| Rank
|
Region
|
HDI (2021)
|
Comparable Country
|
| Medium human development
|
| 1
|
Central (Kabul, Wardak, Kapisa, Logar, Parwan, Panjshir)
|
0.550
|
 Ivory Coast
|
| Low human development
|
| 2
|
North (Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab)
|
0.497
|
 Ethiopia
|
| -
|
 Afghanistan (average)
|
0.478
|
 DR Congo  Sierra Leone
|
| 3
|
South East (Ghazni Paktya Paktika Khost)
|
0.476
|
Sierra Leone
|
| 4
|
Central Highlands (Bamyan, Daykundi)
|
0.472
|
Sierra Leone
|
| 5
|
East (Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Nuristan)
|
0.459
|
 Yemen
|
| 6
|
West (Ghor, Herat, Badghis, Farah)
|
0.447
|
 Burkina Faso  Mozambique
|
| 7
|
North East (Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz)
|
0.444
|
Mozambique
|
| 8
|
South (Uruzgan, Helmand, Zabul, Nimroz, Kandahar)
|
0.407
|
 Central African Republic
|
