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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset consists of population, human development, economic, water resources, land cover, land use, agriculture, food, energy and biodiversity data . This dataset was collated by IPCC from a variety of sources such as The World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS,
BRUNEI,
CAPE VERDE,
COMOROS,
COOK ISLANDS,
CUBA,
CYPRUS,
DOMINICA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
FIJI,
GRENADA,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
JAMAICA,
KIRIBATI,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MAURITIUS,
MICRONESIA,
NAURU,
PALAU,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
REUNION,
SAMOA,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
SEYCHELLES,
SINGAPORE,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,
SRI LANKA,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS,
ST LUCIA,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
TONGA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TUVALU,
VANUATU,
AFGHANISTAN,
AFRICA,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANDORRA,
ANGOLA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
ASIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BELIZE,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
CHINA,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
DENMARK,
DJIBOUTI,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
EUROPE,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
FRENCH GUIANA,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GREECE,
GUATEMALA,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA,
HONDURAS,
HONG KONG,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LIECHTENSTEIN,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MIDDLE EAST,
MOLDOVA,
MONACO,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH AMERICA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAN MARINO,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SURINAME,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
URUGUAY,
UZBEKISTAN,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01
1991-01-01
1980-01-01
1992-01-01
1993-01-01
1994-01-01
1995-01-01
2025-01-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3550186689-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change-IPCC. (1998). IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4WM1BB7 Date Accessed: 2025-07-19

Data Center Citation

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC. 1998. IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4WM1BB7.

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