List of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index

human development index in Iran province & region Legend:
  0.800 – 1.000 (Very high)
  0.700 – 0.799 (High)
  0.600 – 0.699 (Medium)

This is a list of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2021 with data for the year 2024.[1]

Rank Province HDI (2021) Comparable Countries
Very high human development
1 Tehran (with Alborz) 0.810 Barbados
2 Isfahan 0.805 Serbia
High human development
3 Yazd 0.799 Bulgaria
4 Mazandaran 0.798 Bulgaria, Palau
Semnan Bulgaria, Pulau
6 Qom 0.790 Albania
Ilam Albania
8 Bushehr 0.787 China, Armenia
9 Fars 0.783 Mexico
 Iran (average) 0.783 Mexico
10 Gilan 0.779 Bosnia and Herzegovina
11 Khuzestan 0.777 Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 Kermanshah 0.772 Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
13 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 0.771 Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Qazvin Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
15 Markazi 0.767 Dominican Republic
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Dominican Republic
17 East Azerbaijan 0.761 Maldives, Peru, Azerbaijan, Brazil
18 Lorestan 0.757 Colombia
Razavi Khorasan Colombia
20 Kerman 0.755 Colombia
21 Golestan 0.752 Colombia, Libya
22 Hamadan 0.750 Libya
23 Zanjan 0.748 Libya
24 Hormozgan 0.745 Algeria
25 Ardabil 0.737 Jordan
26 West Azerbaijan 0.736 Jordan
27 South Khorasan 0.733 Ukraine, Tunisia
28 Kurdistan 0.723 Lebanon
North Khorasan Lebanon
Medium Human Development
30 Sistan and Baluchestan 0.665 Cape Verde

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.