List of German states by Human Development Index

This is a list of German States by Human Development Index as of 2015.^[1]

Very High human development
Rank	State	2015 HDI	Comparable country
1	Hamburg	0.964	Norway
2	Baden-Württemberg	0.941	Australia
3	Bremen	0.938	Switzerland
4	Hesse	0.935	Switzerland
5	Bavaria	0.933	Switzerland
6	Berlin	0.932	Switzerland
	Germany (average)	0.926	Denmark
7	North Rhine-Westphalia	0.924	Netherlands
8	Saxony	0.916	New Zealand
9	Rhineland-Palatinate	0.914	Sweden
	Saarland	0.914	Sweden
11	Lower Saxony	0.912	Liechtenstein
12	Schleswig-Holstein	0.907	United Kingdom
13	Thuringia	0.906	Japan
14	Brandenburg	0.902	South Korea
15	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	0.897	France
16	Saxony-Anhalt	0.895	Finland

Development 1990-2015

Human Development Index of German states since 1995.

State	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	Increase 1995–2015
Hamburg	0.874	0.896	0.934	0.953	0.964	0.090
Baden-Württemberg	0.847	0.872	0.905	0.926	0.941	0.094
Bremen	0.853	0.879	0.910	0.930	0.938	0.085
Hesse	0.849	0.875	0.908	0.926	0.935	0.086
Bavaria	0.835	0.861	0.894	0.916	0.933	0.098
Berlin	0.840	0.866	0.897	0.919	0.932	0.092
North Rhine-Westphalia	0.834	0.860	0.891	0.910	0.924	0.090
Saxony	0.830	0.855	0.887	0.904	0.916	0.086
Rhineland-Palatinate	0.823	0.849	0.879	0.901	0.914	0.091
Saarland	0.824	0.849	0.880	0.901	0.914	0.090
Lower Saxony	0.819	0.844	0.875	0.896	0.912	0.093
Schleswig-Holstein	0.820	0.846	0.877	0.893	0.907	0.087
Thuringia	0.815	0.847	0.873	0.892	0.906	0.091
Brandenburg	0.811	0.836	0.868	0.888	0.902	0.091
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	0.806	0.831	0.863	0.884	0.897	0.091
Saxony-Anhalt	0.807	0.832	0.862	0.883	0.895	0.088
Germany	0.834	0.860	0.892	0.912	0.926	0.092

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References