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Data Archive

The files below contain previous, now outdated versions of the SERF Index. They are provided here for the convenience of researchers who my be currently using these older versions of the data.

2020 International SERF Index Update

2019 International SERF Index Update

2017 International SERF Index Update Downloads

2015 International SERF Index Downloads

2013 International SERF Index Downloads

2012 International SERF Index Downloads

2011 International SERF Index Downloads

SERF Index now part of the Universal Rights Group’s Data Portal
The Universal Rights Group is an independent think tank located in Geneva that is focused on “analyzing and strengthening global human rights policy”. Among other things, “it provides a forum for discussion and debate” on human rights issues that seeks to bridge the gap between the international human rights system on the one hand and […]

2021 Update International SERF Index now Available
The 2021 update of the International SERF Index is now available! This year’s update re-estimated all of the achievement possibility frontiers used to benchmark State obligations using the new round of the International Comparison Project providing per capita income data measured in 2017 PPP$. This year’s update continues to include sex disaggregation of many scores […]

2020 Update International SERF Index now Available
The 2020 Update of the International SERF Index is now available. Highlights include sex disaggregation of scores on many right aspects, and the introduction of a new metric–the excess income metric. You can find an overview of the 2020 Update here and download the 2020 Update data here. .

2019 SERF Index Update is Now Available
The 2019 Update of the SERF Index is now available. See HERE for information about what’s new and HERE to download the data.

Announcing New Partnership
The Economic and Social Rights Empowerment Initiative has joined forces with the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, HRMI. HRMI has adopted the SERF Index and underlying metrics as its economic and social rights scores for their “income-adjusted” quality of life metrics. HRMI proides extensive data visualization tools showing country performance over time and comparing country performance […]