page_title: List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index
section_title: Japanese prefectures by past HDI using old methodology
hierarchical_section_title: List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index / Japanese prefectures by past HDI using old methodology
caption_attribution_description: Map of Japanese prefectures with colors indicating ranking according to 2000 Human Development Index
context_page_description: This list differs from the 2017 list in that its data is calculated using the old pre-2010 methodology.
context_section_description: This is a list of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index calculated using the old methodology. This data was taken from the 2007 paper "Gross National Happiness and Material Welfare in Bhutan and Japan" (Tashi Choden, Takayoshi Kusago, Kokoro Shirai, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Osaka University).
caption: Map of the prefectures of Japan by HDI as of 2000.
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