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The last version of the Area Database can also be downloaded from the archive.</p> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/about/">Find out more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"> <div class="spotlight"> <div class="spotlight-image"> <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/education/"><img class="inline-image" src="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/education2_332x260.png" alt="" srcset="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/education2_664x520.png 2x"> </a> </div> <div class="spotlight-content"> <h3>Education and Work</h3> <p>Education and work related indicators for low and middle-income countries and subnational regions within these countries to monitor dynamics and progress across the globe</p> <div class="buttonstrip"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/education/">Discover more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"> <div class="spotlight"> <div class="spotlight-image"> <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/health/"><img class="inline-image" src="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/health2_332x260.png" alt="" srcset="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/health2_664x519.png 2x"> </a> </div> <div class="spotlight-content"> <h3>Health</h3> <p>Health indicators to monitor among other child stunting/wasting, underweight/overweight, mortality, and vaccination at subnational levels</p> <div class="buttonstrip"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/health/">Discover more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"> <div class="spotlight"> <div class="spotlight-image"> <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/wealth/"><img class="inline-image" src="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2022/05/iwi-thumb_332x260.png" alt="" srcset="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2022/05/iwi-thumb_640x500.png 2x"> </a> </div> <div class="spotlight-content"> <h3>Wealth</h3> <p>Compare variations in household wealth, poverty, and inequality across the developing world by means of asset indicators and one unified international wealth index</p> <div class="buttonstrip"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/wealth/">Discover more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"> <div class="spotlight"> <div class="spotlight-image"> <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/gender/"><img class="inline-image" src="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/gender7_332x253.png" alt="" srcset="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/gender7_664x505.png 2x"> </a> </div> <div class="spotlight-content"> <h3>Gender</h3> <p>Address female empowerment and gender equality with data on marriage and patrilocality across the developing world </p> <div class="buttonstrip"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/gender/">Discover more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"> <div class="spotlight"> <div class="spotlight-image"> <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/demographics/"><img class="inline-image" src="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/demographics5_332x260.png" alt="" srcset="https://globaldatalab.org/thumbs/2025/03/demographics5_664x519.png 2x"> </a> </div> <div class="spotlight-content"> <h3>Demographics</h3> <p>Demographic indicators on urbanization, fertility, population, and the demographic window allowing analyses of population dynamics</p> <div class="buttonstrip"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/demographics/">Discover more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="content-box landing-box"> <h2>Archive Downloads</h2> <p>To download the old Area Data in Excel or CSV format, a free-of-charge registration with GDL is necessary. Registration takes less than 5 minutes. Sub-samples as well as complete datasets can be downloaded.</p> <div> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/download/">Go to downloads</a> </div> <span class="icon bi bi-download"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="content-box landing-box"> <h2>How to cite us</h2> <p>For data retrieved from the Area Database, please refer to both the data and the accompanying paper:</p> <ul> <li>Data retrieved from the Area Database of the Global Data Lab, <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/">https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/</a>, version v4.2.</li> <li>Smits, J. GDL Area Database. Sub-national development indicators for research and policy making. <a href="https://globaldatalab.org/asset/286/Smits%20GDL%20Working%20Paper%2016-101%20v360.pdf">GDL Working Paper 16-101</a> (2016).</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <nav id="bottomNav" style="--bs-breadcrumb-divider: '>';" aria-label="Breadcrumbs"> <div class="container"> <ol class="breadcrumb"> <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/"><i class="bi bi-house-door-fill"></i> </a></li> <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/">Area Database</a></li> </ol> </div> </nav>  <footer> <div class="container pt-5 pb-3"> <div class="row border-bottom pb-4 d-none d-lg-flex"> <div class="col-2"> <h5>Datasets</h5> <ul class="nav flex-column"> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/" class="nav-link p-0">Human Development</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/education/" class="nav-link p-0">Education and Work</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/health/" class="nav-link p-0">Health</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/climate/" class="nav-link p-0">Climate</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/wealth/" class="nav-link p-0">Wealth</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/gender/" class="nav-link p-0">Gender</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/demographics/" class="nav-link p-0">Demographics</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/governance/" class="nav-link p-0">Governance</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-2"> <h5>About</h5> <ul class="nav flex-column"> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/about/mission/" class="nav-link p-0">Mission</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/about/history/" class="nav-link p-0">History</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/methods/" class="nav-link p-0">Methods</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/team/" class="nav-link p-0">Team</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/students/research/" class="nav-link p-0">Students</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/contact/" class="nav-link p-0">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-2"> <h5>Other</h5> <ul class="nav flex-column"> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org" class="nav-link p-0">Publications</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/news/" class="nav-link p-0">News Archive</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/sdgs/" class="nav-link p-0">SDG Dashboard</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/privacypolicy/" class="nav-link p-0">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/termsofuse/" class="nav-link p-0">Terms of use</a></li> <li class="nav-item mb-2"><a href="https://globaldatalab.org/login/" class="nav-link p-0">Log in</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 offset-lg-2"> <form action="https://globaldatalab.org/newsletter/" method="get" class="d-none d-lg-block"> <h5>Subscribe to our newsletter</h5> <div class="d-flex w-100 gap-2"> <label for="email" class="visually-hidden">Email address</label> <input name="email" id="email" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Email address"> <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Subscribe</button> </div> </form> <ul class="list-unstyled d-flex fs-4 mt-lg-4 justify-content-end"> <li class="ms-3"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-data-lab/" title="LinkedIn"><i class="bi bi-linkedin"></i></a></li> <li class="ms-3"><a href="https://twitter.com/globaldatalab/" title="Twitter"><i class="bi bi-twitter"></i></a></li> <li class="ms-3"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvqQcbDwKnbwheNKeSKe8Q" title="YouTube"><i class="bi bi-youtube"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="d-lg-flex justify-content-between mt-lg-3"> <p class="lh-lg text-center text-lg-start mt-lg-3"> 漏 2013-2025 Global Data Lab. 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