List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index

Province-level divisions
of China by:

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), along with the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan). The subnational and national average figures for the PRC/ROC division are mainly derived from the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), published by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University. The index does not cover Macau, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions of Mainland China are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China, which is calculated by the annual UNDP Human Development Report, is exclusively applied to the mainland.

List of administrative divisions by HDI[edit]

Administrative divisions of Mainland China and Taiwan by Human Development Index (2019).
  Very high (≥ 0.800)
  High (0.700 – 0.799)
  Medium (0.550 – 0.699)

The Subnational Human Development Database (2021 data)[edit]

Rank Provincial-level division / National average HDI (2022) [1] Comparable country (2022)
Very high human development
–  Hong Kong[a] 0.956  Iceland
1 Beijing 0.927  United States
–  Republic of China (Taiwan)[b] 0.926 (2021)[c]
–  Macau[a] 0.922 (2019)[d]  Japan
2 Shanghai 0.900  Estonia
3 Tianjin 0.864  San Marino
4 Jiangsu 0.830  Uruguay
5 Zhejiang 0.821  Russia
6 Guangdong 0.819  Oman
7 Liaoning 0.800  Belarus
High human development
8 Inner Mongolia 0.797  Palau
9 Fujian 0.795  Mauritius
Hubei
11 Chongqing 0.794  Grenada
12 Hainan 0.789  Albania
13 Shaanxi 0.788
–  People's Republic of China (Average)[e] 0.788
14 Shandong 0.785  Armenia
15 Hunan 0.782  Mexico
16 Shanxi 0.778  Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 Jilin 0.771  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18 Henan 0.768  Dominican Republic
19 Jiangxi 0.767
20 Anhui 0.764  Cuba
Hebei
22 Heilongjiang 0.763  Moldova
23 Sichuan 0.760  Brazil
24 Xinjiang 0.758  Colombia
25 Guangxi 0.754
Ningxia
27 Yunnan 0.717  South Africa
28 Qinghai 0.715  Palestine
29 Gansu 0.713  Indonesia
30 Guizhou 0.710  Philippines
Medium human development
31 Tibet 0.634  Micronesia

Notes:

  1. ^ a b Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China.
  2. ^ Taiwan is under separate rule by the Republic of China as a de facto independent state since 1950, but is claimed by the People's Republic of China as a province. The ROC also claims the mainland as its constitutional-defined territory.[2]
  3. ^ The HDI annual report compiled by the UNDP does not include Taiwan because it is no longer a UN member state, and is neither included as part of the People's Republic of China by both of the UNDP and SHDI reports when calculating data for China.[3][1] Taiwan's Statistical Bureau calculated its HDI for 2021 to be 0.926 based on UNDP's 2010 methodology,[4][5] which would place Taiwan at 19th globally in 2021 within the 2022 UNDP report.[6][7]
  4. ^ Macao's HDI is not included in the SHDI database or any UNDP annual report. According to the 2021 annual report published by Statistics and Census Service of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, the HDI for Macau was 0.922 in 2019.[8]
  5. ^ Figures refer to mainland China only.[9]

Trend[edit]

Legend

Very High human development

  0.900 and above
  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849

High human development

  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749

Medium human development

  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  Data unavailable
  • 2010-2014 HDI
  • 2014 data
    2014 data
  • 2010 data
    2010 data
Legend

Very High human development

  0.900–0.949

High human development

  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849

Medium human development

  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  0.500–0.549

Low human development

  0.450–0.499
  0.400–0.449
  0.350–0.399
  Data unavailable
  • 1982-2008 HDI
  • 2008 data
    2008 data
  • 2005 data
    2005 data
  • 2003 data
    2003 data
  • 1999 data
    1999 data
  • 1997 data
    1997 data
  • 1995 data
    1995 data
  • 1990 data
    1990 data
  • 1982 data
    1982 data

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Human Development Indices (5.0)- China". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Taiwan Country Profile". World Affairs Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  3. ^ "Human Development Report 2020: Reader's Guide". United Nation Development Program. 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "What is the human development index (HDI)? How are relevant data queried?" (PDF). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. ^ "人類發展指數(Human Development Index, HDI)" (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC). 6 January 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ "國情統計通報（第 195 號）" (PDF). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. ^ "National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan)". Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC). 14 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Macau in Figures, 2021". 澳門統計暨普查局(DSEC). p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  9. ^ "Human Development Report 2020: Reader's Guide". United Nation Development Program. 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links[edit]

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