List of Canadian provinces and territories by Human Development Index

Map of the provinces and territories of Canada by HDI (2014).

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  < 0.880

  0.880 - 0.890

  0.890 - 0.910

  0.910 - 0.920

  > 0.920

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. All Canadian provinces and territories have a very high (greater than 0.800) HDI.^[1]

Human Development Index

Rank		Province or Territory	HDI			Comparable Country
New 2016 Estimates for 2014[1]	Change compared to new 2014 data for 2011[1]		New Estimates for 2014[1]	Estimates for 2011[2]	Change compared to new 2014 data for 2011[1]	Comparison of HDI in 2014[3]
1		Alberta	0.924	0.917	0.007	Denmark
2		Ontario	0.915	0.913	0.002	United States
—		Canada	0.913	0.908	0.005	—
3	(1)	British Columbia	0.912	0.910	0.002	New Zealand
4	(1)	Quebec	0.910	0.903	0.007
	(2)	Saskatchewan		0.898	0.012
6	(3)	Northwest Territories	0.907	0.911	0.004	Sweden,  United Kingdom
7		Newfoundland and Labrador	0.905	0.894	0.011	United Kingdom
8		Yukon	0.889	0.889		Belgium,  France
	(1)	Nova Scotia		0.886	0.003
10	(2)	Prince Edward Island	0.887	0.877	0.010	France
11	(1)	Manitoba	0.886	0.885	0.001	Austria
12	(1)	New Brunswick	0.882	0.882		Finland
13		Nunavut	0.821	0.820	0.001	Latvia

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