This is a list of Brazilian states by Human Development Index as included in the 2008 United Nations Development Program's Report, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published on September 15, 2008. It covers the 26 Brazilian states, along with the Brazilian Federal District (not an official state). The average HDI of the Brazilian geographical regions are also included for comparison. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for regions worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the region is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[1]
States fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium and low human development.
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Listings
- ▲ = increase compared with the previous year.
- ▬ = steady compared with the previous year.
- ▼ = decrease compared with the previous year.
- Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
- The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the state or region has climbed (up or down) since the previous year.
Human Development Index
| Rank | States and Regions | HDI | Comparable country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 data | |||||
| 1 | ▬ (0) |  Distrito Federal |
▲ 0.874 | ||
| 2 | ▬ (0) |  Santa Catarina |
▲ 0.840 | ||
| 3 | ▲ (2) |  São Paulo |
▲ 0.833 | ▲ 0.825 |  Seychelles |
| 4 | ▬ (0) |  Rio de Janeiro |
▲ 0.832 | ▲ 0.826 |  Cuba |
| 5 | ▼ (2) |  Rio Grande do Sul |
▲ 0.832 | ▲ 0.829 | Cuba |
| — | Southern Region | ▲ 0.829 | ▲ 0.825 |  Mexico |
|
| — | Southeast Region | ▲ 0.824 | ▲ 0.817 |  Bulgaria |
|
| 6 | ▬ (0) |  Paraná |
▲ 0.820 | ▲ 0.816 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| — | Central-West Region | ▲ 0.815 | ▲ 0.809 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
|
| 7 | ▲ (1) |  Espírito Santo |
▲ 0.802 | ▲ 0.794 |  Russia |
| 8 | ▲ (2) |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
▲ 0.802 | ▲ 0.793 | Russia |
| 9 | ▬ (0) |  Goiás |
▲ 0.800 | ▲ 0.794 |  Albania |
| 10 | ▼ (3) |  Minas Gerais |
▲ 0.800 | ▲ 0.795 |  Macedonia |
| 11 | ▬ (0) |  Mato Grosso |
▲ 0.796 | ▲ 0.793 |  Saint Lucia |
| — |  Brazil |
▲ 0.807 | ▲ 0.800 | Brazil |
|
| 12 | ▲ (2) |  Amapá |
▲ 0.780 | ▼ 0.762 |  Thailand |
| 13 | ▬ (0) |  Amazonas |
▲ 0.780 | ▲ 0.766 | Thailand |
| 14 | ▼ (2) |  Rondônia |
▲ 0.776 | ▲ 0.768 |  China |
| — | North Region | ▲ 0.764 | ▲ 0.755 |  Tunisia |
|
| 15 | ▬ (0) |  Tocantins |
▲ 0.756 | ▲ 0.751 |  Paraguay |
| 16 | ▬ (0) |  Pará |
▲ 0.755 | ▲ 0.749 | Paraguay |
| 17 | ▬ (0) |  Acre |
▲ 0.751 | ▼ 0.748 |  Georgia |
| 18 | ▬ (0) |  Roraima |
▲ 0.750 | ▼ 0.741 |  Guyana |
| 19 | ▲ (1) |  Bahia |
▲ 0.742 | ▲ 0.732 |  Sri Lanka |
| 20 | ▼ (1) |  Sergipe |
▲ 0.742 | ▲ 0.741 |  Maldives |
| 21 | ▬ (0) |  Rio Grande do Norte |
▲ 0.738 | ▲ 0.724 |  Jamaica |
| 22 | ▬ (0) |  Ceará |
▲ 0.723 | ▲ 0.717 |  Indonesia |
| — | Northeast Region | ▲ 0.720 | ▲ 0.713 |  Syria |
|
| 23 | ▬ (0) |  Pernambuco |
▲ 0.718 | ▲ 0.710 |  Turkmenistan |
| 24 | ▬ (0) |  Paraíba |
▲ 0.718 | ▲ 0.709 | Turkmenistan |
| 25 | ▬ (0) |  Piauí |
▲ 0.703 | ▲ 0.698 |  Uzbekistan |
| 26 | ▬ (0) |  Maranhão |
▲ 0.683 | ▲ 0.686 |  Guatemala |
| 27 | ▬ (0) |  Alagoas |
▲ 0.677 | ▲ 0.670 |  Gabon |
Education index
| Rank | States and Regions | Education index | Comparable country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 data | Change compared with 2004 data | in 2005 | in 2004 | ||
| 1 | ▬ (0) | Distrito Federal |
▬ 0.962 | ▲ 0.962 |  Latvia |
| 2 | ▬ (0) | Rio de Janeiro |
▲ 0.945 | ▼ 0.938 |  Switzerland |
| 3 | ▬ (0) | Santa Catarina |
▬ 0.934 | ▲ 0.934 |  Czech Republic |
| 4 | ▲ (4) | Amazonas |
▲ 0.925 | ▲ 0.903 |  Portugal |
| — | Southern Region | ▲ 0.921 | ▲ 0.918 |  Slovakia |
|
| 5 | ▬ (0) | São Paulo |
▲ 0.921 | ▲ 0.919 | Slovakia |
| 6 | ▼ (2) | Rio Grande do Sul |
▲ 0.921 | ▲ 0.920 | Slovakia |
| 7 | ▼ (1) | Amapá |
▲ 0.919 | ▲ 0.910 |  Kyrgyzstan |
| 8 | ▼ (1) | Paraná |
▲ 0.913 | ▲ 0.907 |  Chile |
| — | Southeast Region | ▲ 0.913 | ▲ 0.911 | Chile |
|
| — | Central-West Region | ▲ 0.906 | ▲ 0.901 |  Cyprus |
|
| 9 | ▬ (0) | Mato Grosso |
▲ 0.898 | ▲ 0.889 |  Croatia |
| 10 | ▲ (1) | Mato Grosso do Sul |
▲ 0.894 | ▬ 0.885 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 11 | ▼ (1) | Goiás |
▲ 0.891 | ▲ 0.887 |  Palestine |
| 12 | ▲ (1) | Espírito Santo |
▲ 0.887 | ▲ 0.882 | Albania |
| 13 | ▼ (2) | Roraima |
▲ 0.885 | ▲ 0.884 |  Hong Kong |
| 14 | ▲ (1) | Rondônia |
▲ 0.885 | ▲ 0.877 | Hong Kong |
| — | Brazil |
▲ 0.883 | ▲ 0.878 | Brazil |
|
| — | North Region | ▲ 0.880 | ▲ 0.866 |  Brunei |
|
| 15 | ▼ (1) | Minas Gerais |
▼ 0.878 | ▲ 0.879 |  Panama |
| 16 | ▲ (1) | Pará |
▲ 0.861 | ▲ 0.847 | Mexico |
| 17 | ▼ (1) | Tocantins |
▲ 0.860 | ▲ 0.850 | Maldives |
| 18 | ▬ (0) | Acre |
▲ 0.844 | ▲ 0.841 | Thailand |
| 19 | ▲ (1) | Bahia |
▲ 0.830 | ▲ 0.817 | Indonesia |
| 20 | ▼ (1) | Sergipe |
▼ 0.827 | ▼ 0.829 |  Dominican Republic |
| 21 | ▲ (2) | Pernambuco |
▲ 0.811 | ▲ 0.799 |  Viet Nam |
| 22 | ▬ (0) | Rio Grande do Norte |
▲ 0.810 | ▲ 0.804 |  Mauritius |
| 23 | ▼ (2) | Ceará |
▬ 0.808 | ▲ 0.808 |  Saudi Arabia |
| — | Northeast Region | ▲ 0.807 | ▲ 0.801 | Gabon |
|
| 24 | ▬ (0) | Paraíba |
▲ 0.793 | ▲ 0.792 |  United Arab Emirates |
| 25 | ▬ (0) | Maranhão |
▬ 0.784 | ▲ 0.784 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
| 26 | ▬ (0) | Piauí |
▼ 0.779 | ▲ 0.780 |  Botswana |
| 27 | ▬ (0) | Alagoas |
▲ 0.759 | ▲ 0.755 | Syria |
Income index
| Rank | States and Regions | Income index | Comparable country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 data | Change compared with 2004 data | in 2005 | in 2004 | ||
| 1 | ▬ (0) | Distrito Federal |
▲ 0.824 | ▲ 0.811 |  Poland |
| 2 | ▲ (1) | São Paulo |
▲ 0.768 | ▼ 0.750 |  Libya |
| 3 | ▼ (1) | Rio de Janeiro |
▲ 0.758 | ▲ 0.753 |  Uruguay |
| 4 | ▲ (1) | Santa Catarina |
▲ 0.756 | ▼ 0.740 | Bulgaria |
| — | Southeast Region | ▲ 0.750 | ▬ 0.736 |  Romania |
|
| 5 | ▼ (1) | Rio Grande do Sul |
▲ 0.748 | ▲ 0.744 | Thailand |
| — | Southern Region | ▲ 0.746 | ▲ 0.740 |  Turkey |
|
| 6 | ▬ (0) | Paraná |
▲ 0.739 | ▲ 0.737 | Dominican Republic |
| — | Central-West Region | ▲ 0.736 | ▲ 0.728 |  Iran |
|
| 7 | ▲ (1) | Espírito Santo |
▲ 0.715 | ▲ 0.704 | Macedonia |
| — | Brazil |
▲ 0.713 | ▲ 0.703 | Brazil |
|
| 8 | ▲ (1) | Goiás |
▲ 0.712 | ▲ 0.703 |  Belize |
| 9 | ▲ (1) | Mato Grosso do Sul |
▲ 0.709 | ▲ 0.698 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 10 | ▲ (1) | Minas Gerais |
▲ 0.702 | ▲ 0.691 | Saint Lucia |
| 11 | ▼ (4) | Mato Grosso |
▼ 0.702 | ▲ 0.705 | Saint Lucia |
| 12 | ▬ (0) | Rondônia |
▲ 0.685 | ▲ 0.674 |  Fiji |
| 13 | ▲ (3) | Amapá |
▲ 0.676 | ▼ 0.636 |  Cape Verde |
| 14 | ▲ (5) | Rio Grande do Norte |
▲ 0.657 | ▲ 0.628 |  Philippines |
| 15 | ▲ (2) | Amazonas |
▲ 0.648 | ▼ 0.634 |  Azerbaijan |
| 16 | ▼ (2) | Acre |
▲ 0.647 | ▼ 0.645 |  Armenia |
| 17 | ▼ (4) | Tocantins |
▬ 0.647 | ▲ 0.647 | Armenia |
| — | North Region | ▲ 0.646 | ▲ 0.639 |  Swaziland |
|
| 18 | ▼ (3) | Sergipe |
▼ 0.643 | ▲ 0.645 | Sri Lanka |
| 19 | ▲ (2) | Paraíba |
▲ 0.638 | ▲ 0.620 | Guatemala |
| 20 | ▬ (0) | Pernambuco |
▲ 0.632 | ▲ 0.627 |  Morocco |
| 21 | ▼ (3) | Pará |
▼ 0.632 | ▲ 0.633 | Morocco |
| 22 | ▬ (0) | Roraima |
▲ 0.629 | ▼ 0.609 |  Egypt |
| 23 | ▬ (0) | Bahia |
▲ 0.621 | ▲ 0.608 |  Ecuador |
| — | Northeast Region | ▲ 0.619 | ▲ 0.610 | Jamaica |
|
| 24 | ▬ (0) | Ceará |
▲ 0.616 | ▲ 0.605 | Indonesia |
| 25 | ▬ (0) | Piauí |
▲ 0.608 | ▲ 0.601 | Turkmenistan |
| 26 | ▲ (1) | Alagoas |
▲ 0.589 | ▼ 0.577 | Georgia |
| 27 | ▼ (1) | Maranhão |
▼ 0.570 | ▲ 0.584 | Viet Nam |
Life expectancy index
| Rank | States and Regions | Longevity index | Comparable country |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 data | Change compared with 2004 data | in 2005 | in 2004 | ||
| 1 | ▬ (0) | Distrito Federal |
▲ 0.835 | ▲ 0.831 | Poland |
| 2 | ▬ (0) | Santa Catarina |
▲ 0.830 | ▲ 0.826 |  Argentina |
| 3 | ▬ (0) | Rio Grande do Sul |
▲ 0.827 | ▲ 0.824 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| — | Southern Region | ▲ 0.820 | ▲ 0.816 | Slovakia |
|
| 4 | ▬ (0) | Minas Gerais |
▲ 0.819 | ▲ 0.815 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 5 | ▬ (0) | São Paulo |
▲ 0.812 | ▲ 0.807 |  Malaysia |
| 6 | ▬ (0) | Paraná |
▲ 0.809 | ▲ 0.804 | Libya |
| — | Southeast Region | ▲ 0.809 | ▲ 0.804 | Libya |
|
| — | Central-West Region | ▲ 0.803 | ▲ 0.798 |  Venezuela |
|
| 7 | ▬ (0) | Espírito Santo |
▲ 0.802 | ▲ 0.797 | Saint Lucia |
| 8 | ▬ (0) | Mato Grosso do Sul |
▲ 0.802 | ▲ 0.797 | Saint Lucia |
| 9 | ▬ (0) | Goiás |
▲ 0.797 | ▲ 0.792 |  Tonga |
| 10 | ▬ (0) | Rio de Janeiro |
▲ 0.793 | ▲ 0.788 |  Lithuania |
| 11 | ▬ (0) | Mato Grosso |
▲ 0.789 | ▲ 0.784 |  Bahamas |
| — | Brazil |
▲ 0.785 | ▲ 0.780 | Brazil |
|
| 12 | ▬ (0) | Bahia |
▲ 0.775 | ▲ 0.770 |  Lebanon |
| 13 | ▬ (0) | Pará |
▲ 0.772 | ▲ 0.768 | Turkey |
| 14 | ▬ (0) | Amazonas |
▲ 0.766 | ▲ 0.761 | Cape Verde |
| — | North Region | ▲ 0.766 | ▲ 0.761 | Cape Verde |
|
| 15 | ▬ (0) | Acre |
▲ 0.763 | ▲ 0.758 | Georgia |
| 16 | ▬ (0) | Tocantins |
▲ 0.761 | ▲ 0.756 | Egypt |
| 17 | ▬ (0) | Rondônia |
▲ 0.759 | ▲ 0.754 | Morocco |
| 18 | ▬ (0) | Sergipe |
▲ 0.756 | ▲ 0.750 | Iran |
| 19 | ▲ (3) | Rio Grande do Norte |
▲ 0.747 | ▲ 0.717 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 20 | ▼ (1) | Amapá |
▲ 0.744 | ▲ 0.739 | Indonesia |
| 21 | ▼ (1) | Ceará |
▲ 0.744 | ▲ 0.738 | Indonesia |
| 22 | ▼ (1) | Roraima |
▲ 0.736 | ▲ 0.731 |  Vanuatu |
| — | Northeast Region | ▲ 0.734 | ▲ 0.728 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
|
| 23 | ▬ (0) | Paraíba |
▲ 0.723 | ▲ 0.717 |  Moldova |
| 24 | ▬ (0) | Piauí |
▲ 0.720 | ▲ 0.714 | Fiji |
| 25 | ▬ (0) | Pernambuco |
▲ 0.710 | ▲ 0.704 |  Ukraine |
| 26 | ▬ (0) | Maranhão |
▲ 0.696 | ▲ 0.689 | Uzbekistan |
| 27 | ▬ (0) | Alagoas |
▲ 0.683 | ▲ 0.676 |  Kazakhstan |
References
- ^ "About HDRO". United Nations Development Program. 2006. http://hdr.undp.org/aboutus/. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
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