List of provinces of South Africa according to the human development index

Map of the South African provinces according to HDI in 2017.

0.700 - 0.799 (high)

0.600 - 0.699 (medium)

The following list sorts the provinces of South Africa according to their Human Development Index .

The Human Development Index is a method of calculating the level of development of a country or region. The HDI not only takes into account the gross national income per capita, but also life expectancy and the duration of training based on the number of school years a 25-year-old has completed and the expected duration of a child's education at school age. The HDI was essentially developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq , who worked closely with the Indian economist Amartya Sen and the British economist and politician Meghnad Desai .

Calculation method

As of the Human Development Report 2010, the three dimensions are calculated as follows:

Life expectancy index: life expectancy at birth (LE)
Education index: Average school attendance (DSD) and expected school attendance (VSD) in years
Standard of living : Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (GNIpk), PPP US $

Life Expectancy Index (LEI) ${\ displaystyle = {\ dfrac {{\ text {LE}} - 20} {85 {,} 0-20}}}$
Education Index (BI) ${\ displaystyle = {\ dfrac {{\ text {DSDI}} + {\ text {VSDI}}} {2}}}$

2.1. Average School Attendance Index (DSDI) ${\ displaystyle = {\ dfrac {{\ text {DSD}} - 0} {15 {,} 0-0}}}$

2.2. Estimated School Attendance Index (VSDI) ${\ displaystyle = {\ dfrac {{\ text {VSD}} - 0} {18 {,} 0-0}}}$
Income Index (EI) ${\ displaystyle = {\ dfrac {\ ln ({\ text {BNEpk}}) - \ ln (100)} {\ ln (75000) - \ ln (100)}}}$

Finally, the HDI is calculated as a geometric mean from the three dimensions: ${\ displaystyle {\ text {HDI}} = {\ sqrt [{3}] {{\ text {LEI}} \ cdot {\ text {BI}} \ cdot {\ text {EI}}}}.}$

LE: life expectancy at birth

DSD: Average duration of school attendance (number of years that a person aged 25 or older has attended school)

VSD: Estimated length of school attendance (number of years a 5-year-old child will likely go to school)

BNEpk: Gross national income per capita adjusted for purchasing power in US dollars

Provinces according to HDI

All 9 provinces according to the development of the Human Development Index from 1995 to 2017. A country with a similar Human Development Index in the same year is also given. With a value of 0.699, South Africa was ranked 113th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index, making it one of the countries with medium human development.

rank	province	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2017	Increase 1995-2017	Comparable country
1	Western cape	0.738	0.716	0.689	0.717	0.764	0.026	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Gauteng	0.719	0.695	0.666	0.694	0.735	0.016	Tunisia Tunisia
3	free State	0.664	0.644	0.625	0.658	0.711	0.047	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
4th	northwest	0.642	0.625	0.606	0.637	0.688	0.046	Palastina autonomous areas Palestine
5	North Cape	0.643	0.623	0.603	0.632	0.682	0.039	Iraq Iraq
6th	Limpopo	0.608	0.594	0.588	0.629	0.680	0.072	Iraq Iraq
7th	Mpumalanga	0.623	0.607	0.594	0.630	0.678	0.055	El Salvador El Salvador
8th	KwaZulu-Natal	0.602	0.587	0.577	0.614	0.668	0.066	Morocco Morocco
9	Eastern Cape	0.591	0.575	0.562	0.598	0.649	0.058	Tajikistan Tajikistan
	South Africa South Africa	0.648	0.630	0.614	0.649	0.699	0.014	South Africa South Africa

Individual evidence

↑ HDR_2013_EN_TechNotes (PDF) Page 2.
^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .

[tech_notes-1] HDR_2013_EN_TechNotes (PDF) Page 2.

[2] Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .