List of provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index explained

This is a list of Provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index as of 2022.^[1]

Rank	Province	HDI (2022)
High human development
1	National Capital District	0.742
Medium human development
2	Manus	0.624
3	East New Britain	0.613
4	New Ireland	0.611
5	Bougainville	0.607
6	Morobe	0.605
6	West New Britain	0.605
8	Western Highlands	0.599
9	Chimbu	0.583
10	Central	0.581
11	Western	0.575
12	Milne Bay	0.573
13	Madang	0.570
–		0.568
14	Oro	0.567
15	Jiwaka	0.564
16	East Sepik	0.562
Low human development
17	Sandaun	0.542
18	Eastern Highlands	0.534
19	Gulf	0.533
20	Enga	0.500
21	Southern Highlands	0.499
22	Hela	0.472

Notes and References

Web site: Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab. globaldatalab.org.