The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank some area by level of "human development" and separate developed (Very High development), developing (High and Medium development), and underdeveloped (Low development) areas. The statistics is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GNI (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level.
This is a list of provinces and administrative territories of Pakistan in order of their Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2021.
| Rank | Region | HDI (2021)[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium human development | |||
| 1 | Islamabad Capital Territory | 0.659 | |
| 2 |  Azad Kashmir
|
0.592 | |
| 3 |  Gilgit-Baltistan
|
0.579 | |
| 3 |  Punjab
|
0.550 | |
| Low human development | |||
| 4 |  Sindh
|
0.517 | |
| 5 |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|
0.515 | |
| 6 |  Balochistan
|
0.463 | |
Human Development Index (by UN Method) of Pakistan's Administrative Units from 1990 - 2021.
| Unit [1] | HDI 1990 | HDI 1995 | HDI 2000 | HDI 2005 | HDI 2010 | HDI 2015 | HDI 2020 | HDI 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azad Kashmir | 0.464 | 0.484 | 0.521 | 0.575 | 0.593 | 0.600 | 0.592 | 0.592 |
| Balochistan | 0.380 | 0.396 | 0.418 | 0.458 | 0.448 | 0.453 | 0.462 | 0.463 |
| Gilgit-Baltistan | 0.422 | 0.439 | 0.461 | 0.504 | 0.515 | 0.551 | 0.578 | 0.579 |
| Islamabad (ICT) | 0.505 | 0.529 | 0.560 | 0.617 | 0.672 | 0.688 | 0.658 | 0.659 |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.392 | 0.409 | 0.430 | 0.472 | 0.496 | 0.514 | 0.514 | 0.515 |
| Punjab | 0.388 | 0.404 | 0.426 | 0.468 | 0.503 | 0.540 | 0.549 | 0.550 |
| Sindh | 0.385 | 0.403 | 0.427 | 0.470 | 0.497 | 0.519 | 0.516 | 0.517 |
| Pakistan | 0.400 | 0.417 | 0.441 | 0.484 | 0.505 | 0.534 | 0.543 | 0.544 |