List of Canadian provinces by Human Development Index

The following list sorts the provinces of Canada 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 10 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 0.926, Canada was ranked 12th overall in the Human Development Index.

rank	province	HDI 1990	HDI 2000	HDI 2010	HDI 2017	Increase 1990-2017	Comparable country
1	Alberta	0.869	0.889	0.923	0.944	0.075	Switzerland Switzerland
2	British Columbia	0.863	0.878	0.910	0.934	0.071	Iceland Iceland
3	Ontario Ontario	0.862	0.878	0.909	0.933	0.071	Sweden Sweden
4th	Saskatchewan	0.831	0.849	0.893	0.917	0.086	New Zealand New Zealand
4th	Prince Edward Island	0.836	0.849	0.895	0.917	0.081	New Zealand New Zealand
6th	Quebec Quebec	0.835	0.851	0.888	0.911	0.076	Japan Japan
7th	Manitoba	0.830	0.841	0.877	0.902	0.072	Israel Israel
8th	Nova Scotia	0.827	0.846	0.880	0.901	0.074	France France
9	New Brunswick New Brunswick	0.813	0.836	0.873	0.893	0.080	Spain Spain
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.789	0.816	0.872	0.891	0.101	Spain Spain
	Canada Canada	0.850	0.867	0.899	0.926	0.076	Canada Canada

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 .