List of Italian regions according to the Human Development Index

The following list sorts the regions of Italy 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

Regions according to HDI

Map of the Italian regions according to HDI in 2017.

> 0.900

0.890-0.900

0.880-0.890

0.840-0.880

<0.840

19 Italian regions and the two autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino , which together form the region of Trentino-South Tyrol , according to the development of their Human Development Index from 1995 to 2015. A country with a similar Human Development Index in the same year is also given. With a value of 0.887, Italy was ranked 26th in the Human Development Index, making it one of the countries with very high levels of human development. There is a north-south divide in human development in Italy.

rank	region	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	Increase in 1995-2015	Comparable country
1	Trentino	0.819	0.850	0.880	0.897	0.919	▲ 0.100	Canada
2	Emilia-Romagna	0.826	0.856	0.881	0.896	0.915	▲ 0.089	New Zealand
3	Lombardy	0.815	0.845	0.872	0.889	0.907	▲ 0.092	United Kingdom
4th	Lazio	0.821	0.851	0.883	0.895	0.905	▲ 0.084	Japan
5	Tuscany	0.811	0.841	0.869	0.884	0.903	▲ 0.092	Japan
6th	Friuli Venezia Giulia	0.805	0.835	0.864	0.879	0.898	▲ 0.093	France
7th	Liguria	0.807	0.837	0.866	0.881	0.896	▲ 0.089	Belgium
	Brands	0.811	0.841	0.866	0.879	0.896	▲ 0.085	Belgium
	Veneto	0.805	0.835	0.863	0.877	0.896	▲ 0.091	Belgium
10	South-Tirol	0.797	0.827	0.851	0.872	0.894	▲ 0.097	Austria
11	Piedmont	0.803	0.833	0.860	0.875	0.892	▲ 0.089	Austria
12	Abruzzo	0.799	0.828	0.861	0.873	0.890	▲ 0.091	Slovenia
13	Umbria	0.807	0.837	0.862	0.877	0.889	▲ 0.082	Slovenia
14th	Aosta Valley	0.791	0.821	0.845	0.863	0.878	▲ 0.087	Czech Republic
15th	Molise	0.781	0.810	0.840	0.853	0.867	▲ 0.086	Greece
16	Sardinia	0.779	0.808	0.832	0.849	0.863	▲ 0.084	Estonia
17th	Basilicata	0.767	0.796	0.824	0.840	0.857	▲ 0.090	Cyprus
18th	Apulia	0.770	0.799	0.822	0.835	0.852	▲ 0.082	Lithuania
19th	Calabria	0.769	0.797	0.822	0.836	0.850	▲ 0.081	Lithuania
20th	Campania	0.769	0.797	0.822	0.836	0.847	▲ 0.078	Saudi Arabia
21st	Sicily	0.768	0.797	0.821	0.834	0.845	▲ 0.077	Puerto Rico
	Italy	0.799	0.829	0.856	0.871	0.887	▲ 0.088	Italy

Individual evidence

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