# List of administrative divisions of Greater China by Human Development Index

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions in order of their Human Development Index (HDI), along with the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan). The subnational and national average figures for the PRC/ROC division are mainly derived from the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), published by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University. The index does not cover Macau, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions of Mainland China are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China, which is calculated by the annual UNDP Human Development Report, is exclusively applied to the mainland.

## List of administrative divisions by HDI

* Regions of China
* North China
* East China
* Southwestern China
* Northwestern China
* South Central China
* Northeast China

### The Subnational Human Development Database (2022 data)

| Rank | Provincial-level division / National average | Region | HDI (2022) |
| Very high human development ||||
| – | Hong Kong | | 0.956 |
| – | Republic of China (Taiwan) | | 0.925 |
| – | Macau | | 0.925 |
| 1 | Beijing | North China | 0.905 |
| 2 | Shanghai | East China | 0.895 |
| 3 | Tianjin | North China | 0.858 |
| 4 | Jiangsu | East China | 0.827 |
| 5 | Zhejiang | East China | 0.814 |
| 6 | Guangdong | South Central China | 0.813 |
| 7 | Fujian | East China | 0.804 |
| High human development ||||
| 8 | Inner Mongolia | North China | 0.798 |
| 9 | Chongqing | Southwestern China | 0.795 |
| 10 | Liaoning | Northeast China | 0.794 |
| 10 | Hubei | South Central China | 0.794 |
| 12 | Shaanxi | Northwestern China | 0.792 |
| 13 | Shanxi | North China | 0.791 |
| 14 | Shandong | East China | 0.789 |
| – | People's Republic of China (Average) | | 0.788 |
| 15 | Hainan | South Central China | 0.781 |
| 15 | Hunan | South Central China | 0.781 |
| 17 | Jilin | Northeast China | 0.777 |
| 18 | Heilongjiang | Northeast China | 0.769 |
| 19 | Jiangxi | East China | 0.768 |
| 20 | Anhui | East China | 0.767 |
| 21 | Ningxia | Northwestern China | 0.764 |
| 22 | Xinjiang | Northwestern China | 0.762 |
| 22 | Sichuan | Southwestern China | 0.762 |
| 22 | Hebei | North China | 0.762 |
| 25 | Henan | South Central China | 0.760 |
| 26 | Guangxi | South Central China | 0.751 |
| 27 | Yunnan | Southwestern China | 0.729 |
| 28 | Guizhou | Southwestern China | 0.725 |
| 29 | Gansu | Northwestern China | 0.722 |
| 30 | Qinghai | Northwestern China | 0.719 |
| Medium human development ||||
| 31 | Tibet | Southwestern China | 0.648 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China.
* ↑ Taiwan is under separate rule by the Republic of China as a de facto independent state since 1950, but is claimed by the People's Republic of China as a province. The ROC also claims the mainland as its constitutional‑defined territory.
* ↑ Figures refer to mainland China only.

## Trend

Legend :
| 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  0.550–0.599 | Data unavailable |
* 2010-2014 HDI
* 2014 data
* 2010 data
Legend :
| Very High human development  0.900–0.949 | High human development  0.850–0.899  0.800–0.849 | Medium human development  0.750–0.799  0.700–0.749  0.650–0.699  0.600–0.649  0.550–0.599  0.500–0.549 | Low human development  0.450–0.499  0.400–0.449  0.350–0.399 | Data unavailable |
* 1982-2008 HDI
* 2008 data
* 2005 data
* 2003 data
* 1999 data
* 1997 data
* 1995 data
* 1990 data
* 1982 data