Area Database (archived) version archive

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Version 4.4.1 6 November 2024 Area Database Data v441.csv Area Database Labels v441.csv Smits GDL Working Paper 16-101 v4.4.1.pdf
Latest version 129 indicators DHS corrected errors in the Ghana 2022, Kenya 2022, Tanzania 2022 datasets
134 countries
1465 sub-national regions
Version 4.4 10 July 2024 GDL-AreaData44.csv GDL-AreaData44-Variabledescription.csv Smits GDL Working Paper 16-101 v44.pdf
129 indicators Data added for Benin 2021, Comoros 2022, Eswatini 2022, Jamaica 2022, Thailand 2022, Trinidad and Tobago 2022, Yemen 2023
134 countries
1465 sub-national regions
Version 4.3 5 October 2023 GDL-AreaData43.csv GDL-AreaData43-Variabledescription.csv n/a
129 indicators Data added for Burkina Faso2021, Cambodia2021, Cotedivoire2021, Gabon2021, Kenya2022, Madagascar2021, Mauritania2020, Nepal2022, Philippines2022, Turkey2018. Number of regions extended for Nepal and Cotedivoire.
134 countries
1455 sub-national regions
Version 4.2.1 7 March 2023 GDL-AreaData421.csv GDL-AreaData421-Variabledescription.csv Smits GDL Working Paper 16-101 v421 (2).pdf
129 indicators Subnational regions of Argentina have been changed.
134 countries
1451 sub-national regions
Version 4.2 8 December 2022 GDL-AreaData42.csv GDL-AreaData42-Variabledescription (2).csv Smits GDL Working Paper 16-101 v420.pdf
129 indicators Data added for: Côte d'Ivoire (2016), Fiji (2021), Nepal (2019), Vietnam (2021). For MICS rounds 6 and 7, Indicators for refrigerator and TV improved.
134 countries
1451 sub-national regions
Version 4.1 10 June 2022 GDL-AreaData402 (1).csv GDL-AreaData401-Variabledescription (1).csv n/a
137 indicators Data added for: Argentina (2020), Belarus (2019), Dominican Republic (2019), Gambia (2020), Georgia (2018) , Guyana (2019), Honduras (2019), Liberia (2013), Liberia (2019), Mauritania (2015), North Macedonia (2011), Palestine (2019), Rwanda (2020), Saint Lucia (2012), Samoa (2019), Tunisia (2012), Tunisia (2018),
Turks & Caicos Islands (2019), Tuvalu (2019), Malawi (2020).
Revised subnational regions for Argentina.
134 countries
1499 sub-national regions
Version 4.0 15 February 2021 GDL-AreaData400 (1).csv GDL-AreaData400-Variabledescription (1).csv n/a
133 indicators Data added for Algeria, Bangladesh, Car, Chad, Congo DR, Cuba, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lesotho, Macedonia, Mongolia, Monte Negro, Sao Tome y Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe.
131 countries
1483 sub-national regions
Version 3.9.0 3 November 2020 GDL-AreaData390 (1).csv GDL-AreaData390-Variabledescription (1).csv n/a
133 indicators Data have been added for Cameroon, Senegal and Indonesia. An issue with the GDLCODE has been solved.
129 countries
1461 sub-national regions
Version 3.8.0 19 October 2020 GDL-AreaData380.csv GDL-AreaData380-Variabledescription.csv n/a
133 indicators Improvements clickable maps.
129 countries
1492 sub-national regions
Version 3.7.0 26 June 2020 GDL-AreaData370.csv GDL-AreaData370-Variabledescription.csv n/a
133 indicators New data added for Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Zambia. Number of subnational regions extended by increasing regional subdivision for Madagascar and Pakistan.
129 countries
1461 sub-national regions