This is a list of the first-level
administrative divisions of the
People's Republic of China
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(PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and
special administrative regions in order of their
Human Development Index
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(HDI), along with the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northea ...
(ROC, Taiwan). The 2018/2019 figures for PRC/ROC division come from the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), published by the Global Data Lab at
Radboud University. The index did not cover
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
, a special administrative region of the PRC. Only divisions of
Mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater Chin ...
are given ranking numbers in the list as the national HDI for China which calculated by the annual
UNDP
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Human Development Report is exclusively applied to mainland only.
List of administrative divisions by HDI
The Subnational Human Development Database (2019 data)
Notes:
Trend
File:中國一級行政區人類發展指數一覽(2014年數據).png, 2014 data
File:2010 China HDI.png, 2010 data
File:2008nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 2008 data
File:2005nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 2005 data
File:2003nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 2003 data
File:1999nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 1999 data
File:1997nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 1997 data
File:1995nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 1995 data
File:1990nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 1990 data
File:1982nian Zhongguo Renlei Fazhan Zhishu.png , 1982 data
See also
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List of countries by Human Development Index
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 191 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the health, education and income in a given country to provide a measure ...
References
External links
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China
{{Subnational entities by Human Development Index
Human development index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the Educational system, education system), ...
HDI
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Economy of China by province
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the Educational system, education system), ...