List of Malaysian states by Human Development Index

This is a list of Malaysian states and federal territories by Human Development Index as of 2022.

This article uses The Malaysia Human Development Index (MHDI) which is an index developed by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) to evaluate the level of human development which is the main criteria in measuring the progress of a country aside from economic aspects. MHDI comprises three dimensions namely long and healthy life; access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The measure is developed based on Human Development Index (HDI) Report from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Rank	State or federal territory	HDI (2022)	Comparable country
Very high human development
1—2	Kuala Lumpur	0.886	Bahrain
	Putrajaya		Andorra
3	Selangor	0.842	Montenegro
4	Labuan	0.839	Saint Kitts and Nevis
5	Penang	0.830	Uruguay
6	Sarawak	0.824	Brunei
7	Negeri Sembilan	0.817	Oman
8	Melaka	0.810	Barbados
-	Malaysia	0.807	Costa Rica
9	Pahang	0.803	Thailand
High human development
10	Johor	0.794	Grenada
11	Perak	0.791	Grenada Albania
12	Terengganu	0.787	China Armenia
13	Sabah	0.772	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14	Kedah	0.771	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15	Perlis	0.768	Dominican Republic
16	Kelantan	0.752	Colombia Libya

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index