List of provinces of the Netherlands by Human Development Index

This is a list of Dutch provinces by Human Development Index as of 2022.^[1]

Rank	Province	HDI (2025)
Very high human development
1	North Holland	0.964
2	North Brabant	0.947
3	South Holland	0.946
–	Netherlands (average)	0.946
4	Groningen	0.942
5	Gelderland	0.936
	Limburg
7	Overijssel	0.934
8	Flevoland	0.925
9	Utrecht	0.923
	Friesland
11	Zeeland	0.922
12	Drenthe	0.918

Map of the Netherland by HDI in 2018.
Legend:

  0.940–0.950

  0.930–0.940

  0.920–0.930

  0.910–0.920

  0.900–0.910