Humla Development Institute (HDI)



	Humla Development Initiative [Remote Districts of Nepal]

ICIMOD/SNV/CBSGN (2003) have ranked all 75 districts of Nepal on the basis of poverty and deprivation index, socioeconomic and infrastructural development index and women empowerment index. These indexes are based on the 29 basic indicators of the level of development performance at the district level. The Overall Composite Index indicates that Mugu, Humla and Bajhang are the country’s three least developed districts overall. The three least developed in terms of the Poverty and Deprivation Index are Mugu, Achham and Humla; in terms of the Socioeconomic and Infrastructural Development Index, they are Accham, Bajhang and Mugu; and in terms of the Women’s Empowerment Index, they are Mugu, Bajhang and Humla. In other words, only four districts appear among the three least developed in all the three indices; and all are located in the mountains and hills of the Mid-Western and Far Western Development Regions.

The Development Indicators of the districts of Nepal updated in 2003 by ICIMOD/CBS/SNV shows as follows;

Ranking of Districts Based on Weighted Scores

Index	Overall Composite* 2001	Overall Composite* 1997	PDI+ 2001	SEIDI+ 2001	WEI+ 2001
District	Overall Composite* 2001	Overall Composite* 1997	PDI+ 2001	SEIDI+ 2001	WEI+ 2001
Kathmandu	1	1	9	1	2
Chitwan	2	11	3	4	8
Jhapa	3	4	1	6	16
Bhaktapur	4	10	12	3	13
Lalitpur	5	3	21	2	9
Kaski	6	5	4	7	3
Dhankuta	7	6	2	14	12
Palpa	8	14	14	13	4
Syangja	9	8	22	21	1
Manang	10	2	25	10	5
Morang	11	16	5	9	24
Ilam	12	9	6	11	19
Rupandehi	13	38	11	5	31
Sunsari	14	21	10	8	27
Kabhrepalanchowk	15	35	18	12	21
Tanahun	16	15	23	31	7
Terhathum	17	7	13	22	25
Sankhuwasabha	18	18	7	43	22
Mustang	19	13	33	17	17
Parbat	20	12	39	23	11
Dang	21	34	8	28	32
Lamjung	22	17	35	30	14
Panchthar	23	23	17	38	23
Baglung	24	26	45	26	10
Myagdi	25	22	44	42	6
Makawanpur	26	40	26	16	35
Gulmi	27	24	38	33	15
Surkhet	28	32	24	20	24
Solukhumbu	29	31	28	44	20
Banke	30	36	16	15	47
Bhojpur	31	27	15	41	36
Gorkha	32	20	34	45	18
Taplejung	33	19	27	37	28
Bardiya	34	43	20	35	40
Kanchanpur	35	33	19	24	49
Nuwakot	36	41	29	32	38
Nawalparasi	37	29	36	36	33
Khotang	38	28	30	52	29
Okhaldhunga	39	30	32	34	37
Kailali	40	46	31	27	42
Dolakha	41	47	47	25	41
Arghakhanchi	42	25	50	47	26
Udayapur	43	39	41	48	39
Dhading	44	37	51	54	30
Salyan	45	51	40	51	46
Dhanusa	46	57	46	18	59
Saptari	47	52	39	19	62
Sindhupalchok	48	50	60	50	43
Sindhuli	49	44	56	58	45
Pyuthan	50	42	54	57	48
Ramechhap	51	48	53	62	50
Parsa	52	53	43	29	63
Rasuwa	53	49	62	59	44
Kapilbastu	54	54	48	53	58
Bara	55	55	42	39	67
Dadeldhura	56	58	52	49	57
Darchula	57	45	59	60	52
Siraha	58	60	49	40	65
Jajarkot	59	66	58	69	51
Rukum	60	63	55	67	53
Sarlahi	61	56	57	46	64
Baitadi	62	64	63	55	60
Dailekh	63	67	64	66	55
Rolpa	64	62	65	68	54
Mahottari	65	61	61	56	71
Doti	66	70	66	64	61
Dolpa	67	59	69	71	56
Rautahat	68	65	68	61	72
Jumla	69	69	67	65	70
Kalikot	70	74	71	63	69
Bajura	71	68	72	70	66
Achham	72	75	74	75	68
Bajhang	73	71	70	74	74
Humla	74	73	73	72	73
Mugu	75	72	75	73	75

* OCI 1997 excluding Natural Resources Endowment Index

+ PDI = Poverty and Deprivation Index

SEIDI = Socioeconomic and Infrastructural Development Index

WEI = Women’s Empowerment Index