List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), along with the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan). The subnational and national average figures for the PRC/ROC division are mainly derived from the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), published by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University. The index does not cover Macau, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions of Mainland China are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China, which is calculated by the annual UNDP Human Development Report, is exclusively applied to the mainland.

List of administrative divisions by HDI

Administrative divisions of mainland China and Taiwan by Human Development Index (2022).

  Very high (≥ 0.800)

  High (0.700 – 0.799)

  Medium (0.600 – 0.699)

Color	Regions of China
	North China
	East China
	Southwestern China
	Northwestern China
	South Central China
	Northeast China

The Subnational Human Development Database (2022 data)

Rank	Provincial-level division / National average	Region	HDI (2022)[1]
Very high human development
–	Hong Kong[a]		0.956
–	Republic of China (Taiwan)[b]		0.925[c]
–	Macau[a]		0.925[d]
1	Beijing	North China	0.905
2	Shanghai	East China	0.895
3	Tianjin	North China	0.858
4	Jiangsu	East China	0.827
5	Zhejiang	East China	0.814
6	Guangdong	South Central China	0.813
7	Fujian	East China	0.804
High human development
8	Inner Mongolia	North China	0.798
9	Chongqing	Southwestern China	0.795
10	Liaoning	Northeast China	0.794
Hubei	South Central China
12	Shaanxi	Northwestern China	0.792
13	Shanxi	North China	0.791
14	Shandong	East China	0.789
–	People's Republic of China (Average)[e]		0.788
15	Hainan	South Central China	0.781
Hunan	South Central China
17	Jilin	Northeast China	0.777
18	Heilongjiang	Northeast China	0.769
19	Jiangxi	East China	0.768
20	Anhui	East China	0.767
21	Ningxia	Northwestern China	0.764
22	Xinjiang	Northwestern China	0.762
	Sichuan	Southwestern China
Hebei	North China
25	Henan	South Central China	0.760
26	Guangxi	South Central China	0.751
27	Yunnan	Southwestern China	0.729
28	Guizhou	Southwestern China	0.725
29	Gansu	Northwestern China	0.722
30	Qinghai	Northwestern China	0.719
Medium human development
31	Tibet	Southwestern China	0.648

Notes:

1. Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China.
2. Taiwan is under separate rule by the Republic of China as a de facto independent state since 1950, but is claimed by the People's Republic of China as a province. The ROC also claims the mainland as its constitutional‑defined territory.^[2]
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5. Figures refer to mainland China only.^[3]

Trend

Legend
Very High human development   0.900 and above   0.850–0.899   0.800–0.849	High human development   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749	Medium human development   0.650–0.699   0.600–0.649   0.550–0.599	Data unavailable

• 2010-2014 HDI
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  2014 data
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  2010 data

Legend
Very High human development   0.900–0.949	High human development   0.850–0.899   0.800–0.849	Medium human development   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749   0.650–0.699   0.600–0.649   0.550–0.599   0.500–0.549	Low human development   0.450–0.499   0.400–0.449   0.350–0.399	Data unavailable

• 1982-2008 HDI
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See also

• China portal
• Taiwan portal
• Hong Kong portal

• List of countries by Human Development Index