List of Iranian provinces by human development index

Map of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index in 2017.

0.800 - 1.000 (very high)

0.700 - 0.799 (high)

0.600 - 0.699 (medium)

The following list sorts the provinces of Iran 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 $

1. Life Expectancy Index (LEI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{LE}}-20}{85{,}0-20}}}$
2. 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) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{VSD}}-0}{18{,}0-0}}}$

3. 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 provinces according to the development of the 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 0.798, Iran was ranked 60th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index, making it one of the countries with high levels of human development.

The province of Tehran is added to the province of Alborz . Both provinces were separated in 2010.

rank	province	HDI 1990	HDI 2000	HDI 2010	HDI 2017	Increase 1995-2017	Comparable country
1	Tehran (with Alborz)	0.590	0.689	0.787	0.834	▲ 0.244	Croatia
2	Isfahan	0.604	0.705	0.787	0.830	▲ 0.226	Croatia
3	Māzandarān	0.610	0.709	0.782	0.823	▲ 0.213	Argentina
4th	Yazd	0.582	0.678	0.776	0.822	▲ 0.240	Oman
5	Semnan	0.610	0.710	0.783	0.822	▲ 0.212	Oman
6th	Qom	0.597	0.693	0.773	0.815	▲ 0.218	Russia
7th	Ilam	0.589	0.686	0.771	0.814	▲ 0.225	Montenegro
8th	Bushehr	0.601	0.700	0.772	0.812	▲ 0.211	Bulgaria
9	Fars	0.581	0.676	0.765	0.808	▲ 0.227	Belarus
10	Gilan	0.587	0.681	0.763	0.803	▲ 0.216	Kuwait
11	Chuzestan	0.586	0.682	0.761	0.802	▲ 0.216	Malaysia
12	Kermanshah	0.586	0.680	0.756	0.795	▲ 0.209	Costa Rica
	Tschahār Mahāl and Bakhtiyāri	0.584	0.678	0.755	0.795	▲ 0.211	Costa Rica
	Qazvin	0.590	0.686	0.756	0.795	▲ 0.205	Costa Rica
15th	Kohgiluye and Boyer Ahmad	0.584	0.680	0.753	0.793	▲ 0.209	Turkey
16	Markazi	0.578	0.673	0.753	0.792	▲ 0.214	Turkey
17th	East Azerbaijan	0.584	0.679	0.747	0.786	▲ 0.203	Albania
18th	Lorestan	0.579	0.674	0.743	0.781	▲ 0.202	Antigua and Barbuda
19th	Razavi Khorasan	0.560	0.651	0.739	0.780	▲ 0.220	Georgia
20th	Kerman	0.577	0.672	0.741	0.778	▲ 0,201	St. Kitts and Nevis
21st	Golestan	0.567	0.661	0.736	0.776	▲ 0.209	Cuba
22nd	Hamadan	0.574	0.667	0.736	0.774	▲ 0.200	Mexico
23	Zanjan	0.544	0.633	0.728	0.772	▲ 0.228	Grenada
24	Hormozgan	0.563	0.654	0.729	0.768	▲ 0.205	Bosnia and Herzegovina
25th	Ardabil	0.557	0.646	0.724	0.763	▲ 0.206	Venezuela
26th	West Azerbaijan	0.538	0.627	0.717	0.760	▲ 0.222	Brazil
27	South Khorasan	0.521	0.607	0.712	0.758	▲ 0.237	Azerbaijan
28	North Khorasan	0.526	0.612	0.703	0.747	▲ 0.221	Colombia
	Kordestān	0.546	0.633	0.709	0.747	▲ 0,201	Colombia
30th	Sistan and Balochistan	0.499	0.581	0.651	0.690	▲ 0.191	Bolivia
	Iran	0.576	0.670	0.745	0.798	▲ 0.222	Iran

Individual evidence

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