List of South African provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index as of 2018.[1]

Rank	Province	HDI (2018)	Comparable countries (2018)[2]
High human development
1	Western Cape	0.741	Tunisia
2	Gauteng	0.726	Venezuela,  Jamaica
3	Free State	0.705	Indonesia,  Samoa,  Bolivia
	Limpopo	0.705	Indonesia,  Samoa,  Bolivia
–	South Africa (average)	0.705	Indonesia,  Samoa,  Bolivia
5	KwaZulu-Natal	0.701	Gabon,  Egypt
Medium human development
6	Northern Cape	0.694	Vietnam
7	Mpumalanga	0.673	Kyrgyzstan
8	North West	0.671	Guyana
9	Eastern Cape	0.669	Guyana

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

  0.700 – 0.799 (high)

  0.600 – 0.699 (medium)

Historical data

Province	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018
Western Cape	0.699	0.731	0.702	0.674	0.703	0.735	0.741
Gauteng	0.688	0.719	0.690	0.667	0.701	0.724	0.726
Free State	0.640	0.667	0.641	0.624	0.659	0.699	0.705
Limpopo	0.591	0.614	0.597	0.599	0.649	0.698	0.705
KwaZulu-Natal	0.584	0.607	0.590	0.593	0.643	0.693	0.701
Northern Cape	0.618	0.645	0.621	0.607	0.643	0.686	0.694
Mpumalanga	0.603	0.627	0.605	0.597	0.637	0.668	0.673
North West	0.619	0.645	0.619	0.602	0.635	0.666	0.671
Eastern Cape	0.576	0.599	0.580	0.576	0.620	0.663	0.669
South Africa	0.625	0.651	0.629	0.620	0.662	0.699	0.705

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
2. "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 5 January 2019.