GHS-WUP-COUNTRY-STATS R2025A – GHS-WUP country statistics by Degree of Urbanisation classes, multitemporal (1950-2100)

Chris Jacobs Crisioni; Marcello Schiavina; Michele Melchiorri; Alfredo Alessandrini; Lewis Dijkstra

doi:https://doi.org/10.2905/ee52f334-aaee-4b9e-aa00-d38ecf6c11a9

Description

This product contains the summary statistics of the area, population and built-up surface by Degree of Urbanisation classes (both L1 and L2) for each country in the World (United Nation “Standard country or area codes for statistical use” (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/49/Rev.3), produced by the JRC in the epochs 1950-2100 (5-yrs interval).

Contact

Email: jrc-ghsl-data (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

Chris Jacobs Crisioni

0000-0001-6225-4813
Marcello Schiavina

0000-0003-3399-3400
Michele Melchiorri

0000-0002-3009-8868
Alfredo Alessandrini
Lewis Dijkstra

How to cite

Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris; Schiavina, Marcello; Melchiorri, Michele; Alessandrini, Alfredo; Dijkstra, Lewis (2025): GHS-WUP-COUNTRY-STATS R2025A – GHS-WUP country statistics by Degree of Urbanisation classes, multitemporal (1950-2100). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/ee52f334-aaee-4b9e-aa00-d38ecf6c11a9 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ee52f334-aaee-4b9e-aa00-d38ecf6c11a9

Keywords

Country Statistics Degree of Urbanisation GHS-DEGURBA GHS-SMOD GHSL global map GPW high density clusters low density clusters Settlement model Settlement projections urban centre urban cluster urban-rural population

Data access

GHS_WUP_COUNTRY_STATS_R2025A

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Summary statistics of the area, population and built-up surface by Degree of Urbanisation classes (both L1 and L2) for each country in the World (United Nation “Standard country or area codes for statistical use” (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/49/Rev.3), produced by the JRC in the epochs 1950-2100 (5-yrs interval).

Geographic areas

World

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
1975-01-01	2100-12-31

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2025-08-07
Modified date: 2025-10-23
Issued date: 2025-11-17
Landing page: http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Population and society, Science and technology
Update frequency: irregular
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ee52f334-aaee-4b9e-aa00-d38ecf6c11a9
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