Abadia dos Dourados is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais.

The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patrocínio.

Abadia dos Dourados is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development.

There was a modest retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands.

[6] The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.

In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.