List of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index

Map of the Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index.
Legend:

  0.700 – 0.799 (high)

  0.692 – 0.699 (medium)

  0.635 – 0.691 (lower than average)

  N/D (Data unavailable)

This is a list of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2021.

Rank	Region	HDI (2021)	Similar Countries
High Human Development
1	Kirkuk	0.705	Jamaica
2	Baghdad	0.704	Samoa
	Sulaymaniyah (with Halabja)		Samoa
4	Erbil	0.702	Samoa
5	Dohuk	0.701	Kyrgyzstan
Medium Human Development
6	Diyala	0.695	Nauru
	Nineveh (with Tal Afar)		Nauru
8	Saladin (with Tuz Khurmatu)	0.692	Gabon
-	Iraq (average)	0.686
9	Dhi Qar	0.684	Bhutan
10	Babylon	0.682	Bhutan
11	Al Anbar	0.680	Bhutan
12	Al-Qādisiyyah	0.678	Tajikistan
13	Karbala	0.666	Nicaragua
14	Basra	0.664	Cape Verde
15	Wasit	0.656	Tuvalu
16	Najaf	0.655	Tuvalu
17	Muthanna	0.644	India
18	Maysan	0.635	Micronesia

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index