List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2022. Of the seven provinces of Nepal, four are considered to have "medium human development" per the Human Development Index, namely Bagmati, Gandaki, Koshi Pradesh, and Lumbini. The other three, which are considered to have "low human development", are Sudurpashchim, Karnali, and Madhesh.

Provinces (2022)

New formed Provinces

This is a list of provinces by Human Development Index according to new formed Provinces of Nepal:

Rank	Provinces	HDI (2022)[1]
Medium Human Development
1	Bagmati	0.658
2	Gandaki	0.638
—	Nepal (average)	0.601
3	Koshi Pradesh	0.598
4	Lumbini	0.594
5	Sudurpashchim	0.579
6	Karnali	0.575
Low human development
7	Madhesh	0.548

Former regions (2021)

Former development regions of Nepal

This is a list of former development regions of Nepal (until 2015) by Human Development Index as of 2021.^[2]

Rank	Region (Zones)	HDI (2021)
Medium Human Development
1	Western (Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri)	0.659
5	Mid-Western (Rapti, Bheri, Karnali)	0.627
–	Nepal (average)	0.602
3	Eastern (Mechi, Kosi, Sagarmatha)	0.598
4	Far-Western (Seti, Mahakali)	0.583
2	Central (Janakpu, Bagmati, Narayani)	0.557

Trends by UNDP reports (International HDI)

Human Development Index (by UN Method) of regions in Nepal since 1990.^[2]

Region	HDI 1990	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	HDI 2018
Central	0.382	0.413	0.442	0.483	0.529	0.571	0.583
Eastern	0.406	0.440	0.459	0.477	0.538	0.569	0.577
Far-Western	0.352	0.382	0.414	0.444	0.493	0.542	0.556
Mid-Western	0.338	0.366	0.421	0.450	0.499	0.541	0.554
Western	0.389	0.421	0.465	0.488	0.543	0.589	0.601
Nepal	0.379	0.411	0.446	0.474	0.528	0.568	0.580

See also

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