The following table presents a listing of Mexico's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their Human Development Index, as reported by the United Nations in 2004.
For information on the HDI of each municipality, consult the UNDP website.
None of the States (or the Federal District) have a low level of human development.
| Rank | State | HDI 2004 | Population | km² | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High human development | |||||
| 1 | Federal District | 0.8837 | 8,720,916 | 1,479 | |
| 2 | Nuevo León | 0.8513 | 4,199,292 | 64,924 | |
| 3 | Baja California | 0.8391 | 2,844,469 | 69,921 | |
| 4 | Coahuila | 0.8356 | 2,495,200 | 149,982 | |
| 5 | Chihuahua | 0.8340 | 3,241,444 | 244,938 | |
| 6 | Baja California Sur | 0.8332 | 512,170 | 73,475 | |
| 7 | Quintana Roo | 0.8296 | 1,135,309 | 50,212 | |
| 8 | Aguascalientes | 0.8271 | 1,065,416 | 5,471 | |
| 9 | Campeche | 0.8263 | 754,730 | 50,812 | |
| 10 | Sonora | 0.8253 | 2,394,861 | 182,052 | |
| 11 | Tamaulipas | 0.8246 | 3,024,238 | 79,384 | |
| 12 | Colima | 0.8097 | 567,996 | 5,191 | |
| 13 | Querétaro | 0.8087 | 1,598,139 | 11,449 | |
| 14 | Jalisco | 0.8056 | 6,752,113 | 80,386 | |
| 15 | Durango | 0.8045 | 1,509,117 | 123,181 | |
| 16 | Morelos | 0.8011 | 1,612,899 | 4,950 | |
| Medium human development | |||||
| 17 | Sinaloa | 0.7959 | 2,608,442 | 58,328 | |
| 18 | Mexico State | 0.7871 | 14,007,495 | 21,355 | |
| 19 | San Luis Potosí | 0.7850 | 2,410,414 | 63,068 | |
| 20 | Yucatán | 0.7831 | 1,818,948 | 38,402 | |
| 21 | Tabasco | 0.7800 | 1,989,969 | 25,267 | |
| 22 | Guanajuato | 0.7782 | 4,893,812 | 30,491 | |
| 23 | Nayarit | 0.7749 | 949,684 | 26,979 | |
| 24 | Tlaxcala | 0.7746 | 1,068,207 | 4,016 | |
| 25 | Zacatecas | 0.7720 | 1,367,692 | 73,252 | |
| 26 | Puebla | 0.7674 | 5,383,133 | 33,902 | |
| 27 | Hidalgo | 0.7645 | 2,345,514 | 20,813 | |
| 28 | Michoacán | 0.7575 | 3,966,073 | 71,699 | |
| 29 | Veracruz | 0.7573 | 7,110,214 | 59,928 | |
| 30 | Guerrero | 0.7390 | 3,115,202 | 64,281 | |
| 31 | Oaxaca | 0.7336 | 3,506,821 | 93,952 | |
| 32 | Chiapas | 0.7185 | 4,293,459 | 74,211 | |
See also
- Mexico
- States of Mexico
- Geography of Mexico
- List of Mexican states by area
- Ranked list of Mexican states
- List of metropolitan areas of Mexico
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