Subnational HDI version archive

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Version 10.1 27 March 2026 Subnational HDI Data v10.1.csv Subnational HDI Labels v10.1.csv The Subnational Human Development Database Smits & Permanyer Nature Scientific Data 2019 (1).pdf
Latest version 26 indicators Errors in population size of US states Vermont and District of Columbia and subnational regions of Switzerland have been corrected.
188 countries
1805 sub-national regions
Version 10.0 23 March 2026 Subnational HDI Data v10.0.csv Subnational HDI Labels v10.0.csv The Subnational Human Development Database Smits & Permanyer Nature Scientific Data 2019.pdf
26 indicators Data for 2023 have been added.
188 countries
1805 sub-national regions
Version 9.1 1 December 2025 Subnational HDI Data v9.1.csv Subnational HDI Labels v9.1.csv n/a
26 indicators Dataset version 9.0 contained some errors in SHDI data for Kosovo, and population data for USA states Vermont and District of Columbia for year 2021 and 2022, and for Swiss subnational regions for 2014-2019. Dataset version 8.3 has been restored with corrections in the population data.
The dataset was previously labelled 8.4.
187 countries
1801 sub-national regions
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
26 indicators Data for 2023 have been included
187 countries
1798 sub-national regions
Version 8.3 16 September 2025 Subnational HDI Data v8.3.csv SHDI-SGDI-8.3-Vardescription.csv n/a
26 indicators The variable labels of the Log GNI variables has been changed.
187 countries
1801 sub-national regions
Version 8.2 15 September 2025 Subnational HDI Data v8.2.csv Subnational HDI Labels v8.2.csv n/a
26 indicators Continent of USA was listed as 'Europe'. Has been corrected to 'America'.
187 countries
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
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.
187 countries
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
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.
187 countries
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
26 indicators Version 7.0. Correction in subnational regions of Argentina.
187 countries
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
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.
187 countries
1787 sub-national regions