List of regions of the United Kingdom by Human Development Index
HDI rankings of UK regions (simplified)
HDI stands for Human Development Index. It combines life expectancy, education, and income to rate how well people live. This list shows the United Kingdom’s main regions (ITL 1) by HDI for 2023, based on data from Global Data Lab.
Top regions by HDI
- Greater London — 0.982
- South East England — 0.960
UK average HDI: 0.946
Other regions by HDI
- South West England — 0.942
- Scotland — 0.937
- East of England — 0.934
- North West England — 0.932
- East Midlands — 0.931
- West Midlands — 0.930
- Yorkshire and the Humber — 0.926
- North East England — 0.916
- Wales — 0.915
- Northern Ireland — 0.913
Notes
- The HDI values are from 2023 and come from the Global Data Lab.
- The UK average HDI is not a region but a national benchmark for comparison.
This page was last edited on 1 February 2026, at 22:54 (CET).