This is a list of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010. The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen.
The index varies from 0 to 1, considering:
The HDI of the municipalities is an average between the income index, life expectancy index and educational index.