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Data set obtaind from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) with data on the Brazilian population and geographical information on city level.

Format

A data frame with 5570 rows and 16 variables:

  • region: regions' names

  • state: states' names.

  • city: cities' names.

  • DHI: development human index.

  • EDHI: educational development human index.

  • LDHI: longevity development human index.

  • IDHI: income development human index.

  • pop: estimated population in 2019.

  • region_code: numerical code attributed to regions

  • state_code: numerical code attributed to states

  • mesoregion_code: numerical code attributed to mesoregions

  • microregion_code: numerical code attributed to microregions

  • city_code: numerical code attributed to cities

  • geometry: georeferenced data needed to plot maps.

  • area: area (in Km^2)

  • pop_dens: demographic density.

Details

The development human index (DHI) variables are available at city level, and their average are computed for state and region levels.

Author

Fabio N. Demarqui fndemarqui@est.ufmg.br