List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed ( very High development), developing (High and Medium development), and underdeveloped (Low development) areas. The statistics is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.
Administrative units by Human Development Index
This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2022.
| Rank | Region | HDI (2022)[1] | 
|---|---|---|
| Medium human development | ||
| 1 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 0.654 | 
| 2 |  Azad Kashmir | 0.589 | 
| 3 |  Gilgit Baltistan | 0.574 | 
| Low Human development | ||
| 4 |  Punjab | 0.546 | 
| - |  Pakistan | 0.540 | 
| 5 |  Sindh | 0.514 | 
| 6 |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.511 | 
| 7 |  Balochistan | 0.460 | 
| 8 |  FATA | 0.453 | 
See also
- Education in Pakistan
- Demographics of Pakistan
- Economy of Pakistan
- Health in Pakistan
- List of Pakistani provinces by gross domestic product
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
Further reading
- UNDP Pakistan (2017). "Fact Sheet 'Uneashing the potential of a young Pakistan'" (PDF). National Human Development Report 2017. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2023.