List of regions of Azerbaijan by Human Development Index

This is a list of Azerbaijani regions by Human Development Index as of 2022.^[1] This also includes Baku, the capital and largest city, but excludes the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and former Kalbajar-Lachin Economic Region.

Rank	Region	HDI (2023)
Very high human development
1	Baku	0.830
2	Absheron Economic Region (without Baku)	0.805
High human development
3	Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	0.790
4	Sheki-Zagatala economic-geographical region	0.786
–	Azerbaijan	0.765
5	Ganja-Dashkesen Economic Region	0.740
6	Guba- Khacmaz Economic Region	0.738
7	Karabakh Economic Region	0.724
8	Qazakh- Tovuz Economic Region	0.724
9	East Zangezur Economic Region	0.720
10	Lankaran Economic Region	0.718
11	Salyan- Shirvan Economic Region	0.715
12	Central Aran Economic Region	0.712
13	Mil-Mughan Economic Region	0.712

Map of the Azerbaijan regions by Human Developmeny Index in 2023 Legend:

  >0.800

  0.750 – 0.799

  0.725 – 0.749

  0.700 – 0.724

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Nakhchivan enjoys a high Human Development Index; its socio-economic prowess far exceeds that of Azerbaijan itself. According to the report of Nakhchivan AR Committee of Statistics on June 30, 2018 for the end of 2017, some socio-economical data, including the following, are unveiled:

Variable	Value
Population	462,055[2]
GNI (PPP) per capita	$15,240[3]
Life Expectancy at birth	72.9 years[4]
Mean Years of Schooling	10.5 years[5]
Expected Years of Schooling	12.6 years[5]

Making use of the Human Development Index calculation method according to the new UNHD 2014 method,^[6] the above values change into an HDI of 0.756.