List of Swiss regions according to the human development index

The following list sorts the regions of Switzerland 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

Regions according to HDI

Map of the Swiss regions from HDI in 2018.
Caption:

> 0.950

0.950-0.945

0.945-0.935

0.935-0.925

<0.925

All 7 Swiss regions according to the development of their Human Development Index from 1990 to 2017. A country with a similar Human Development Index in the same year is also given. With a value of 0.944, Switzerland took second place in the Human Development Index, making it one of the countries with a very high level of human development. The greater Zurich region , which essentially consists of the canton of Zurich , even achieved the highest human development index among 1,621 sub-national regions examined.

rank	region	HDI 1990	HDI 2000	HDI 2010	HDI 2017	Increase 1990-2017	Comparable country
1	Greater Zurich region	0.862	0.917	0.960	0.975	0.113	Norway Norway
2	Lake Geneva region	0.839	0.895	0.937	0.946	0.107	Australia Australia
2	Greater Ticino region	0.827	0.882	0.924	0.946	0.119	Australia Australia
4th	Northwestern Switzerland	0.830	0.886	0.928	0.937	0.107	Germany Germany
4th	Central Switzerland	0.825	0.879	0.922	0.937	0.112	Germany Germany
6th	Espace Mittelland	0.827	0.881	0.922	0.932	0.105	Singapore Singapore
7th	Eastern Switzerland	0.813	0.867	0.909	0.922	0.109	United Kingdom United Kingdom
	Switzerland Switzerland	0.833	0.889	0.932	0.944	0.111	Australia Australia

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 .