General Information on our Data Sets
Download our collection of subnational, spatially explicit, poverty data sets. These are available for selected proxy measures of poverty at global and national scales. The global data are of varying resolution, but primarily coarse; the national data sets are of considerable higher resolution.
Global Poverty Data
Global data sets include two proxy poverty measurements: Malnutrition (underweight children) and Infant Mortality Rates
and possible poverty determinants, all translated to a common
quarter-degree grid.
A quarter-degree grid cell is approximately 770 square kilometers
(300 square miles) at the equator, and progressively less at higher latitudes.
Global Data Sets Download Page 
National Poverty Data
Small Area Estimates Data Sets contain poverty, inequality, and related data for subnational administrative units in approximately twenty countries.
Unsatisfied Basic Needs Data Sets contain measures of unmet basic needs for subnational administrative units of numerous countries in Latin America.
Poverty and Food Security Data Sets contain poverty and food security measures for several case study countries.
National Data Sets Download Page
Other Related Information:
- NHDR: CIESIN's National Human Development Report Data Catalog summarizes data available in 52 countries' National Human Development Reports (NHDRs) that are relevant to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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