List of regions of Afghanistan by Human Development Index

This is a list of regions of Afghanistan by Human Development Index as of 2019.^[1]

Rank	Region	HDI (2019)	Comparable country (2019)[2]
Medium human development
1	Central (Kabul, Wardak, Kapisa, Logar, Parwan, Panjshir)	0.591	Equatorial Guinea,  Zambia
Low human development
2	North (Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab)	0.530	Tanzania,  Ivory Coast
–	Afghanistan (average)	0.511	Senegal,  Haiti,  Sudan
3	South East (Ghazni Paktya Paktika Khost)	0.506	Haiti,  Sudan
4	Central Highlands (Bamyan, Daykundi)	0.501	Gambia,  Ethiopia
5	East (Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan)	0.493
6	West (Ghor, Herat, Badghis, Farah)	0.476	Guinea,  DR Congo,  Yemen
7	North East (Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz)	0.475
8	South (Uruzgan, Helmand, Zabul, Nimroz, Kandahar)	0.436	Mali,  Burundi,  South Sudan

See also[]

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References[]