List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index

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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

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This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2023.

Rank Region HDI (2023)[1] Comparable Country (2023)[1]
Medium
1 Islamabad (ICT) 0.656 Tuvalu
2 Azad Jammu and Kashmir 0.600 Cambodia
3 Gilgit-Baltistan 0.586 Comoros
4 Punjab 0.551 Haiti
Low
– Pakistan 0.544 –
5 Sindh 0.518 Sudan
6 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 0.515 Sudan
7 Balochistan 0.464 Afghanistan

Historical Trend

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Administrative Unit HDI[2]
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2023
Islamabad 0.498 0.525 0.552 0.610 0.663 0.676 0.646 0.656
AJK 0.481 0.505 0.531 0.584 0.592 0.592 0.582 0.600
Gilgit Baltistan 0.417 0.435 0.455 0.498 0.508 0.546 0.577 0.586
Punjab 0.384 0.403 0.422 0.464 0.498 0.534 0.542 0.551
Sindh 0.383 0.403 0.424 0.468 0.494 0.514 0.510 0.518
Khyber pakhtunkhwa 0.387 0.405 0.424 0.466 0.489 0.506 0.507 0.515
Balochistan 0.375 0.393 0.412 0.453 0.443 0.448 0.457 0.464
Pakistan 0.396 0.415 0.436 0.480 0.500 0.527 0.536 0.544

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UNDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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