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Publication date |
Data file |
Label file |
Documentation |
| Version 9.0 |
5 November 2025 |
Subnational HDI Data v9.0.csv |
Subnational HDI Labels v9.0.csv |
The Subnational Human Development Database Smits & Permanyer Nature Scientific Data 2019.pdf
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| Latest version |
26 indicators |
Data for 2023 have been included |
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187 countries |
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1798 sub-national regions |
| Version 8.3 |
16 September 2025 |
Subnational HDI Data v8.3.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-8.3-Vardescription.csv |
n/a
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26 indicators |
The variable labels of the Log GNI variables has been changed. |
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187 countries |
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1801 sub-national regions |
| Version 8.2 |
15 September 2025 |
Subnational HDI Data v8.2.csv |
Subnational HDI Labels v8.2.csv |
n/a
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26 indicators |
Continent of USA was listed as 'Europe'. Has been corrected to 'America'. |
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187 countries |
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1801 sub-national regions |
| Version 8.1 |
23 October 2024 |
SHDI-SGDI-Total 8.0.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-8.0-Vardescription (1).csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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26 indicators |
Education and GNI data for Hungary region 'Kozep-Magyarorszag' and GNI data for Poland region 'Mazowieckie' have been added. File with indicator descriptions has been updated. |
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187 countries |
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1801 sub-national regions |
| Version 8.0 |
23 September 2024 |
SHDI-SGDI-Total 8.0.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-8.0-Vardescription.csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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26 indicators |
Version 8.0. Update of all indices and underlying indicators, including indicator description, to 2022. National values of the indices and indicators are equal to those in the latest version of the UNDP Human Development Index Database and the Human Development Report 2023/2024. |
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187 countries |
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1801 sub-national regions |
| Version 7.0 |
7 March 2023 |
SHDI-SGDI-Total 7.0.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-7.0-Vardescription (1).csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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26 indicators |
Version 7.0. Correction in subnational regions of Argentina. |
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187 countries |
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1787 sub-national regions |
| Version 6.0 |
6 February 2023 |
SHDI-SGDI-Total 6.0.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-6.0-Vardescription.csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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26 indicators |
Version 6.0. Update of all indices and underlying indicators to 2021. National values of the indices and indicators are equal to those in the latest version of the UNDP Human Development Index Database and the Human Development Report 2021/2022. |
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187 countries |
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1787 sub-national regions |
| Version 5.0 |
7 June 2021 |
SHDI-SGDI-Total 5.0.csv |
SHDI-SGDI-5.0-Vardescription.csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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26 indicators |
SHDI Version 5.0. Update of all indices and underlying indicators to 2019. The subnational versions of the Human Development Index and the Gender Development Index are now combined into one integrated Human Development dataset. National values of the indices and indicators are equal to those in the latest version of the UNDP Human Development Index Database and the Human Development Report 2020. The number of countries for which subnational data is available is increased to 163 and the number of subnational regions to 1783. Data for Kiribati, Tonga and St. Lucia have been added. Earlier versions of the database can be downloaded from the SHDI Download page. |
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186 countries |
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1783 sub-national regions |
| Version 4.0 |
10 March 2020 |
SHDI Complete 4.0 (1).csv |
SHDI-4.0-Vardescription (1).csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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9 indicators |
SHDI Version 4.0 released. All indices and underlying indicators are now running from 1990 to 2018. National values of the indices and indicators are equal to those in the latest version of the UNDP Human Development Index Database and the Human Development Report 2019. The number of countries for which subnational data is available is now 162 and the total number of subnational regions 1779. Data for Papua New Guinea and Zambia has been added and number of regions in Madagascar and Pakistan increased. Earlier versions of the database can be downloaded from the SHDI Download page. |
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187 countries |
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1765 sub-national regions |
| Version 3.0 |
14 September 2019 |
SHDI Complete 3.0.csv |
SHDI-3.0-Vardescription.csv |
Nature Scientific Data Paper
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9 indicators |
New data added for Albania, Benin, Congo Brazzaville, Jordan, Ghana, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lao, Maldives, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uganda and Tunisia. Number of subnational regions extended to 1730 by adding regions for Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Congo Brazzaville, Nigeria, and Tanzania. |
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161 countries |
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1730 sub-national regions |