[]
Unit [1] | Year (Value) |
---|---|
Islamabad (ICT) | 2012-2013 (0.708-0.701) |
See also[]
- Education in Pakistan
- Demographics of Pakistan
- Economy of Pakistan
- Health in Pakistan
- List of Pakistani provinces by gross domestic product
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Subnational Human Development Index(SHDI)". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2019 Overview" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
External links[]
Categories:
- Human Development Index
- Development in Asia
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- Ranked lists of country subdivisions
- Economy of Pakistan-related lists