| Provinces | TEPI Level | TEPI Rank | NGMEPI | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2016 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2016 | 2000-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-2016 | |
| Eastern Region | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.80 |
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| 0.99 | 1.07 | 1.06 |
| Beijing | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.86 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.09 |
| Tianjin | 0.34 | 0.49 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.07 | 1.18 | 1.02 |
| Shanghai | 0.47 | 0.54 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.03 | 1.14 | 1.01 |
| Jiangsu | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 1.11 |
| Zhejiang | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.58 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 1.06 |
| Fujian | 1.00 | 0.84 | 1.00 | 0.58 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0.97 | 1.04 | 0.92 |
| Shandong | 0.35 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 1.00 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0.92 | 1.04 | 1.26 |
| Hainan | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.95 |
| Guangdong | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0.98 | 1.07 | 1.12 |
| Hebei | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 1.05 |
| Central Region | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.39 |
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| 0.98 | 1.02 | 1.01 |
| Henan | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 1.08 |
| Anhui | 0.50 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 0.42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 0.90 |
| Jiangxi | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0.97 | 1.04 | 1.03 |
| Hubei | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.09 |
| Hunan | 1.00 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 0.40 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0.90 | 1.06 | 0.91 |
| Shanxi | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 1.02 |
| Western Region | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.32 |
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| 0.93 | 0.99 | 1.03 |
| Sichuan | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.00 |
| Guizhou | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| Yunnan | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 0.94 | 1.02 | 1.11 |
| Shaanxi | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 0.94 | 1.01 | 1.05 |
| Gansu | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.06 |
| Qinghai | 1.00 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.98 |
| Ningxia | 1.00 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| Xinjiang | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.97 |
| Guangxi | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| Inner Mongolia | 0.30 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0.87 | 1.06 | 1.05 |
| Northeast Region | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.39 |
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| 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.03 |
| Liaoning | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 1.03 |
| Heilongjiang | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 0.98 |
| Jilin | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.09 |
| National | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.49 |
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| 0.97 | 1.02 | 1.03 |