The Human Index: Civilizational Stress Dataset (release 2026-11, methodology v2.3)

The Human Index is an open civilizational stress index that scores 25 countries from 0 to 100 (higher = more stress). This deposit archives the published data as of 3 November 2026 (methodology v2.3). Up to 29 indicators from public statistics and published surveys (World Bank, Eurostat, OECD, IMF World Economic Outlook, ERA5 via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, IHME Global Burden of Disease, Gallup, World Happiness Report, EVS/WVS, DataReportal, WRI Aqueduct and others) are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale against fixed bounds and averaged into five domains: economic (28%), social (22%), mental (22%), technological (11%; half weight while it rests on one indicator) and environmental (17%). Values older than five years are excluded and three-to-five-year-old values count at half weight. A separate Live layer measures recent momentum in unemployment, inflation, currency, job postings, geopolitical risk, policy uncertainty and disasters against each country's own history (50 = normal). Files thehumanindex-scores.csv — current composite, five domain scores, data coverage and Live layer, one row per country. thehumanindex-historical.csv — historical structural index 2000–2025, rebuilt each year from 16 World Bank indicators with genuine annual histories. README.md — codebook, method summary and caveats. snapshot.md — plain-text ranking, Live signals and indicator sources at release time. Raw values from proprietary survey sources are not redistributed; derived scores are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. Full methodology: thehumanindex.org/methodology; change log: thehumanindex.org/changelog.