# List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index

This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2024. The HDI is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

## Regions

These HDI values are from the Global Data Lab, covering the years 2019 to 2022.
Subnational HDI of the Philippines (2019–2022) :
| Region | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Philippines (Asia/Pacific) |||||
| Total | 0.714 | 0.705 | 0.692 | 0.710 |
| ARMM | 0.611 | 0.610 | 0.606 | 0.629 |
| Cordillera Admin Region | 0.740 | 0.732 | 0.719 | 0.738 |
| I – Ilocos | 0.718 | 0.708 | 0.693 | 0.709 |
| II – Cagayan Valley | 0.710 | 0.705 | 0.697 | 0.718 |
| III – Central Luzon | 0.729 | 0.720 | 0.707 | 0.725 |
| IVA – CALABARZON | 0.734 | 0.723 | 0.708 | 0.723 |
| IVB – MIMAROPA | 0.691 | 0.685 | 0.674 | 0.694 |
| IX – Zamboanga Peninsula | 0.681 | 0.671 | 0.658 | 0.674 |
| National Capital Region | 0.765 | 0.750 | 0.731 | 0.743 |
| V – Bicol | 0.686 | 0.677 | 0.663 | 0.680 |
| VI – Western Visayas | 0.697 | 0.695 | 0.689 | 0.713 |
| VII – Central Visayas | 0.700 | 0.691 | 0.677 | 0.694 |
| VIII – Eastern Visayas | 0.698 | 0.690 | 0.678 | 0.696 |
| X – Northern Mindanao | 0.704 | 0.699 | 0.690 | 0.712 |
| XI – Davao | 0.704 | 0.698 | 0.688 | 0.708 |
| XII – SOCCSKSARGEN | 0.674 | 0.670 | 0.662 | 0.684 |
| XIII – Caraga | 0.706 | 0.700 | 0.690 | 0.710 |
* ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
* ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab". Global Data Lab. Retrieved March 13, 2025.

## Highs and lows

All provinces surrounding Metro Manila have a high HDI value. Metro Manila, Benguet, Iloilo and Rizal already have very high HDI values (≥0.800). .

## Provinces

The HDI values below are based on the preliminary estimates of the 2019 Provincial Human Development Index by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
| Rank | Province | HDI (2019) | HDI (2019) |
| 1 | Benguet | 0.88 | Very high |
| 2 | Metro Manila | 0.85 | Very high |
| 3T | Ilocos Norte | 0.82 | Very high |
| 3T | Rizal | 0.82 | Very high |
| 5 | Iloilo | 0.80 | Very high |
| 6 | Batanes | 0.79 | High |
| 7 | Cavite | 0.78 | High |
| 8 | Laguna | 0.77 | High |
| 9T | Bulacan | 0.76 | High |
| 9T | La Union | 0.76 | High |
| 9T | Pampanga | 0.76 | High |
| 12 | Bataan | 0.75 | High |
| 13T | Batangas | 0.74 | High |
| 13T | Cebu | 0.74 | High |
| 15 | Siquijor | 0.73 | High |
| 16 | Tarlac | 0.72 | High |
| – | Philippines (average) | 0.718 | High |
| 17T | Misamis Oriental | 0.71 | High |
| 17T | Negros Occidental | 0.71 | High |
| 19T | Davao del Sur | 0.70 | High |
| 19T | Ilocos Sur | 0.70 | High |
| 21T | Guimaras | 0.69 | Medium |
| 21T | Nueva Vizcaya | 0.69 | Medium |
| 21T | Zambales | 0.69 | Medium |
| 24T | Cagayan | 0.68 | Medium |
| 24T | Quezon | 0.68 | Medium |
| 26T | Marinduque | 0.67 | Medium |
| 26T | Nueva Ecija | 0.67 | Medium |
| 26T | South Cotabato | 0.67 | Medium |
| 29T | Aklan | 0.66 | Medium |
| 29T | Bohol | 0.66 | Medium |
| 29T | Palawan | 0.66 | Medium |
| 32T | Capiz | 0.65 | Medium |
| 32T | Leyte | 0.65 | Medium |
| 32T | Pangasinan | 0.65 | Medium |
| 35T | Antique | 0.64 | Medium |
| 35T | Isabela | 0.64 | Medium |
| 35T | Zamboanga del Norte | 0.64 | Medium |
| 35T | Zamboanga del Sur | 0.64 | Medium |
| 39T | Aurora | 0.63 | Medium |
| 39T | Biliran | 0.63 | Medium |
| 39T | Lanao del Norte | 0.63 | Medium |
| 39T | Quirino | 0.63 | Medium |
| 43T | Agusan del Norte | 0.62 | Medium |
| 43T | Oriental Mindoro | 0.62 | Medium |
| 45T | Abra | 0.61 | Medium |
| 45T | Kalinga | 0.61 | Medium |
| 45T | Occidental Mindoro | 0.61 | Medium |
| 45T | Southern Leyte | 0.61 | Medium |
| 49T | Misamis Occidental | 0.60 | Medium |
| 49T | Albay | 0.60 | Medium |
| 49T | Camarines Sur | 0.60 | Medium |
| 49T | Camiguin | 0.60 | Medium |
| 49T | Davao del Norte | 0.60 | Medium |
| 49T | Surigao del Sur | 0.60 | Medium |
| 55T | Camarines Norte | 0.59 | Medium |
| 55T | Catanduanes | 0.59 | Medium |
| 55T | Ifugao | 0.59 | Medium |
| 55T | Negros Oriental | 0.59 | Medium |
| 55T | Zamboanga Sibugay | 0.59 | Medium |
| 60T | Davao de Oro | 0.58 | Medium |
| 60T | Romblon | 0.58 | Medium |
| 60T | Sorsogon | 0.58 | Medium |
| 63T | Agusan del Sur | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Basilan | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Cotabato | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Mountain Province | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Northern Samar | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Sarangani | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Sulu | 0.57 | Medium |
| 63T | Surigao del Norte | 0.57 | Medium |
| 71T | Bukidnon | 0.56 | Medium |
| 71T | Davao Oriental | 0.56 | Medium |
| 71T | Masbate | 0.56 | Medium |
| 71T | Sultan Kudarat | 0.56 | Medium |
| 71T | Western Samar | 0.56 | Medium |
| 76T | Apayao | 0.55 | Medium |
| 76T | Davao Occidental | 0.55 | Medium |
| 76T | Eastern Samar | 0.55 | Medium |
| 79T | Maguindanao | 0.57 | Medium |
| 79T | Tawi-Tawi | 0.58 | Medium |
| Notes ↑ T indicates tie ||||