List of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index

This is a list of Ecuadorian regions by Human Development Index.

2024 by region

This is a list of Ecuadorian regions by Human Development Index as ranked within data from 2023.


Rank	Region	HDI (2023)^[1]
High human development
1	Sierra	0.790
-	Ecuador (average)	0.777
2	Costa	0.775
3	Oriente	0.741

2024 by provinces

Map of the provinces of Ecuador by Human Development Index categories in increments of 0.050 (based on 2022 data, published in 2024).

  0,800–0,849

  0,750–0,799

  0,700–0,749

  0,650–0,699

This is a list of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2024, using the 2022 data.^[2] The following report is not official, but it is calculated with the official data of the indicators of the index, given by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC),^[3] and the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE).^[4]

Rank	Province	HDI (2022)^[5]
Very high human development
1	Pichincha	0.841
2	Galápagos	0.838
3	Orellana	0.830
4	Sucumbíos	0.811
High human development
5	Zamora Chinchipe	0.799
6	Azuay	0.791
7	Pastaza	0.774
8	Guayas	0.771
9	Tungurahua	0.766
-	Ecuador (average)	0.765
10	El Oro	0.755
11	Loja	0.747
12	Carchi	0.738
13	Cotopaxi	0.737
14	Cañar	0.733
15	Imbabura	0.730
16	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	0.727
17	Napo	0.725
18	Bolívar	0.720
19	Manabí	0.717
20	Los Ríos	0.712
21	Chimborazo	0.708
22	Santa Elena	0.708
23	Esmeraldas	0.706
24	Morona Santiago	0.700