The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing data across crises and organisations. Launched in July 2014, the goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis. Our growing collection of datasets has been accessed by users in over 200 countries and territories. Watch this video to learn more.
HDX is managed by OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, which is located in The Hague. OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. The HDX team includes OCHA staff and a number of consultants who are based in North America, Europe and Africa.
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We define humanitarian data as:
- data about the context in which a humanitarian crisis is occurring (e.g., baseline/development data, damage assessments, geospatial data)
- data about the people affected by the crisis and their needs
- data about the response by organisations and people seeking to help those who need assistance.
HDX uses an open-source software called CKAN for our technical back-end. You can find all of our code on GitHub.
Source: Welcome – Humanitarian Data Exchange
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