Nairobi County has the highest Human Development, with a Human Development Index of 0.771. Mombasa County, Nyeri County, and the city of Zanzibar follow, having Medium human development. Jubaland, Hirshabelle, Southwest Somalia, and East Equatoria have the lowest Human Development. Nairobi County is the only sub region that has High Human Development, 54 sub regions fall under Medium Human Development, while 62 sub regions are categorized under Low Human There is no state with Very High Human Development. The Human Development of East Africa Community is 0.512.

List Rank Region HDI CountryHigh Human Development (≥ 0.7) 1 Nairobi 0.771 Medium Human Development (≥ 0.55) 2 Mombasa 0.698 3 Nyeri 0.678 4 Zanzibar City 0.678 5 Kiambu 0.663 6 Uasin Gishu 0.654 7 Dar es Salaam 0.653 8 Embu 0.650 9 Kirinyaga 0.646 10 Kigali 0.644 11 Nakuru 0.641 12 Kilimanjaro 0.640 13 South Zanzibar 0.639 14 Nyandarua 0.637 15 Laikipia 0.635 16 Machakos 0.633 17 Meru 0.632 18 Taita Taveta 0.630 19 Nandi 0.627 20 Tharaka Nithi 0.626 21 Murang’a 0.625 22 Kisumu 0.621 23 Elgeyo Marakwet 0.620 24 Trans Nzoia 0.620 25 Lamu 0.620 26 Kericho 0.619 27 Bungoma 0.618 28 Nyamira 0.616 29 Bomet 0.613 30 Kisii 0.613 31 Baringo 0.609 32 Kajiado 0.609 33 Kakamega 0.606 34 South Pemba 0.603 35 Kitui 0.602 36 Vihiga 0.602 37 Makueni 0.595 38 Busia 0.594 39 North Zanzibar 0.584 40 Siaya 0.583 41 Kinshasa 0.582 42 Narok 0.578 43 Iringa 0.577 44 Njombe 0.577 45 Kilifi 0.574 46 Homa Bay 0.573 47 Kwale 0.573 48 Tanga 0.569 49 Arusha 0.568 50 Manyara 0.568 51 Migori 0.567 52 Ruvuma 0.555 53 Isiolo 0.554 Low Human Development (< 0.55) 55 North Pemba 0.548 56 Morogoro 0.546 57 Mbeya 0.543 58 Mara 0.541 59 Eastern Province 0.540 60 Western Province 0.535 61 West Pokot 0.534 62 Southern Province 0.526 63 Northern Province 0.525 64 Pwani 0.525 65 Geita 0.523 66 Mwanza 0.523 67 Marsabit 0.522 68 Kagera 0.521 69 Kigoma 0.520 70 Samburu 0.509 71 Lindi 0.509 72 Shinyanga 0.508 73 Simiyu 0.508 74 Mtwara 0.507 75 North Kivu 0.504 76 Tana River 0.497 77 Dodoma 0.497 78 Garissa 0.494 79 South Kivu 0.492 80 Turkana 0.492 81 Wajir 0.491 82 Mandera 0.484 83 Katavi 0.483 84 Rukwa 0.483 85 Tabora 0.482 86 Bas-Congo 0.481 87 West Region 0.469 88 Orientale 0.468 89 Katanga 0.467 90 Banadir 0.459 91 Central Equatoria 0.459 92 Bandundu 0.458 93 Equateur 0.456 94 South Region 0.452 95 Kasai Oriental 0.449 96 Maniema 0.430 97 Northern Bahr el Ghazal 0.426 98 Middle Region 0.422 99 Upper Nile 0.422 100 Somaliland 0.417 101 Western Bahr el Ghazal 0.412 102 Puntland 0.404 103 East Region 0.403 104 Kasai-Occidental 0.403 105 North Region 0.372 106 Eastern Equatoria 0.367 107 Lakes 0.344 108 Unity 0.340 109 Ruweng 0.340 110 Jonglei 0.331 111 Pibor 0.331 112 Galmudug 0.327 113 Warrap 0.308 114 Western Equatoria 0.306 115 Southwest 0.304 116 Hirshabelle 0.303 117 Jubaland 0.287

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