Subnational HDI version archive

Publication date Data file Label file Documentation
Version 3.0 14 September 2019 SHDI Complete 3.0.csv SHDI-3.0-Vardescription.csv Nature Scientific Data Paper
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.
161 countries
1730 sub-national regions
Version SD-2019 16 March 2019 SHDI-Complete SD1.csv SHDI-SD1-Vardescription.csv Paper Scientific Data.html
9 indicators Scientific Data (SD) version of SHDI Database. For details see: Smits & Permanyer (2019) "The Subnational Human Development Database". Scientific Data, Vol. 6, Nr. 190038 (www.nature.com/articles/sdata201938).
161 countries
1625 sub-national regions
Version 2.2 16 January 2019 SHDI 2.2.csv SHDI-2.2-Vardescription.csv SHDI Database GDL Working Paper 18-101b.pdf
1 indicators Data added for Equatorial Guinea. Data updated for Somalia, Kosovo, East Timor, Argentina, Venezuela, Malaysia, EU-countries and small improvements for other countries.
161 countries
1625 sub-national regions
Version 2.1 20 October 2018 SHDI-2.1.csv SHDI-2.1-Vardescription.csv n/a
1 indicators SHDI version 2.1 1990-2017
160 countries
1621 sub-national regions
Version 1.0 10 June 2018 SHDI-1.0.csv SHDI-1.0-Vardescription.csv n/a
1 indicators SHDI version 1.0
160 countries
1621 sub-national regions