List of Canadian provinces and territories by Human Development Index

Below is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by their Human Development Index, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each province and territory. In general, compared to other countries, the Canadian provinces and territories have a very high HDI.

Human Development Index

Rank		Province or Territory	HDI			Comparable Country
New 2011 Estimates for 2011	Change compared to new 2011 data for 2005		New 2011 Estimates for 2011	Change compared to new 2011 data for 2005	Change compared to 2005 data for 2000	Comparison for 2011 data	Comparison for 2011 IHDI data
1		Alberta	0.917	0.010	0.016	United States,Netherlands	Slovenia
2		Ontario	0.913	0.014	0.011	United States,Netherlands	Finland
3	(1)	Northwest Territories	0.911	0.012	0.018	United States,Netherlands	Finland
4		British Columbia	0.910	0.016	0.010	United States,Netherlands	Finland
—		Canada	0.908	0.016	0.013
5		Quebec	0.903	0.020	0.014	Switzerland	Czech Republic
6		Saskatchewan	0.898	0.019	0.014	Hong Kong	Austria
7		Newfoundland and Labrador	0.894	0.020	0.025	Denmark	Belgium
8	(3)	Yukon	0.889	0.026	0.011	Israel	Belgium
9	(1)	Nova Scotia	0.886	0.016	0.010	Belgium	France
10	(1)	Manitoba	0.885	0.016	0.013	Austria	France
11	(1)	New Brunswick	0.882	0.015	0.016	Finland	France
12	(1)	Prince Edward Island	0.877	0.016	0.017	Spain	Luxembourg
13		Nunavut	0.820	0.025	0.022	Hungary	South Korea

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