| Province-level divisions ofChina by: |
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This is a list of the first-leveladministrative divisions of thePeople's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, andspecial administrative regions in order of theirHuman Development Index (HDI), along with theRepublic 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 atRadboud University. The index does not coverMacau, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions ofMainland China are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China, which is calculated by the annualUNDPHuman Development Report, is exclusively applied to the mainland.
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| Rank | Provincial-level division / National average | HDI (2022)[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Very high human development | ||
| – |  Hong Kong[a] | 0.956 |
| – |  Republic of China (Taiwan)[b] | 0.925[c] |
| – |  Macau[a] | 0.925[d] |
| 1 | Beijing | 0.905 |
| 2 | Shanghai | 0.895 |
| 3 | Tianjin | 0.858 |
| 4 | Jiangsu | 0.827 |
| 5 | Zhejiang | 0.814 |
| 6 | Guangdong | 0.813 |
| 7 | Fujian | 0.804 |
| High human development | ||
| 8 | Inner Mongolia | 0.798 |
| 9 | Chongqing | 0.795 |
| 10 | Liaoning | 0.794 |
| Hubei | ||
| 12 | Shaanxi | 0.792 |
| 13 | Shanxi | 0.791 |
| 14 | Shandong | 0.789 |
| – |  People's Republic of China (Average)[e] | 0.788 |
| 15 | Hainan | 0.781 |
| Hunan | ||
| 17 | Jilin | 0.777 |
| 18 | Heilongjiang | 0.769 |
| 19 | Jiangxi | 0.768 |
| 20 | Anhui | 0.767 |
| 21 | Ningxia | 0.764 |
| 22 | Xinjiang | 0.762 |
| Sichuan | ||
| Hebei | ||
| 25 | Henan | 0.760 |
| 26 | Guangxi | 0.751 |
| 27 | Yunnan | 0.729 |
| 28 | Guizhou | 0.725 |
| 29 | Gansu | 0.722 |
| 30 | Qinghai | 0.719 |
| Medium human development | ||
| 31 | Tibet | 0.648 |
Notes:
| 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 | |
| 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 |
