List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index

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)

This is a list of provinces by Human Development Index according to new formed Provinces of Nepal: Medium Human Development Rank Provinces HDI (2024) 1 Bagmati 0.652 2 Gandaki 0.641— (average) 0.622 3 Koshi 0.617 4 Lumbini 0.608 5 Sudurpashchim 0.601 6 Karnali 0.590 7 Madhesh 0.561

Former regions

This is a list of former development regions of Nepal (until 2015) by Human Development Index as of 2022. RankRegion (Zones)HDI (2022)Medium Human Development1Western (Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri)0.6182Central (Janakpur, Bagmati, Narayani)0.605– (average)0.6023Eastern (Mechi, Kosi, Sagarmatha)0.5984Far-Western (Seti, Mahakali)0.5815Mid-Western (Rapti, Bheri, Karnali)0.567

Trends by UNDP reports (International HDI) Human Development Index (by UN Method) of regions in Nepal since 1990. RegionHDI 1990HDI 1995HDI 2000HDI 2005HDI 2010HDI 2015HDI 2020Central 0.382 0.413 0.442 0.483 0.529 0.571 0.595Eastern 0.406 0.440 0.459 0.477 0.538 0.569 0.589Far-Western 0.352 0.382 0.414 0.444 0.493 0.542 0.578Mid-Western 0.338 0.366 0.421 0.450 0.499 0.541 0.567Western 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

List of Nepalese provinces by Population List of Nepalese provinces by GDP List of countries by HDI Administrative divisions of Nepal

References