List of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2020 with data for the year 2018.[1]

Rank	Province	HDI (2018)	Comparable country
Very high human development
1	Tehran (with Alborz)	0.834	Oman
2	Isfahan	0.829	Argentina
3	Mazandaran	0.822	Russia
	Yazd	0.822	Russia
	Semnan	0.822	Russia
6	Qom	0.814	Romania,  Barbados
7	Ilam	0.813	Barbados
8	Bushehr	0.811	Barbados
9	Fars	0.807	Kuwait,  Uruguay,  Turkey
10	Gilan	0.802	Malaysia
11	Khuzestan	0.801	Serbia,  Trinidad and Tobago
High human development
–	Iran (average)	0.798	Serbia,  Trinidad and Tobago
12	Kermanshah	0.795	Panama
13	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	0.794	Costa Rica
	Qazvin	0.794	Costa Rica
15	Markazi	0.791	Albania
	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	0.791	Albania
17	East Azerbaijan	0.785	Albania
18	Lorestan	0.781	Sri Lanka
19	Razavi Khorasan	0.780	Sri Lanka
20	Kerman	0.778	Cuba
21	Golestan	0.775	Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Antigua and Barbuda
22	Hamadan	0.773	Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Antigua and Barbuda
23	Zanjan	0.771	Bosnia and Herzegovina
24	Hormozgan	0.768	Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Mexico
25	Ardabil	0.763	Grenada
26	West Azerbaijan	0.760	Armenia,  North Macedonia
27	South Khorasan	0.757	China
28	Kurdistan	0.747	Dominican Republic,  Saint Lucia
29	North Khorasan	0.746	Dominican Republic,  Saint Lucia
Medium Human Development
30	Sistan and Baluchestan	0.687	Iraq

Map of the Iranian provinces by Human Development Index in 2017.
Legend:

  0.800 – 1.000 (Very high)

  0.700 – 0.799 (High)

  0.600 – 0.699 (Medium)

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.