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.

Contents 1 Listings 2 Human Development Index 2.1 Education index 2.2 Income index 2.3 Life expectancy index 3 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Human Development Index

Rank		States and Regions	HDI		Comparable country
2005 data
1	▬ (0)	Distrito Federal	▲ 0.874		Croatia
2	▬ (0)	Santa Catarina	▲ 0.840		Bulgaria
3	▲ (2)	São Paulo	▲ 0.833	▲ 0.825	Romania
4	▬ (0)	Rio de Janeiro	▲ 0.832	▲ 0.826	Montenegro
5	▼ (2)	Rio Grande do Sul	▲ 0.832	▲ 0.829	Montenegro
—		Southern Region	▲ 0.829	▲ 0.825	Malaysia
—		Southeast Region	▲ 0.824	▲ 0.817	Serbia
6	▬ (0)	Paraná	▲ 0.820	▲ 0.816	Russia
—		Central-West Region	▲ 0.815	▲ 0.809	Russia
7	▲ (1)	Espírito Santo	▲ 0.802	▲ 0.794	Lebanon
8	▲ (2)	Mato Grosso do Sul	▲ 0.802	▲ 0.793	Lebanon
9	▬ (0)	Goiás	▲ 0.800	▲ 0.794	Lebanon
10	▼ (3)	Minas Gerais	▲ 0.800	▲ 0.795	Lebanon
11	▬ (0)	Mato Grosso	▲ 0.796	▲ 0.793	Ukraine
—		Brazil	▲ 0.807	▲ 0.800	Brazil
12	▲ (2)	Amapá	▲ 0.780	▼ 0.762	Iran
13	▬ (0)	Amazonas	▲ 0.780	▲ 0.766	Iran
14	▼ (2)	Rondônia	▲ 0.776	▲ 0.768	Dominican Republic
—		North Region	▲ 0.764	▲ 0.755	Jamaica
15	▬ (0)	Tocantins	▲ 0.756	▲ 0.751	Gabon
16	▬ (0)	Pará	▲ 0.755	▲ 0.749	Gabon
17	▬ (0)	Acre	▲ 0.751	▼ 0.748	Template:Country data Phillipines
18	▬ (0)	Roraima	▲ 0.750	▼ 0.741	Template:Country data Phillipines
19	▲ (1)	Bahia	▲ 0.742	▲ 0.732	Syria
20	▼ (1)	Sergipe	▲ 0.742	▲ 0.741	Syria
21	▬ (0)	Rio Grande do Norte	▲ 0.738	▲ 0.724	Palestine
22	▬ (0)	Ceará	▲ 0.723	▲ 0.717	Vietnam
—		Northeast Region	▲ 0.720	▲ 0.713	Moldova
23	▬ (0)	Pernambuco	▲ 0.718	▲ 0.710	Equatorial Guinea
24	▬ (0)	Paraíba	▲ 0.718	▲ 0.709	Equatorial Guinea}
25	▬ (0)	Piauí	▲ 0.703	▲ 0.698	Egypt
26	▬ (0)	Maranhão	▲ 0.683	▲ 0.686	South Africa
27	▬ (0)	Alagoas	▲ 0.677	▲ 0.670	South Africa

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

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