title: List of Austrian states by Human Development Index
text: # List of Austrian states by Human Development Index
  
  This is a list of Austrian states by Human Development Index as of 2021.
  
  | Rank | State | HDI (2021) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Very high human development |||
  | 1 | Vienna | 0.942 |
  | 2 | Salzburg | 0.934 |
  | 3 | Tyrol | 0.928 |
  | – | Austria | 0.916 |
  | 4 | Styria | 0.913 |
  | 5 | Upper Austria | 0.907 |
  | 6 | Vorarlberg | 0.904 |
  | 7 | Carinthia | 0.901 |
  | 8 | Lower Austria | 0.881 |
  | 9 | Burgenland | 0.880 |
  
  ## Development 1995–2015
  
  Human Development Index of Austrian states since 1995.
  
  | Rank | State | HDI 1995 | HDI 2000 | HDI 2005 | HDI 2010 | HDI 2015 | Improvement 1995–2015 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vienna | 0.857 | 0.877 | 0.894 | 0.914 | 0.923 | 0.066 |
  | 2 | Salzburg | 0.832 | 0.853 | 0.867 | 0.899 | 0.912 | 0.080 |
  | 3 | Tyrol | 0.827 | 0.848 | 0.864 | 0.890 | 0.904 | 0.077 |
  | 4 | Styria | 0.811 | 0.831 | 0.849 | 0.874 | 0.888 | 0.077 |
  | 5 | Upper Austria | 0.804 | 0.824 | 0.841 | 0.869 | 0.882 | 0.078 |
  | 6 | Vorarlberg | 0.802 | 0.822 | 0.840 | 0.866 | 0.881 | 0.079 |
  | 7 | Carinthia | 0.803 | 0.823 | 0.847 | 0.870 | 0.877 | 0.074 |
  | 8 | Lower Austria | 0.778 | 0.798 | 0.815 | 0.843 | 0.858 | 0.080 |
  | 9 | Burgenland | 0.775 | 0.795 | 0.808 | 0.839 | 0.856 | 0.081 |
  | – | Austria (average) | 0.816 | 0.837 | 0.853 | 0.880 | 0.893 | 0.077 |
  