List of South African provinces by Human Development Index
This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index as of 2021.[1]
Rank | Province | HDI (2021) |
---|---|---|
High human development | ||
1 | Western Cape | 0.771 |
2 | Gauteng | 0.745 |
3 | Free State | 0.719 |
– | South Africa (average) | 0.713 |
4 | Limpopo | 0.712 |
5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 0.710 |
6 | Northern Cape | 0.701 |
Medium human development | ||
7 | Mpumalanga | 0.678 |
8 | North West | 0.676 |
9 | Eastern Cape | 0.675 |
Historical data[2]
Province | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Cape | 0.711 | 0.745 | 0.705 | 0.689 | 0.717 | 0.753 | 0.766 |
Gauteng | 0.696 | 0.729 | 0.692 | 0.681 | 0.714 | 0.741 | 0.750 |
Free State | 0.648 | 0.677 | 0.646 | 0.637 | 0.672 | 0.714 | 0.726 |
Limpopo | 0.598 | 0.623 | 0.604 | 0.612 | 0.663 | 0.715 | 0.727 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 0.589 | 0.615 | 0.594 | 0.604 | 0.656 | 0.710 | 0.724 |
Northern Cape | 0.625 | 0.654 | 0.624 | 0.618 | 0.655 | 0.702 | 0.715 |
Mpumalanga | 0.609 | 0.635 | 0.610 | 0.608 | 0.649 | 0.683 | 0.692 |
North West | 0.626 | 0.654 | 0.624 | 0.615 | 0.648 | 0.681 | 0.690 |
Eastern Cape | 0.581 | 0.606 | 0.583 | 0.586 | 0.631 | 0.677 | 0.688 |
South Africa | 0.632 | 0.661 | 0.633 | 0.632 | 0.675 | 0.716 | 0.727 |
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