HXL-Standardized Humanitarian Data: Weekly Global Index

This weekly updated registry tracks all public datasets on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) that implement the #HXL (Humanitarian Exchange Language) standard. Produced by the Humanitarian Exchange Language organization, it identifies specific datasets and their providing organizations to facilitate the discovery of standardized humanitarian data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of #HXL hashtag usage among humanitarian organizations
• Building a catalog of interoperable datasets for humanitarian response planning
• Tracking the growth of standardized data contributions on the HDX platform

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Identifies organizations contributing to the HXL standard
• Available in CSV and Google Sheet formats

Limitations

• Contains metadata only, not the underlying humanitarian records
• Restricted to datasets hosted on the HDX platform
• The providing organization is currently listed as inactive

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

Collection Method

Automated aggregation

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Global