When measuring development, generally, the HDI or the Human Development Index is a popular choice. When HDI is measured in every district of Andhra Pradesh (and presented rank wise, with 1 being most developed and 23 being least developed), the results are something like below:
Current rankings in Descending order (most developed to Least developed)
1. Hyderabad (maintained its Number 1 rank all the time)
2. Ranga Reddy (was at number 8 in early 2000’s and at number 10 in 1990’s)
3. Krishna (dropped from number 2 rank seen in 90’s and 2000’s)
4. Kadapa (was ranked 14 in early 2000’s and 8th in 90’s; remember YSR?)
5. Visakhapatnam (was ranked number 3 in early 2000’s and 15 in 90’s)
6. Guntur (was ranked number 3 in 90’s but got down since then)
7. East Godavari (was ranked 5 in early 2000’s and 11 th in 90’s)
8. West Godavari (was at number 4 in 2000’s and number 6 in 90’s)
9. Karimnagar (was ranked 4 in 90’s but dropped since)
10. Khammam (was ranked 7 in 2000’s and 9 in 90’s)
11. Medak (was ranked 12 in 2000 and 13 in 90’s)
12. Prakasam (ranked 10 in 2000’s and 12 in 90’s)
13. Nellore (ranked 11 in 2000’s and 5 in 90’s)
14. Chittoor (ranked 13 in 2000’s and 7 in 90’s)
15. Nalgonda (ranked 18 in 2000’s and 17 in 90’s)
16. Warangal (15 in 2000’s and 18 in 90’)
17. Adilabad (ranked 16 th throughout from 90’s to 2000’s)
18. Anantapur (ranked 17 in 2000’s and 19 in 90’s)
19. Kurnool (ranked 20 in 90’s and 2000’s)
20.Nizamabad (ranked 19 in 2000’s and 14 in 90’s)
21. Mahabubnagar (stayed at 22 in 90’s and 2000’s)
22. Srikakulam (was at 21 in 90’s and 2000’s)
23. Vijayanagaram (stayed at the last place right from 90’s as the least developed district in the state)
