List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index
This article presents a list of Japanese prefectures sorted by their Human Development Index. This data was taken from the 2007 paper "Gross National Happiness and Material Welfare in Bhutan and Japan" (Tashi Choden, Takayoshi Kusago, Kokoro Shirai, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Osaka University).
Rankings
Japan Human Development Index: 0.956 (8th overall)
Rank | Prefecture | HDI - 1990 | HDI - 1995 | HDI - 2000 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tokyo | 0.9296 | 0.9448 | 0.9667 |
2 | Aichi | 0.9115 | 0.9265 | 0.9460 |
3 | Shiga | 0.9080 | 0.9229 | 0.9426 |
4 | Shizuoka | 0.9056 | 0.9204 | 0.9402 |
5 | Fukui | 0.9027 | 0.9204 | 0.9401 |
6 | Toyama | 0.9031 | 0.9205 | 0.9392 |
7 | Osaka | 0.9003 | 0.9177 | 0.9390 |
8 | Nagano | 0.8980 | 0.9148 | 0.9365 |
9 | Ishikawa | 0.8991 | 0.9163 | 0.9364 |
10 | Hiroshima | 0.9032 | 0.9170 | 0.9361 |
11 | Kyoto | 0.8952 | 0.9123 | 0.9333 |
12 | Mie | 0.8934 | 0.9123 | 0.9329 |
13 | Kanagawa | 0.8996 | 0.9119 | 0.9324 |
14 | Yamanashi | 0.8944 | 0.9094 | 0.9319 |
15 | Okayama | 0.8992 | 0.9152 | 0.9316 |
16 | Kagawa | 0.8945 | 0.9122 | 0.9304 |
17 | Gunma | 0.8957 | 0.9117 | 0.9303 |
18 | Tochigi | 0.8955 | 0.9107 | 0.9294 |
19 | Niigata | 0.8921 | 0.9095 | 0.9290 |
20 | Hyōgo | 0.8950 | 0.9086 | 0.9290 |
21 | Ōita | 0.8891 | 0.9076 | 0.9285 |
22 | Gifu | 0.8921 | 0.9070 | 0.9263 |
23 | Hokkaidō | 0.8863 | 0.9068 | 0.9260 |
24 | Ibaraki | 0.8928 | 0.9080 | 0.9259 |
25 | Yamaguchi | 0.8924 | 0.9084 | 0.9258 |
26 | Miyagi | 0.8926 | 0.9071 | 0.9247 |
27 | Fukushima | 0.8880 | 0.9044 | 0.9241 |
28 | Tottori | 0.8887 | 0.9045 | 0.9239 |
29 | Shimane | 0.8858 | 0.9021 | 0.9231 |
30 | Fukuoka | 0.8896 | 0.9061 | 0.9228 |
31 | Kumamoto | 0.8872 | 0.9045 | 0.9225 |
32 | Ehime | 0.8862 | 0.9047 | 0.9221 |
33 | Chiba | 0.8868 | 0.9019 | 0.9219 |
34 | Yamagata | 0.8855 | 0.9014 | 0.9216 |
35 | Saga | 0.8810 | 0.9021 | 0.9189 |
36 | Iwata | 0.8792 | 0.8998 | 0.9186 |
37 | Tokushima | 0.8831 | 0.9005 | 0.9182 |
38 | Nara | 0.8794 | 0.8944 | 0.9169 |
39 | Saitama | 0.8811 | 0.8956 | 0.9166 |
40 | Kōchi | 0.8781 | 0.8964 | 0.9156 |
41 | Wakayama | 0.8770 | 0.8957 | 0.9155 |
42 | Miyazaki | 0.8780 | 0.8959 | 0.9148 |
43 | Akita | 0.8777 | 0.8951 | 0.9142 |
44 | Nagasaki | 0.8749 | 0.8949 | 0.9127 |
45 | Kagoshima | 0.8762 | 0.8938 | 0.9127 |
46 | Okinawa | 0.8810 | 0.8940 | 0.9111 |
47 | Aomori | 0.8698 | 0.8877 | 0.9065 |
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