List Of Administrative Divisions Of Greater China By Human Development Index

The subnational and national average figures for the PRC/ROC division are mainly derived from the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), published by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University. The index does not cover Macau, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions of Mainland China are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China, which is calculated by the annual UNDP Human Development Report, is exclusively applied to the mainland.

 

The Subnational Human Development Database (2021 data)

Rank	Provincial-level division / National average	HDI (2021)
Very high human development
–	Hong Kong	0.952
–	Republic of China (Taiwan)	0.926
–	Macau	0.922 (2019)
1	Beijing	0.907
2	Shanghai	0.880
3	Tianjin	0.844
4	Jiangsu	0.810
5	Zhejiang	0.801
High human development
6	Guangdong	0.799
7	Liaoning	0.780
8	Inner Mongolia	0.777
9	Fujian	0.775
	Hubei
11	Chongqing	0.774
12	Hainan	0.769
13	Shaanxi	0.768
–	People's Republic of China (Average)	0.768
14	Shandong	0.765
15	Hunan	0.762
16	Shanxi	0.758
17	Jilin	0.751
18	Henan	0.748
19	Jiangxi	0.747
20	Anhui	0.744
	Hebei
22	Heilongjiang	0.743
23	Sichuan	0.740
24	Xinjiang	0.738
25	Guangxi	0.734
	Ningxia
Medium human development
27	Yunnan	0.697
28	Qinghai	0.695
29	Gansu	0.693
30	Guizhou	0.690
31	Tibet	0.614

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