List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index

First or provincial level Administrative divisions of China by:
Area Population Population density GDP GDP per capita Female infanticide Sex ratio Disposable income per capita HDI Highest point Natural growth rate Life expectancy Illiteracy rate Tax Revenues Historical capitals

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), alongside Taiwan. The 2014 figures for PRC divisions come from the 2016 China National Human Development Report (2016中国人类发展报告), published by United Nations Development Programme, the China Development Research Foundation, and the Renmin University of China. This report did not cover Hong Kong and Macau, which are special administrative regions of the PRC, nor Taiwan, which is governed by the Republic of China (ROC).

The HDI values of Hong Kong, as given in the UN Human Development Report, and of Macau and Taiwan, as provided by their respective governments, are included for comparison purposes.

List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index (2014)

HDI of Greater China (2014 data)

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

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Rank	Province	HDI Score (2014)[1]	Comparable Country (2014 data)[2]
Very High human development
-	Hong Kong	0.910[2]	Singapore
-	Macau	0.894[3]	Israel
-	Taiwan (Republic of China)	0.882[4]	Finland
1	Beijing	0.869	Czech Republic
2	Shanghai	0.852	Cyprus
3	Tianjin	0.843	Poland
High human development
4	Jiangsu	0.798	Belarus
5	Zhejiang	0.798	Belarus
6	Liaoning	0.798	Belarus
7	Guangdong	0.772	Seychelles
8	Shandong	0.769	Cuba
9	Jilin	0.768	Lebanon
10	Inner Mongolia	0.766	Costa Rica
11	Fujian	0.758	Sri Lanka
12	Heilongjiang	0.755	Brazil
13	Hubei	0.754	Georgia
—	China	0.754	Georgia
14	Shaanxi	0.751	Azerbaijan
15	Chongqing	0.747	Macedonia
16	Shanxi	0.738	Algeria
17	Hainan	0.738	Algeria
18	Hunan	0.735	Peru
19	Hebei	0.735	Peru
20	Henan	0.727	Fiji
21	Ningxia	0.727	Fiji
22	Jiangxi	0.726	Thailand
23	Anhui	0.720	Colombia
24	Sichuan	0.720	Colombia
25	Xinjiang	0.718	Jamaica
26	Guangxi	0.713	Suriname
Medium human development
27	Qinghai	0.694	Moldova
28	Gansu	0.689	Egypt
29	Guizhou	0.673	Uzbekistan
30	Yunnan	0.668	Philippines
31	Tibet	0.600	Bhutan

List of large and medium-sized cities of Greater China by Human Development Index (2015)

Trend

• 2010-2014 HDI
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See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References

• China Human Development Report, 2009-2010