This is a list of French regions and overseas territories by Human Development Index as of 2021.[1] The regions since 2016 that the pre-2016 regions correspond to or are part of are shown alongside.
| Rank | Pre-2016 region | Region since 2016 | HDI (2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||||
| 1 | 0.952 | |||
| 2 | 0.919 | |||
| 3 | 0.914 | |||
| 4 | 0.904 | |||
| – |  France | 0.903 | ||
| 5 | 0.902 | |||
| 7 | 0.899 | |||
| 8 | 0.898 | |||
| 9 | 0.890 | |||
| 10 | 0.886 | |||
| 12 | 0.884 | |||
| 14 | 0.883 | |||
| 15 | 0.882 | |||
| 16 | 0.879 | |||
| 17 | 0.878 | |||
| 18 | 0.877 | |||
| 20 | 0.875 | |||
| 21 | 0.867 | |||
| 22 | 0.863 | |||
| 23 | 0.853 | |||
| 24 | 0.848 | |||
| 25 | 0.843 | |||
| High human development | ||||
| 26 | 0.793 | |||
| 27 | 0.781 | |||