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The Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic Data (G-Econ), Version 4 contains derived one degree grid cells of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data in Grid and ASCII formats for both Market Exchange Rate (MER) and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for the years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. MER is the exchange rate between local and U.S. dollar currencies for a given time period established by the market. PPP is the exchange rate between a country's currency and U.S. dollars adjusted to reflect the actual cost in U.S. dollars of purchasing a standardized market basket of goods in that country using the country's currency. The original data from the G-Econ Project at Yale University is also available in tabular format and includes latitude and longitude geographic coordinates of the grid cells, area of grid cells, as well as country names, distance to coast, elevation, vegetation, population, precipitation and temperature.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL ,
OCEANIA ,
AMERICAN SAMOA ,
ANGUILLA ,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,
ARUBA ,
BAHAMAS ,
BAKER ISLAND ,
BARBADOS ,
BERMUDA ,
BOUVET ISLAND ,
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY ,
BRUNEI ,
CAPE VERDE ,
CAYMAN ISLANDS ,
CHRISTMAS ISLAND ,
COCOS ISLANDS ,
COMOROS ,
COOK ISLANDS ,
CUBA ,
CYPRUS ,
DOMINICA ,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,
FAEROE ISLANDS ,
FALKLAND ISLANDS ,
FIJI ,
FRENCH POLYNESIA ,
GRENADA ,
GUADELOUPE ,
GUAM ,
HAITI ,
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS ,
HOWLAND ISLAND ,
INDONESIA ,
ISLE OF MAN ,
JAMAICA ,
JARVIS ISLAND ,
JOHNSTON ATOLL ,
KIRIBATI ,
MADAGASCAR ,
MALAYSIA ,
MALDIVES ,
MALTA ,
MARSHALL ISLANDS ,
MARTINIQUE ,
MAURITIUS ,
MAYOTTE ,
MICRONESIA ,
MONTSERRAT ,
NAURU ,
NEW CALEDONIA ,
NIUE ,
NORFOLK ISLAND ,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ,
PALAU ,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,
PHILIPPINES ,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS ,
PUERTO RICO ,
REUNION ,
SAMOA ,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,
SEYCHELLES ,
SINGAPORE ,
SOLOMON ISLANDS ,
SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND ,
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS ,
SRI LANKA ,
ST HELENA ,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,
ST LUCIA ,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON ,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,
TOKELAU ,
TONGA ,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ,
TUVALU ,
VANUATU ,
VIRGIN ISLANDS ,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS ,
AFGHANISTAN ,
AFRICA ,
ALBANIA ,
ALGERIA ,
ANDORRA ,
ANGOLA ,
ARMENIA ,
ASIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
AUSTRIA ,
AZERBAIJAN ,
BAHRAIN ,
BANGLADESH ,
BELARUS ,
BELGIUM ,
BELIZE ,
BENIN ,
BHUTAN ,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,
BOTSWANA ,
BULGARIA ,
BURKINA FASO ,
BURUNDI ,
CAMBODIA ,
CAMEROON ,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ,
CHAD ,
CHINA ,
COSTA RICA ,
COTE D'IVOIRE ,
CROATIA ,
CZECHIA ,
DENMARK ,
DJIBOUTI ,
EGYPT ,
EL SALVADOR ,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,
ERITREA ,
ESTONIA ,
ETHIOPIA ,
EUROPE ,
FINLAND ,
FRANCE ,
GABON ,
GAMBIA ,
GAZA STRIP ,
GEORGIA ,
GERMANY ,
GHANA ,
GIBRALTAR ,
GREECE ,
GUATEMALA ,
GUINEA ,
GUINEA-BISSAU ,
HONDURAS ,
HONG KONG ,
HUNGARY ,
ICELAND ,
INDIA ,
IRAN ,
IRAQ ,
IRELAND ,
ISRAEL ,
ITALY ,
JAPAN ,
JORDAN ,
KAZAKHSTAN ,
KENYA ,
KUWAIT ,
KYRGYZSTAN ,
LATVIA ,
LEBANON ,
LESOTHO ,
LIBERIA ,
LIBYA ,
LIECHTENSTEIN ,
LITHUANIA ,
LUXEMBOURG ,
MACAU ,
MALAWI ,
MALI ,
MAURITANIA ,
MOLDOVA ,
MONACO ,
MONGOLIA ,
MOROCCO ,
MOZAMBIQUE ,
NAMIBIA ,
NEPAL ,
NETHERLANDS ,
NEW ZEALAND ,
NICARAGUA ,
NIGER ,
NIGERIA ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
NORTH KOREA ,
NORTH MACEDONIA ,
NORWAY ,
OMAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
PANAMA ,
POLAND ,
PORTUGAL ,
QATAR ,
ROMANIA ,
RWANDA ,
SAN MARINO ,
SAUDI ARABIA ,
SENEGAL ,
SIERRA LEONE ,
SLOVAKIA ,
SLOVENIA ,
SOMALIA ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH KOREA ,
SPAIN ,
SUDAN ,
SWAZILAND ,
SWEDEN ,
SWITZERLAND ,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,
TAIWAN ,
TAJIKISTAN ,
TANZANIA ,
THAILAND ,
TOGO ,
TUNISIA ,
TURKEY ,
TURKMENISTAN ,
UGANDA ,
UKRAINE ,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,
UNITED KINGDOM ,
UZBEKISTAN ,
VATICAN CITY ,
VIETNAM ,
YEMEN ,
ZAMBIA ,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 ,
1995-01-01 ,
2000-01-01 ,
2005-01-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3551684592-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Economic Resources

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Nordhaus, W. D., & Chen, X. (2016). Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic (G-Econ) Data Set, Version 4 (Version 4.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H42V2D1C Date Accessed: 2026-06-03

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