List of provinces and indigenous regions of Panama by Human Development Index

This is a list of provinces (provincias) and indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas) of Panama by Human Development Index as of 2017.[1] Indigenous regions are shown in the table in italics.

Note: the HDI values are calculated using pre-2014 borders, so the newly-established Panamá Oeste Province (which was split from Panamá Province) is not included in the data.

Rank	Region	HDI (2017)	Comparable countries (2017)[2]
Very high human development
1	Panamá	0.820	Oman
High human development
2	Colón	0.799	Barbados,  Kazakhstan,  Iran,  Palau
–	Panama	0.790	Mauritius
3	Chiriquí	0.789	Mauritius
4	Herrera	0.787	Serbia
5	Los Santos	0.781	Antigua and Barbuda,  Georgia
6	Coclé	0.763	Venezuela
7	Veraguas	0.727	Tonga
8	Bocas del Toro	0.719	Suriname
Medium human development
9	Darién	0.690	Bolivia
10	Emberá-Wounaan	0.612	Bhutan,  Kiribati
11	Guna Yala	0.580	Angola
12	Ngäbe-Buglé	0.560	Pakistan