Subnational HDI version archive
| Publication date | Data file | Label file | Documentation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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| 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 | ||||