List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index explained

This is a list of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2019. Of the seven provinces of Nepal, four are considered to have "medium human development" per the Human Development Index, namely Bagmati, Gandaki, Koshi Pradesh, and Lumbini. The other three, which are considered to have "low human development", are Sudurpashchim, Karnali, and Madhesh.

Provinces (2019)

This is a list of provinces by Human Development Index according to new formed Provinces of Nepal:

This is a list of former development regions of Nepal (until 2015) by Human Development Index as of 2021.^[2]

Rank	Region (Zones)	HDI (2021)
Medium Human Development
1	Western (Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri)	0.659
5	Mid-Western (Rapti, Bheri, Karnali)	0.627
–	(average)	0.602
3	Eastern (Mechi, Kosi, Sagarmatha)	0.598
4	Far-Western (Seti, Mahakali)	0.583
2	Central (Janakpu, Bagmati, Narayani)	0.557

Human Development Index (by UN Method) of regions in Nepal since 1990.^[2]

Region	HDI 1990	HDI 1995	HDI 2000	HDI 2005	HDI 2010	HDI 2015	HDI 2018
Central	0.382	0.413	0.442	0.483	0.529	0.571	0.583
Eastern	0.406	0.440	0.459	0.477	0.538	0.569	0.577
Far-Western	0.352	0.382	0.414	0.444	0.493	0.542	0.556
Mid-Western	0.338	0.366	0.421	0.450	0.499	0.541	0.554
Western	0.389	0.421	0.465	0.488	0.543	0.589	0.601
Nepal	0.379	0.411	0.446	0.474	0.528	0.568	0.580

Web site: 2020 . Human Development Index–Human Development Reports . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201216110109/https://www.npc.gov.np/images/category/NHDR_2020_-_Final_-_TheSquare_compressed_final1.pdf . 16 December 2020 . 28 February 2021 . GoN, UNDP.
Web site: Human Development Indices (5.0) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240128035039/https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/NPL/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=0&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0 . 28 January 2024 . 13 September 2018 . Global Data Lab . en.