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. 2018 Feb 6;5:180004. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Table 4. List of provided data files with their format and dimensions.

Dataset Format Dimensions Note
Lat stands for latitudes, Lon stands for longitudes, Timesteps stands for number of years of data. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Production, PPP stands for Purchasing Power Parity, HDI stands for Human Development Index. GHS stands for Global Human Settlement.      
GDP per capita (PPP) NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Timesteps: 26 Gridded GDP per capita, derived from a combination of sub-national and national datasets
GDP (PPP)—5 arc-min NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Timesteps: 26 Total GDP (PPP) of each grid cell, derived from GDP per capita (PPP) which is multiplied by gridded population data HYDE 3.2
GDP (PPP)—30 arc-sec NetCDF-4 Lat: 21600Lon: 43200Timesteps: 3 Total GDP (PPP) of each grid cell, derived from GDP per capita (PPP) which is multiplied by gridded population data GHS
Pedigree of GDP data NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Timesteps: 26 Reports the scale (national, sub-national) and type (reported, interpolated, extrapolated) of each year of data
HDI NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Timesteps: 26 Gridded HDI, derived from a combination of sub-national and national datasets
Pedigree of HDI data NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Timesteps: 26 Reports the level (national, sub-national) and type (reported, interpolated, extrapolated) of each year of data
Administrative units NetCDF-4 Lat: 2160Lon: 4320Products: 2 Represents the administrative units used for GDP per capita (PPP) and HDI. National admin units have id 1–999, sub-national ones 1001-