georegions: Region-level georeferenced data

In covid19br: Brazilian COVID-19 Pandemic Data

Region-level georeferenced data

Description

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

Format

A data frame with 5 rows and 10 variables:

• region: regions' 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

• 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(s)

Fabio N. Demarqui [e-mail]

Source

• Shapefiles for Brazilian maps: https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/downloads-geociencias.html

• Brazilian DHI data: https://github.com/ipea/IpeaGeo

covid19br documentation built on Aug. 19, 2025, 1:11 a.m.