List of provinces of Laos by Human Development Index
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This is a list of provinces of Laos by Human Development Index as of 2022.{{Cite web |title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/LAO/?levels=1+4&years=2022&extrapolation=0 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Global Data Lab |language=en}}
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| class="sort" | Rank
! class="sort" | Province ! class="sort" | HDI (2022) | ||
|---|---|---|
| colspan="3" style="color:#0c0;" | High human development | ||
| 1 | style="text-align:left"|Vientiane Municipality | 0.743 |
| colspan="3" style="color:#fc0;" | Medium human development | ||
| 2 | style="text-align:left" | Sainyabuli | 0.675 |
| 3 | style="text-align:left" | Bolikhamxai | 0.657 |
| 4 | style="text-align:left" | Xiangkhouang | 0.647 |
| 5 | style="text-align:left" | Vientiane Province | 0.633 |
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| – | style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Laos}} (average) | 0.620 |
| 6 | style="text-align:left" | Champasak | 0.612 |
| 7 | style="text-align:left" | Luang Prabang | 0.605 |
| 8 | style="text-align:left" | Khammouane | 0.602 |
| 9 | style="text-align:left" | Attapeu | 0.597 |
| rowspan="2" |10
| style="text-align:left" | Houaphanh | rowspan="2" |0.592 | ||
| style="text-align:left" | Bokeo | ||
| 11
| style="text-align:left" | Sekong |0.591 | ||
| 12 | style="text-align:left" | Luang Namtha | 0.588 |
| 13 | style="text-align:left" | Oudomxay | 0.581 |
| 14 | style="text-align:left" | Savannakhet | 0.578 |
| 15 | style="text-align:left" | Phongsaly | 0.555 |
| colspan="3" style="color:#900;" | Low human development | ||
| 16 | style="text-align:left" | Salavan | 0.535 |
References
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{{Subnational entities by Human Development Index}}