Global High Resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index

Using MOSAIKS, we train on province level Human Development Index data and produce global fine resolution estimates.

Our paper, “Global high-resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning” is available Open Access at Nature Communications.

Fine resolution data products are available below.

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• HDI estimates for global municipalities 2019 (ADM2) (Version 2.0)

• HDI estimates on a global 0.1 x 0.1 degree grid 2019 (Version 2.0)

• MOSAIKS features aggregated to ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2 levels

Replication code is available at our GitHub repository.