This is a list of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2021.[1]
| Rank | Region | HDI (2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Human Development | |||
| 1 |  Kirkuk
|
 0.705
| |
| 2 |  Baghdad
|
0.704
| |
| Sulaymaniyah (with Halabja)
| |||
| 4 | Erbil
|
0.702
|
|
| 5 |  Dohuk
|
0.701
| |
| Medium Human Development | |||
| 6 |  Diyala
|
0.695
| |
 Nineveh (with Tal Afar)
| |||
| 8 | Saladin (with Tuz Khurmatu) | 0.692
| |
| - |  Iraq (average)
|
0.686 | |
| 9 | Dhi Qar | 0.684
| |
| 10 | Babylon | 0.682
| |
| 11 | Al Anbar | 0.680
| |
| 12 | Al-Qādisiyyah | 0.678
| |
| 13 | Karbala |  0.666
| |
| 14 | Basra | 0.664
| |
| 15 | Wasit | 0.656
| |
| 16 | Najaf | 0.655
| |
| 17 | Muthanna | 0.644
| |
| 18 | Maysan | 0.635
| |