Subnational HDI (v10.2)

Human Development
Subnational HDI
Subnational regions
South Africa
All years

Subnational HDI

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
South Africa (Africa)  
Total 0.633 0.641 0.645 0.650 0.654 0.654 0.649 0.642 0.634 0.626 0.618 0.613 0.614 0.610 0.613 0.616 0.622 0.632 0.643 0.657 0.669 0.683 0.696 0.705 0.713 0.722 0.722 0.726 0.732 0.742 0.724 0.721 0.737 0.741
Eastern Cape 0.581 0.588 0.592 0.596 0.600 0.599 0.594 0.588 0.581 0.581 0.580 0.575 0.575 0.571 0.572 0.573 0.577 0.585 0.593 0.609 0.624 0.640 0.665 0.672 0.679 0.686 0.684 0.689 0.696 0.703 0.685 0.679 0.717 0.720
Free State 0.649 0.657 0.661 0.666 0.670 0.670 0.665 0.658 0.650 0.633 0.619 0.615 0.615 0.612 0.614 0.616 0.621 0.626 0.630 0.646 0.662 0.678 0.671 0.686 0.700 0.715 0.721 0.727 0.736 0.745 0.726 0.722 0.733 0.737
Gauteng 0.697 0.706 0.711 0.717 0.722 0.723 0.717 0.709 0.700 0.679 0.660 0.658 0.664 0.657 0.655 0.653 0.654 0.670 0.685 0.698 0.709 0.721 0.724 0.731 0.738 0.745 0.743 0.752 0.764 0.771 0.749 0.743 0.756 0.759
KwaZulu Natal 0.589 0.597 0.600 0.605 0.609 0.609 0.604 0.597 0.590 0.587 0.585 0.582 0.585 0.584 0.589 0.594 0.603 0.613 0.622 0.637 0.651 0.666 0.681 0.692 0.704 0.716 0.719 0.716 0.715 0.731 0.721 0.725 0.742 0.745
Mpumalanga 0.610 0.618 0.621 0.626 0.629 0.629 0.624 0.617 0.609 0.606 0.602 0.597 0.599 0.597 0.601 0.605 0.613 0.621 0.629 0.639 0.648 0.657 0.670 0.676 0.683 0.689 0.687 0.690 0.695 0.706 0.691 0.690 0.715 0.718
North West 0.627 0.635 0.639 0.644 0.648 0.647 0.642 0.636 0.628 0.611 0.597 0.592 0.591 0.589 0.594 0.598 0.606 0.614 0.623 0.634 0.643 0.654 0.686 0.688 0.690 0.691 0.685 0.685 0.688 0.704 0.694 0.697 0.714 0.718
Northern Cape 0.626 0.634 0.638 0.643 0.647 0.648 0.642 0.636 0.627 0.609 0.593 0.592 0.598 0.593 0.594 0.595 0.598 0.600 0.602 0.622 0.641 0.662 0.681 0.690 0.700 0.709 0.710 0.714 0.721 0.727 0.707 0.701 0.716 0.719
Northern Province 0.599 0.606 0.609 0.614 0.617 0.616 0.611 0.605 0.598 0.615 0.626 0.620 0.620 0.623 0.632 0.641 0.653 0.650 0.648 0.657 0.665 0.673 0.707 0.713 0.720 0.726 0.724 0.740 0.758 0.768 0.750 0.747 0.734 0.737
Western Cape 0.712 0.721 0.726 0.732 0.738 0.738 0.732 0.725 0.716 0.698 0.682 0.666 0.656 0.655 0.659 0.663 0.670 0.679 0.686 0.699 0.710 0.722 0.728 0.738 0.747 0.757 0.758 0.754 0.753 0.757 0.734 0.726 0.746 0.750