The HDI values below are based on the preliminary estimates of the 2019 Provincial Human Development Index by the Philippine Statistics Authority,[2] as well as the Global Data Lab estimates published by the Radboud University Nijmegen Center for Economics.[1]
All provinces surrounding Metro Manila have a high HDI value. Metro Manila, Benguet, Iloilo and Rizal already have very high HDI values (≥0.800). The southern region of Mindanao has three of the provinces with the lowest (low) HDI values (<0.550).[3]
Provinces
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The HDI values below are based on the preliminary estimates of the 2019 Provincial Human Development Index by the Philippine Statistics Authority.[2]