Prindex is a global initiative born from a partnership between the Global Land Alliance and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). It was created to fill a critical gap in data regarding property rights, offering a worldwide measure of how secure people feel about their land and housing tenure. Prior to Prindex, there was limited insight into global perceptions of property security, despite its importance to key development goals.

Since its inception, Prindex has been instrumental in advancing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.4, which focuses on ensuring equal rights to ownership and control of land and property by 2030. Prindex's data plays a crucial role in tracking progress towards this goal, especially through SDG Indicator 1.4.2, which measures perceptions of tenure security across various populations. By collecting comprehensive and comparable data from over 140 countries, Prindex helps governments and international organizations design policies that address property insecurity, ultimately contributing to poverty reduction, gender equality, and sustainable development.