List of regions of Azerbaijan by Human Development Index explained

This is a list of Azerbaijani regions by Human Development Index as of 2021.^[1] This also includes Baku, the capital and largest city, but excludes the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Kalbajar-Lachin.

Rank	Region	HDI (2021)
Very high human development
1	Baku	0.814
High human development
2	Absheron Economic Region (without Baku)	0.789
3	Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	0.756 (2017)
4		0.751
–		0.745
5	Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region	0.723
6	Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region	0.712
7	Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region	0.709
8	Lankaran Economic Region	0.704
Medium human development
10	Aran Economic Region	0.698
11	Yukhari-Karabakh economic region	0.691
–	Kalbajar-Lachin	No data

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Nakhchivan enjoys a high Human Development Index; its socio-economic prowess far exceeds that of Azerbaijan itself. According to the report of Nakhchivan AR Committee of Statistics on June 30, 2018 for the end of 2017, some socio-economical data, including the following, are unveiled:

Variable	Value
Population	462,055^[2]
	$15,240^[3]
	72.9 years^[4]
Mean Years of Schooling	10.5 years^[5]
Expected Years of Schooling	12.6 years

Making use of the Human Development Index calculation method according to the new UNHD 2014 method,^[6] the above values change into these:

Notes and References

Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en.
Web site: Naxçıvan əhalisinin sayı açıqlandı. 22 May 2018. 23 January 2018. qafqazinfo.az.
Web site: Makroiqtisadi göstəricilər. statistika.nmr.az. 2014-12-05.
Web site: Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası üzrə cins bölgüsündə doğulanda gözlənilən ömür uzunluğu. 2014-12-05.
Web site: Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası üzrə təhsilin əsas göstəriciləri. 2014-12-05.
Web site: Technical notes: Calculating the human development indices – graphical presentation. 24 June 2014. 2014-12-05.