List of South African provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of the provinces of South Africa ranked according to their Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI data is drawn from the United Nations Development Programme's South Africa Human Development Report 2015.

RankProvinceHDI (2003)
1Western Cape0.7708
2Gauteng0.7351
3Northern Cape0.6856
4Free State0.6717
5Mpumalanga0.6491
6KwaZulu-Natal0.6305
7Eastern Cape0.6175
8North West0.6062
9Limpopo0.5943
South Africa0.6675

Historical data

Province19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003
Western Cape0.78690.78830.78650.78760.79020.79140.79030.78910.78640.77880.77560.77440.77300.7708
Gauteng0.80770.80910.80820.80960.81210.81300.81030.80420.79570.78070.76780.75700.74610.7351
Northern Cape0.71280.71530.71500.71820.72060.72040.71980.71830.71450.70520.69830.69440.69060.6856
Free State0.72650.72930.72990.73470.73920.74010.73930.73630.72970.71570.70230.69200.68200.6717
Mpumalanga0.71140.71480.71540.71960.72370.72410.72330.71830.71000.69360.68210.67080.65980.6491
KwaZulu-Natal0.70490.70730.70790.71080.71390.71480.71210.70600.69690.68290.66610.65360.64160.6305
Eastern Cape0.65790.65990.66060.66380.66770.67050.67010.66740.66260.65470.64160.63470.62680.6175
North West0.67260.67330.67350.67640.67940.67890.67610.67150.66450.65090.63830.62810.61720.6062
Limpopo0.62390.63000.63170.63650.64030.64130.64290.64240.63910.62620.61930.61090.60280.5943
South Africa0.72010.72250.72300.72610.73000.73260.73090.72680.71930.70850.69640.68710.67740.6675

References

  • Adelzadeh, Asghar; et al. South Africa Human Development Report 2003 (PDF). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-19-578418-3.
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