List of regions of the Dominican Republic by Human Development Index

This is a list of regions of the Dominican Republic by Human Development Index as of 2018.[1]

Rank	Region	HDI (2018)	Comparable countries (2018)[2]
High human development
1	Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Monte Plata	0.764	Thailand,  Grenada
2	Espaillat, Puerto Plata, Santiago	0.755	Azerbaijan
–	Dominican Republic	0.745	Saint Lucia
3	Duarte, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Hermanas Mirabal, Samana	0.745	Saint Lucia
4	La Vega, Monsenor Nouel, Sanchez Ramirez	0.737	Tunisia,  Mongolia
5	Peravia, San Cristobal, San José de Ocoa, Azua	0.733	Mongolia
6	El Seibo, La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, Hato Mayor	0.728	Botswana,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7	Independencia, Bahoruco, Barahona, Pedernales Province	0.706	Indonesia,  Samoa,  South Africa
Medium human development
8	San Juan, Elias Pina	0.697	Marshall Islands
9	Dajabon, Monte Cristi, Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde	0.694	Vietnam

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
2. "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 4 December 2018.