List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index


This article presents a list of Japanese regions by Human Development Index as of 2017. This article also includes a list of Japanese prefectures by historical HDI in 1990, 1995 and 2000 further below. This list differs from the 2017 list in that its data is calculated using the old pre-2010 methodology.

Japanese regions by HDI (2018)

This is a list regions of Japan by Human Development Index calculated using the new methodology.

Japanese prefectures by past HDI using old methodology

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index calculated using the old methodology. This data was taken from the 2007 paper "Gross National Happiness and Material Welfare in Bhutan and Japan".
by HDI as of 2000.
RankPrefectureHDI HDI HDI
10.92960.94480.9667
20.91150.92650.9460
30.90800.92290.9426
40.90560.92040.9402
50.90270.92040.9401
60.90310.92050.9392
70.90030.91770.9390
80.89800.91480.9365
90.89910.91630.9364
100.90320.91700.9361
110.89520.91230.9333
120.89340.91230.9329
130.89960.91190.9324
140.89440.90940.9319
150.89920.91520.9316
160.89450.91220.9304
170.89570.91170.9303
180.89550.91070.9294
190.89210.90950.9290
200.89500.90860.9290
210.88910.90760.9285
220.89210.90700.9263
230.88630.90680.9260
240.89280.90800.9259
250.89240.90840.9258
260.89260.90710.9247
270.88800.90440.9241
280.88870.90450.9239
290.88580.90210.9231
300.88960.90610.9228
310.88720.90450.9225
320.88620.90470.9221
330.88680.90190.9219
340.88550.90140.9216
350.88100.90210.9189
360.87920.89980.9186
370.88310.90050.9182
380.87940.89440.9169
390.88110.89560.9166
400.87810.89640.9156
410.87700.89570.9155
420.87800.89590.9148
430.87770.89510.9142
440.87490.89490.9127
450.87620.89380.9127
460.88100.89400.9111
470.86980.88770.9065