List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index

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This is a list of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2024. Of the seven provinces of Nepal, all are considered to have "medium human development" per the Human Development Index, namely Bagmati, Gandaki, Koshi Pradesh, and Lumbini, Sudurpashchim, Karnali, and Madhesh.

Provinces (2024)

New formed Provinces

This is a list of provinces by Human Development Index according to new formed Provinces of Nepal:

Medium Human Development
RankProvincesHDI (2024)[1]
1Bagmati0.652
2Gandaki0.641
3Koshi0.617
4Lumbini0.608
5Sudurpashchim0.601
6Karnali0.590
7Madhesh0.561
— Nepal (average)0.622

Former regions

Former development regions of Nepal

This is a list of former development regions of Nepal (until 2015) by Human Development Index as of 2022.[2]

Rank Region (Zones) HDI (2022)
Medium Human Development
1 Western

(Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri)

 0.618
2 Central

(Janakpur, Bagmati, Narayani)

 0.605
–  Nepal (average) 0.602
3 Eastern

(Mechi, Kosi, Sagarmatha)

 0.598
4 Far-Western

(Seti, Mahakali)

 0.581
5 Mid-Western

(Rapti, Bheri, Karnali)

 0.567

Human Development Index (by UN Method) of regions in Nepal since 1990.[2]

Region HDI 1990 HDI 1995 HDI 2000 HDI 2005 HDI 2010 HDI 2015 HDI 2020
Central 0.382 0.413 0.442 0.483 0.529 0.571 0.595
Eastern 0.406 0.440 0.459 0.477 0.538 0.569 0.589
Far-Western 0.352 0.382 0.414 0.444 0.493 0.542 0.578
Mid-Western 0.338 0.366 0.421 0.450 0.499 0.541 0.567
Western 0.389 0.421 0.465 0.488 0.543 0.589 0.618
Nepal 0.379 0.411 0.446 0.474 0.528 0.568 0.592

See also

References

  1. "Human Development Index–Human Development Reports" (PDF). GoN, UNDP. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. "Human Development Indices (5.0)". Global Data Lab. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2018.