Analysis of Human Development Index in East Java Province Indonesia

Abstract

The Human Development Index (HDI) is an indicator of human development level in a region calculated by comparing among living standards, life expectancy, and education level. The achievement of East Java province development has shown the variation of development achievement among regions consisted of 29 regencies and 9 cities. This research used descriptive qualitative. Secondary data, both quantitative and qualitative, were used as data type and source which were from cross section data of Central Bureau of Statistics of East Java Province. HDI in East Java Province in last 5 years showed an increasing trend. Although HDI of East Java was still in the moderate category, but the development was quite good. Moreover, in 2016, the development in East Java was approaching the high category of 69.74. The highest human development achievement was in Malang with HDI in 2016 has reached 80.46 in very high category (> 80) while the lowest achievement of human development was in Sampang Regency with only 59.09 IPM in the low category (<60). Most of regencies and cities have been in "moderate" human development status, and the rests were in the "high" and "very high" categories.