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 2022.[1]

Map of the South African provinces by Human Development Index in 2017.
Legend:
  0.700 – 0.799 (high)
  0.600 – 0.699 (medium)
Rank Province HDI (2022)
High human development
1 Western Cape 0.755
2 Gauteng 0.739
3 Limpopo 0.718
 South Africa (average) Decrease 0.717
4 Free State 0.716
5 KwaZulu-Natal 0.714
6 Northern Cape 0.705
Medium human development
7 Mpumalanga 0.682
8 North West 0.680
9 Eastern Cape 0.678

Historical data[2]

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.