List of South African provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index.

RankProvinceHDI (2023) * High human development1Western Cape 0.7782Gauteng 0.7633Free State 0.741 – (average) 0.7414Limpopo 0.7395KwaZulu-Natal 0.7366Northern Cape 0.7287Mpumalanga 0.7088North West 0.7059Eastern Cape 0.703

* Change since last dataset (2020)

Historical data

Province 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20152020Western Cape 0.711 0.745 0.705 0.689 0.717 0.753 0.766Gauteng 0.696 0.729 0.692 0.681 0.714 0.741 0.750Free State 0.648 0.677 0.646 0.637 0.672 0.714 0.726Limpopo 0.598 0.623 0.604 0.612 0.663 0.715 0.727KwaZulu-Natal 0.589 0.615 0.594 0.604 0.656 0.710 0.724Northern Cape 0.625 0.654 0.624 0.618 0.655 0.702 0.715Mpumalanga 0.609 0.635 0.610 0.608 0.649 0.683 0.692North West 0.626 0.654 0.624 0.615 0.648 0.681 0.690Eastern Cape 0.581 0.606 0.583 0.586 0.631 0.677 0.688South Africa 0.6320.6610.6330.6320.6750.7160.727

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