Table 2:
The ranking of provinces in HDI domains and the efficiency in reaching HDI
| Province No. | Province name | Income Index ranking | Education index ranking | Health index ranking | Efficiency score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2009 | 2001 | 2009 | 2001 | 2009 | 2001 | 2009 | ||
| 1 | West Azerbaijan | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 0.921 | 0.994 |
| 2 | East Azerbaijan | 14 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 0.996 | 0.994 |
| 3 | Ardabil | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 0.965 | 0.996 |
| 4 | Gilan | 17 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0.735 | 1 |
| 5 | Mazandaran | 12 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0.827 | 1 |
| 6 | Golestan | 19 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0.998 |
| 7 | Khorasan | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 0.801 | 1 |
| 8 | Kurdistan | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 0.816 | 0.994 |
| 9 | Zanjan | 21 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 0.824 | 0.997 |
| 10 | Qazvin | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0.875 | 1 |
| 11 | Tehran | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.814 | 1 |
| 12 | Semnan | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.790 | 0.998 |
| 13 | Kermanshah | 26 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0.921 | 0.998 |
| 14 | Hamadan | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 0.987 | 0.998 |
| 15 | Markazi | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0.811 | 1 |
| 16 | Qom | 16 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0.959 | 1 |
| 17 | Ilam | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 0.995 | 0.987 |
| 18 | Lorestan | 23 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 0.988 | 0.995 |
| 19 | Isfahan | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0.932 | 0.999 |
| 20 | Yazd | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.716 | 0.999 |
| 21 | Khuzestan | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari | 24 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 0.816 | 0.998 |
| 23 | Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0.994 |
| 24 | Fars | 18 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0.913 | 1 |
| 25 | Kerman | 15 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0.999 |
| 26 | Sistan & Balu-chistan | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0.856 | 1 |
| 27 | Bushehr | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 0.937 | 1 |
| 28 | Hormozgan | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1 |