List of Brazilian federative units by Human Development Index

Template:Brazil Political Map This is a list of Brazilian states by Human Development Index as included in the 2008 United Nations Development Program's Report, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published on September 15, 2008. It covers the 26 Brazilian states, along with the Brazilian Federal District (officially not a state). The average HDI of regions of the country are also included for comparison. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for regions worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the region is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.

States fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium and low human development.

Listings

• = increase.
• = steady.
• = decrease.
• Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
• The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the state or region has climbed (up or down) since the previous year.

Human Development Index

  0.900– 0.999

  0.800– 0.899

  0.700– 0.799

  0.600– 0.699

  0.500– 0.599

Rank		State	HDI		Comparable country
2005 data	Change compared to 2004		2005	2004
—		Distrito Federal	0.874	0.868	Hungary
1	(0)	Santa Catarina	0.840	0.833	Bahamas
2	(2)	São Paulo	0.833	0.825	Seychelles
3	(0)	Rio de Janeiro	0.832	0.826	Cuba
4	(2)	Rio Grande do Sul	0.832	0.829	Cuba
—		Southern Region	0.829	0.825	Mexico
—		Southeast Region	0.824	0.817	Bulgaria
5	(0)	Paraná	0.820	0.816	Saint Kitts and Nevis
—		Central-West Region	0.815	0.809	Antigua and Barbuda
6	(1)	Espírito Santo	0.802	0.794	Russia
7	(2)	Mato Grosso do Sul	0.802	0.793	Russia
8	(0)	Goiás	0.800	0.794	Albania
9	(3)	Minas Gerais	0.800	0.795	Macedonia
10	(0)	Mato Grosso	0.796	0.793	Saint Lucia
—		Brazil	0.794	0.787	Brazil
11	(2)	Amapá	0.780	0.762	Thailand
12	(0)	Amazonas	0.780	0.766	Thailand
13	(2)	Rondônia	0.776	0.768	China
—		North Region	0.764	0.755	Tunisia
14	(0)	Tocantins	0.756	0.751	Paraguay
15	(0)	Pará	0.755	0.749	Paraguay
16	(0)	Acre	0.751	0.748	Georgia
17	(0)	Roraima	0.750	0.741	Guyana
18	(1)	Bahia	0.742	0.732	Sri Lanka
19	(1)	Sergipe	0.742	0.741	Maldives
20	(0)	Rio Grande do Norte	0.738	0.724	Jamaica
21	(0)	Ceará	0.723	0.717	Indonesia
—		Northeast Region	0.720	0.713	Syria
22	(0)	Pernambuco	0.718	0.710	Turkmenistan
23	(0)	Paraíba	0.718	0.709	Turkmenistan
24	(0)	Piauí	0.703	0.698	Uzbekistan
25	(0)	Maranhão	0.683	0.686	Guatemala
26	(0)	Alagoas	0.677	0.670	Gabon

Education index

  0.900– 0.999

  0.800– 0.899

  0.700– 0.799

  0.600– 0.699

  0.500– 0.599

Rank		State	Education index		Comparable country
2005 data	Change compared to 2004		2005	2004
—		Distrito Federal	0.962	0.962	Latvia
1	(0)	Rio de Janeiro	0.945	0.938	Switzerland
2	(0)	Santa Catarina	0.934	0.934	Czech Republic
3	(4)	Amazonas	0.925	0.903	Portugal
—		Southern Region	0.921	0.918	Slovakia
4	(0)	São Paulo	0.921	0.919	Slovakia
5	(2)	Rio Grande do Sul	0.921	0.920	Slovakia
6	(1)	Amapá	0.919	0.910	Kyrgyzstan
7	(1)	Paraná	0.913	0.907	Chile
—		Southeast Region	0.913	0.911	Chile
—		Central-West Region	0.906	0.901	Cyprus
8	(0)	Mato Grosso	0.898	0.889	Croatia
9	(1)	Mato Grosso do Sul	0.894	0.885	Saint Kitts and Nevis
10	(1)	Goiás	0.891	0.887	Palestine
11	(1)	Espírito Santo	0.887	0.882	Albania
12	(2)	Roraima	0.885	0.884	Hong Kong
13	(1)	Rondônia	0.885	0.877	Hong Kong
—		Brazil	0.883	0.878	Brazil
—		North Region	0.880	0.866	Brunei
14	(1)	Minas Gerais	0.878	0.879	Panama
15	(1)	Pará	0.861	0.847	Mexico
16	(1)	Tocantins	0.860	0.850	Maldives
17	(0)	Acre	0.844	0.841	Thailand
18	(1)	Bahia	0.830	0.817	Indonesia
19	(1)	Sergipe	0.827	0.829	Dominican Republic
20	(2)	Pernambuco	0.811	0.799	Viet Nam
21	(0)	Rio Grande do Norte	0.810	0.804	Mauritius
22	(2)	Ceará	0.808	0.808	Saudi Arabia
—		Northeast Region	0.807	0.801	Gabon
23	(0)	Paraíba	0.793	0.792	United Arab Emirates
24	(0)	Maranhão	0.784	0.784	Sao Tome and Principe
25	(0)	Piauí	0.779	0.780	Botswana
26	(0)	Alagoas	0.759	0.755	Syria

Income index

  0.900– 0.999

  0.800– 0.899

  0.700– 0.799

  0.600– 0.699

  0.500– 0.599

Rank		State	Income index		Comparable country
2005 data	Change compared to 2004		2005	2004
—		Distrito Federal	0.824	0.811	Poland
1	(1)	São Paulo	0.768	0.750	Libya
2	(1)	Rio de Janeiro	0.758	0.753	Uruguay
3	(1)	Santa Catarina	0.756	0.740	Bulgaria
—		Southeast Region	0.750	0.736	Romania
4	(1)	Rio Grande do Sul	0.748	0.744	Thailand
—		Southern Region	0.746	0.740	Turkey
5	(0)	Paraná	0.739	0.737	Dominican Republic
—		Central-West Region	0.736	0.728	Iran
6	(1)	Espírito Santo	0.715	0.704	Macedonia
—		Brazil	0.713	0.703	Brazil
7	(1)	Goiás	0.712	0.703	Belize
8	(1)	Mato Grosso do Sul	0.709	0.698	Bosnia and Herzegovina
9	(1)	Minas Gerais	0.702	0.691	Saint Lucia
10	(4)	Mato Grosso	0.702	0.705	Saint Lucia
11	(0)	Rondônia	0.685	0.674	Fiji
12	(3)	Amapá	0.676	0.636	Cape Verde
13	(5)	Rio Grande do Norte	0.657	0.628	Philippines
14	(2)	Amazonas	0.648	0.634	Azerbaijan
15	(2)	Acre	0.647	0.645	Armenia
16	(4)	Tocantins	0.647	0.647	Armenia
—		North Region	0.646	0.639	Swaziland
17	(3)	Sergipe	0.643	0.645	Sri Lanka
18	(2)	Paraíba	0.638	0.620	Guatemala
19	(0)	Pernambuco	0.632	0.627	Morocco
20	(3)	Pará	0.632	0.633	Morocco
21	(0)	Roraima	0.629	0.609	Egypt
22	(0)	Bahia	0.621	0.608	Ecuador
—		Northeast Region	0.619	0.610	Jamaica
23	(0)	Ceará	0.616	0.605	Indonesia
24	(0)	Piauí	0.608	0.601	Turkmenistan
25	(1)	Alagoas	0.589	0.577	Georgia
26	(1)	Maranhão	0.570	0.584	Viet Nam

Life expectancy index

  0.900– 0.999

  0.800– 0.899

  0.700– 0.799

  0.600– 0.699

  0.500– 0.599

Rank		State	Longevity index		Comparable country
2005 data	Change compared to 2004		2005	2004
—		Distrito Federal	0.835	0.831	Poland
1	(0)	Santa Catarina	0.830	0.826	Argentina
2	(0)	Rio Grande do Sul	0.827	0.824	Bosnia and Herzegovina
—		Southern Region	0.820	0.816	Slovakia
3	(0)	Minas Gerais	0.819	0.815	Antigua and Barbuda
4	(0)	São Paulo	0.812	0.807	Malaysia
5	(0)	Paraná	0.809	0.804	Libya
—		Southeast Region	0.809	0.804	Libya
—		Central-West Region	0.803	0.798	Venezuela
6	(0)	Espírito Santo	0.802	0.797	Saint Lucia
7	(0)	Mato Grosso do Sul	0.802	0.797	Saint Lucia
8	(0)	Goiás	0.797	0.792	Tonga
9	(0)	Rio de Janeiro	0.793	0.788	Lithuania
10	(0)	Mato Grosso	0.789	0.784	Bahamas
—		Brazil	0.785	0.780	Brazil
11	(0)	Bahia	0.775	0.770	Lebanon
12	(0)	Pará	0.772	0.768	Turkey
13	(0)	Amazonas	0.766	0.761	Cape Verde
—		North Region	0.766	0.761	Cape Verde
14	(0)	Acre	0.763	0.758	Georgia
15	(0)	Tocantins	0.761	0.756	Egypt
16	(0)	Rondônia	0.759	0.754	Morocco
17	(0)	Sergipe	0.756	0.750	Iran
18	(3)	Rio Grande do Norte	0.747	0.717	Saint Kitts and Nevis
19	(1)	Amapá	0.744	0.739	Indonesia
20	(1)	Ceará	0.744	0.738	Indonesia
21	(1)	Roraima	0.736	0.731	Vanuatu
—		Northeast Region	0.734	0.728	Trinidad and Tobago
22	(0)	Paraíba	0.723	0.717	Moldova
23	(0)	Piauí	0.720	0.714	Fiji
24	(0)	Pernambuco	0.710	0.704	Ukraine
25	(0)	Maranhão	0.696	0.689	Uzbekistan
26	(0)	Alagoas	0.683	0.676	Kazakhstan

See also

• Brazil
• States of Brazil
• List of subnational entities
• List of Latin American subnational entities by HDI

References

• UNDP (2008). "Emprego, Desenvolvimento Humano e Trabalho Decente – A experiência brasileira recente" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2008-09-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• UNDP (2007). "Human Development Report 2007/2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)