Area Database
The Area Database contains economic well-being and development indicators at the national and sub-national level for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We combine survey data for over 500 recent (1990+) household surveys and other sources for 130+ developing countries and almost 1,500 subnational regions.
Archive Downloads
To download the old Area Data in Excel or CSV format, a free-of-charge registration with GDL is necessary. Registration takes less than 5 minutes. Sub-samples as well as complete datasets can be downloaded.
How to cite us
For data retrieved from the Area Database, please refer to both the data and the accompanying paper:
- Data retrieved from the Area Database of the Global Data Lab, https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/, version v4.2.
- Smits, J. GDL Area Database. Sub-national development indicators for research and policy making. GDL Working Paper 16-101 (2016).