List of Latin American subnational entities by HDI
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With information from the United Nations Development Programme from each country. Data of Mexico and Peru are for 2003, Colombia 2001, and Argentina 2005. Data for Brazil come from Wikipedia.
Countries where information for their subnational entities is not available are considered as a whole. Data come from Wikipedia.
All the new departments created by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 (Amazonas, Arauca, Casanare, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo, San Andrés and Providencia, Vaupés, Vichada) have a HDI of 0.755, as reported by the UNDP.
| Rank | State/Province | Country | HDI | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distrito Federal | Mexico | 0.883 | 8,720,916 | 1,479 |
| 2 | (Argentina) | Argentina | 0.863 | 39,000,000 | 2,780,400 |
| 3 | (Chile) | Chile | 0.854 | 16,432,674 | 756,950 |
| 4 | Nuevo León | Mexico | 0.8451 | 4,199,292 | 64,924 |
| 5 | Brazilian Federal District | Brazil | 0.844 | 2,051,146 | 353.5 |
| 6 | (Uruguay) | Uruguay | 0.840 | 3,463,000 | 176,220 |
| 7 | (Costa Rica) | Costa Rica | 0.838 | 4,401,000 | 51,100 |
| 8 | Coahuila | Mexico | 0.8284 | 2,495,200 | 149,982 |
| 9 | Baja California Sur | Mexico | 0.8269 | 512,170 | 73,475 |
| 10 | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 0.8246 | 1,065,416 | 5,471 |
| 11 | Quintana Roo | Mexico | 0.8238 | 1,135,309 | 50,212 |
| 12 | Baja California | Mexico | 0.8233 | 2,844,469 | 69,921 |
| 13 | Chihuahua | Mexico | 0.8224 | 3,241,444 | 244,938 |
| 14 | Santa Catarina | Brazil | 0.822 | 5,098,448 | 5.6 |
| 15 | São Paulo | Brazil | 0.820 | 37,032,403 | 149.2 |
| 16 | Campeche | Mexico | 0.8189 | 754,730 | 50,812 |
| 17 | Distrito Capital | Colombia | 0.817 | 7,117,984 | 1,587 km² |
| 18 | Cuba | Cuba | 0.817 | 11,345,670 | 110,860 |
| 19 | Sonora | Mexico | 0.8163 | 2,394,861 | 182,052 |
| 20 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 0.814 | 10,187,798 | 36.2 |
| 21 | Tamaulipas | Mexico | 0.8111 | 3,024,238 | 79,384 |
| 22 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 0.807 | 14,391,282 | 328.6 |
| 23 | (Panama) | Panama | 0.804 | 3,232,000 | 75,517 |
| 24 | Querétaro | Mexico | 0.8015 | 1,598,139 | 11,449 |
| 25 | Jalisco | Mexico | 0.8007 | 6,752,113 | 80,386 |
| 26 | Colima | Mexico | 0.8001 | 567,996 | 5,191 |
| 27 | Durango | Mexico | 0.7910 | 1,509,117 | 123,181 |
| 28 | Paraná | Brazil | 0.787 | 9,563,458 | 48.0 |
| 29 | Valle del Cauca | Colombia | 0.786 | 4,524,678 | 22,140 km² |
| 30 | Morelos | Mexico | 0.7856 | 1,612,899 | 4,950 |
| 31 | Sinaloa | Mexico | 0.7800 | 2,608,442 | 58,328 |
| 32 | Santander | Colombia | 0.779 | 2,085,084 | 30,537 km² |
| 33 | Atlántico | Colombia | 0.779 | 2,365,663 | 3,388 km² |
| 34 | México | Mexico | 0.7789 | 14,007,495 | 21,355 |
| 35 | Mato Grosso do Sul | Brazil | 0.778 | 2,078,001 | 5.8 |
| 36 | Yucatán | Mexico | 0.7778 | 1,818,948 | 38,402 |
| 37 | Goiás | Brazil | 0.776 | 5,003,228 | 14.7 |
| 38 | Minas Gerais | Brazil | 0.773 | 17,891,494 | 30.5 |
| 39 | Mato Grosso | Brazil | 0.773 | 2,504,353 | 2.8 |
| 40 | Antioquia | Colombia | 0.772 | 5,750,478 | 63,612 km² |
| 41 | (Venezuela) | Venezuela | 0.772 | 25,730,435 | 916,445 |
| 42 | Cundinamarca | Colombia | 0.771 | 9,467,562 | 24,210 km² |
| 43 | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 0.7694 | 2,410,414 | 63,068 |
| 44 | Tabasco | Mexico | 0.7684 | 1,989,969 | 25,267 |
| 45 | Guanajuato | Mexico | 0.7662 | 4,893,812 | 30,491 |
| 46 | Espírito Santo | Brazil | 0.765 | 3,097,232 | 67.3 |
| 47 | Nayarit | Mexico | 0.7652 | 949,684 | 26,979 |
| 48 | Tlaxcala | Mexico | 0.7641 | 1,068,207 | 4,016 |
| 49 | La Guajira | Colombia | 0.760 | 524,619 | 20,848 km² |
| 50 | Puebla | Mexico | 0.7598 | 5,383,133 | 33,902 |
| 51 | Ecuador | Ecuador | 0.759 | 13,228,000 | 256,370 |
| 52 | Risaralda | Colombia | 0.757 | 1,024,362 | 4,140 km² |
| 53 | Bolívar | Colombia | 0.757 | 2,229,967 | 25,978 km² |
| 54 | Zacatecas | Mexico | 0.7563 | 1,367,692 | 73,252 |
| 55 | (Suriname) | Suriname | 0.755 | 449,000 | 163,270 |
| 56 | San Andrés and Providencia | Colombia | 0.755 | 83,491 | 52 km² |
| 57 | Amazonas | Colombia | 0.755 | 80,360 | 109,665 km² |
| 58 | Arauca | Colombia | 0.755 | 282,302 | 23,818 km² |
| 59 | Casanare | Colombia | 0.755 | 325,713 | 44,640 km² |
| 60 | Guainía | Colombia | 0.755 | 43,314 | 72,238 km² |
| 61 | Guaviare | Colombia | 0.755 | 133,236 | 53,460 km² |
| 62 | Putumayo | Colombia | 0.755 | 378,483 | 24,885 km² |
| 63 | Vaupés | Colombia | 0.755 | 33,152 | 54,135 km² |
| 64 | Vichada | Colombia | 0.755 | 97,276 | 100,242 km² |
| 65 | (Paraguay) | Paraguay | 0.755 | 6,158,000 | 406,750 |
| 66 | Amapá | Brazil | 0.753 | 477,032 | 3.3 |
| 67 | Meta | Colombia | 0.753 | 771,089 | 85,635 km² |
| 68 | (Belize) | Belize | 0.753 | 287,730 | 22,966 |
| 69 | Tolima | Colombia | 0.752 | 1,312,972 | 23,562 km² |
| 70 | Hidalgo | Mexico | 0.7515 | 2,345,514 | 20,813 |
| 71 | Caldas | Colombia | 0.751 | 1,170,187 | 7,888 km² |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 0.749 | 8,895,000 | 48,730 |
| 73 | Roraima | Brazil | 0.746 | 324,397 | 1.4 |
| 74 | Veracruz | Mexico | 0.7457 | 7,110,214 | 71,699 |
| 75 | Michoacán | Mexico | 0.7422 | 3,966,073 | 59,928 |
| 76 | Huila | Colombia | 0.742 | 994,218 | 19,890 km² |
| 77 | Córdoba | Colombia | 0.741 | 1,392,905 | 25,020 km² |
| 78 | Boyacá | Colombia | 0.739 | 1,411,239 | 23,189 km² |
| 79 | Rondônia | Brazil | 0.735 | 1,379,787 | 5.8 |
| 80 | Magdalena | Colombia | 0.733 | 1,403,318 | 23,188 km² |
| 81 | Caquetá | Colombia | 0.733 | 463,333 | 88,965 km² |
| 82 | Quindío | Colombia | 0.732 | 613,375 | 1,845 km² |
| 83 | Norte de Santander | Colombia | 0.725 | 1,493,932 | 21,658 km² |
| 84 | Pará | Brazil | 0.723 | 6,192,307 | 5.0 |
| 85 | Guerrero | Mexico | 0.7296 | 3,115,202 | 64,281 |
| 86 | Sucre | Colombia | 0.725 | 868,648 | 10,917 km² |
| 87 | Cesar | Colombia | 0.722 | 1,050,303 | 22,905 km² |
| 88 | (El Salvador) | El Salvador | 0.722 | 6,881,000 | 21,040 |
| 89 | (Guyana) | Guyana | 0.720 | 751,000 | 214,970 |
| 90 | Lima | Peru | 0.7196 | 7,363,069 | 2,672.28 |
| 91 | Oaxaca | Mexico | 0.7164 | 3,506,821 | 93,952 |
| 92 | Amazonas | Brazil | 0.713 | 2,812,557 | 1.8 |
| 93 | Cauca | Colombia | 0.713 | 1,363,054 | 29,308 km² |
| 94 | Callao (Constitutional Province) | Peru | 0.7120 | 813,264 | 146.98 |
| 95 | Tocantins | Brazil | 0.710 | 1,157,098 | 4.2 |
| 96 | Chiapas | Mexico | 0.7076 | 4,293,459 | 74,211 |
| 97 | Nariño | Colombia | 0.707 | 1,775,139 | 33,268 km² |
| 98 | Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | 0.705 | 2,776,782 | 52.3 |
| 99 | Pernambuco | Brazil | 0.705 | 7,918,344 | 80.4 |
| 100 | Ceará | Brazil | 0.700 | 7,340,661 | 50.4 |
| 101 | Acre | Brazil | 0.697 | 557,226 | 3.7 |
| 102 | (Nicaragua) | Nicaragua | 0.690 | 5,487,000 | 129,494 |
| 103 | Bahia | Brazil | 0.688 | 13,070,250 | 23.2 |
| 104 | (Bolivia) | Bolivia | 0.687 | 9,182,000 | 1,098,581 |
| 105 | Sergipe | Brazil | 0.682 | 1,784,475 | 81.3 |
| 106 | Chocó | Colombia | 0.680 | 413,173 | 46,530 km² |
| 107 | Lima Provincias | Peru | 0.6689 | 780,881 | 32,129.31 |
| 108 | (Honduras) | Honduras | 0.667 | 7,205,000 | 112,492 |
| 109 | Tacna | Peru | 0.6654 | 317,619 | 16,062.62 |
| 110 | Guatemala | Guatemala | 0.663 | 12,599,000 | 108,890 |
| 111 | Ica | Peru | 0.6620 | 687,334 | 21,327.83 |
| 112 | Paraíba | Brazil | 0.661 | 3,443,825 | 61.1 |
| 113 | Piauí | Brazil | 0.656 | 2,843,278 | 11.3 |
| 114 | Arequipa | Peru | 0.6526 | 1,140,214 | 63,345.39 |
| 115 | Moquegua | Peru | 0.6499 | 156,750 | 15,733.97 |
| 116 | Alagoas | Brazil | 0.649 | 2,822,621 | 101.5 |
| 117 | Maranhão | Brazil | 0.636 | 5,651,475 | 17.0 |
| 118 | Lambayeque | Peru | 0.6165 | 1,121,358 | 14,231.3 |
| 119 | Tumbes | Peru | 0.6095 | 215,634 | 4,669.2 |
| 120 | Madre de Dios | Peru | 0.6010 | 99,452 | 85,300.54 |
| 121 | Junín | Peru | 0.5955 | 1,246,663 | 44,197.23 |
| 122 | Pasco | Peru | 0.5908 | 264,702 | 25,319.59 |
| 123 | La Libertad | Peru | 0.5851 | 1,539,774 | 25,499.9 |
| 124 | Ucayali | Peru | 0.5629 | 456,340 | 102,410.55 |
| 125 | Ancash | Peru | 0.5577 | 1,107,828 | 35,039.19 |
| 126 | Piura | Peru | 0.5557 | 1,636,047 | 35,892.49 |
| 127 | Puno | Peru | 0.5495 | 1,263,995 | 71,999 |
| 128 | Loreto | Peru | 0.5248 | 907,341 | 368,851.95 |
| 129 | San Martín | Peru | 0.5247 | 757,740 | 51,253.31 |
| 130 | Cusco | Peru | 0.5112 | 1,208,689 | 71,986.5 |
| 131 | Ayacucho | Peru | 0.5095 | 619,522 | 43,814.8 |
| 132 | Amazonas | Peru | 0.5019 | 428,095 | 39,249.13 |
| 133 | Cajamarca | Peru | 0.4910 | 1,498,161 | 33,317.54 |
| 134 | Apurímac | Peru | 0.4877 | 463,131 | 20,895.79 |
| 135 | Huánuco | Peru | 0.4760 | 811,865 | 36,848.85 |
| 136 | Huancavelica | Peru | 0.4641 | 385,162 | 22,131 |
