List of Japanese prefectures by Human Development Index
Introduction 326x326pxThis article presents a '''list of Japanese regions by Human Development Index''' as of 2021.This article also includes a list of Japanese prefectures by historical HDI in 1990, 1995 and 2000 further below.
Japanese regions by HDI (2021) This is a list regions of Japan by Human Development Index calculated using the new methodology. Rank Region HDI (2021) Very high human development 1  Southern Kantō (Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano)  0.951  2  Kansai (Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama)  0.928  –  '''''' '''0.925''' 3  Tōkai (Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie)  0.924  4  Chūgoku (Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi)  0.921  5  Northern Kantō, Koshin (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma)  0.913  6  Hokuriku (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui)  0.908  7  Shikoku (Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi)  0.905  Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa)  9  Hokkaido  0.900  10  Tōhoku (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima)  0.893
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" (Tashi Choden, Takayoshi Kusago, Kokoro Shirai, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Osaka University).prefectures of Japan by HDI as of 2000.Rank  Prefecture  HDI (1990)  HDI (1995)  HDI (2000)0.92960.94480.96670.91150.92650.94600.90800.92290.94260.90560.92040.94020.90270.92040.94010.90310.92050.93920.90030.91770.93900.89800.91480.93650.89910.91630.93640.90320.91700.93610.89520.91230.93330.89340.91230.93290.89960.91190.93240.89440.90940.93190.89920.91520.93160.89450.91220.93040.89570.91170.93030.89550.91070.92940.89210.90950.92900.89500.90860.92900.88910.90760.92850.89210.90700.92630.88630.90680.92600.89280.90800.92590.89240.90840.92580.89260.90710.92470.88800.90440.92410.88870.90450.92390.88580.90210.92310.88960.90610.92280.88720.90450.92250.88620.90470.92210.88680.90190.92190.88550.90140.92160.88100.90210.91890.87920.89980.91860.88310.90050.91820.87940.89440.91690.88110.89560.91660.87810.89640.91560.87700.89570.91550.87800.89590.91480.87770.89510.91420.87490.89490.91270.87620.89380.91270.88100.89400.91110.86980.88770.9065
References *  Gross National Happiness and Material Welfare in Bhutan and Japan