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UNDP Human Development Report data (HDI and composite indices)

Table 1 (HDI and components), Table 2, titled "Trends in the Human Development Index, 1990-2023", Table 3 (Inequality-adjusted HDI), Table 4 (Gender Development Index), Table 5 (Gender Inequality Index) and Table 7 (Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI) from the 2025 HDR, plus a complete composite-indices time series (1990-2023) as one CSV. Update cadence: annual, with each Human Development Report.

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