List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed ( very High development), developing (High and Medium development), and underdeveloped (Low development) areas. The statistics is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.

Administrative units by Human Development Index

This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2022.

Rank	Region	HDI (2025)[1]
Very High human development
1	Islamabad Capital Territory	0.902
2	Azad Kashmir	0.832	High human development
3	Gilgit Baltistan	0.746
4	Punjab	0.706		Pakistan	0.701
Medium Human development
4	Sindh	0.688
6	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	0.643
7	Balochistan	0.620

See also

• Education in Pakistan
• Demographics of Pakistan
• Economy of Pakistan
• Health in Pakistan
• List of Pakistani provinces by gross domestic product