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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

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)

Rank Provincial-level division / National average HDI (2021) [1]
Very high human development
  Hong Kong [a] 0.952
  Republic of China (Taiwan) [b] 0.926 [c]
  Macau [a] 0.922 (2019) [d]
1 Beijing 0.907
2 Shanghai 0.880
3 Tianjin 0.844
4 Jiangsu 0.810
5 Zhejiang 0.801
High human development
6 Guangdong 0.799
7 Liaoning 0.780
8 Inner Mongolia 0.777
9 Fujian 0.775
Hubei
11 Chongqing 0.774
12 Hainan 0.769
13 Shaanxi 0.768
  People's Republic of China (Average) [e] 0.768
14 Shandong 0.765
15 Hunan 0.762
16 Shanxi 0.758
17 Jilin 0.751
18 Henan 0.748
19 Jiangxi 0.747
20 Anhui 0.744
Hebei
22 Heilongjiang 0.743
23 Sichuan 0.740
24 Xinjiang 0.738
25 Guangxi 0.734
Ningxia
Medium human development
27 Yunnan 0.697
28 Qinghai 0.695
29 Gansu 0.693
30 Guizhou 0.690
31 Tibet 0.614

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

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
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

See also

References

  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.

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