List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index explained

This is a list of provinces of Costa Rica by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022.^[1]

Rank	Province	HDI (2022)
Very high human development
1	Heredia	0.833
2	San José	0.824
–	(average)	0.806
3	Cartago	0.803
4	Alajuela	0.800
High human development
5	Guanacaste	0.790
6	Puntarenas	0.783
7	Limón	0.765

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.