| Table 4.11 Top and Bottom Ten Provinces in HDI, 1997 | ||||||
| 1994 Rank a | Top Provinces | HDI 1997 | | | 1994 Rank b | Bottom Provinces | HDI 1997 |
| 8 | Bataan | 0.723 | | | 7 | Masbate | 0.487 |
| 1 | Cavite | 0.721 | | | 9 | Northern Samar | 0.482 |
| 3 | Batanes | 0.709 | | | 8 | Agusan del Sur | 0.478 |
| 4 | Bulacan | 0.7 | | | 12 | Lanao del Norte | 0.465 |
| 3 | Rizal | 0.69 | | | 3 | Ifugao | 0.448 |
| 6 | Batangas | 0.681 | | | 5 | Basilan | 0.434 |
| 5 | Laguna | 0.672 | | | 6 | Lanao del Sur | 0.408 |
| 7 | Pampanga | 0.646 | | | 4 | Maguindanao | 0.403 |
| 12 | Ilocos Norte | 0.644 | | | 2 | Tawi-Tawi | 0.425 |
| 11 | Benguet | 0.624 | | | 1 | Sulu | 0.331 |