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Indicators

Below are 331 indicators from the World Development Indicators (WDI) covering 214 countries from 1960 to 2011 translated into Spanish, French, Arabic and Chinese. To access the full WDI, visit the World DataBank.

Agriculture & Rural Development

Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)

Forest area (% of land area)

Agricultural land (% of land area)

Forest area (sq. km)

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)

Land area (sq. km)

Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)

Land under cereal production (hectares)

Arable land (hectares per person)

Livestock production index (2004-2006 = 100)

Arable land (% of land area)

Permanent cropland (% of land area)

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)

Crop production index (2004-2006 = 100)

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)

Rural population

Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

Rural population (% of total population)

Food production index (2004-2006 = 100)

Aid Effectiveness

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)

Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)

Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)

Net official development assistance received (current US$)

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

Population, female (% of total)

Income share held by lowest 20%

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

Net migration

Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)

Net ODA received (% of GNI)

Climate Change

Access to electricity (% of population)

Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)

Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)

Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)

Agricultural land (% of land area)

Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)

Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)

Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)

Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

CO2 emissions (kt)

Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Notified cases of malaria (per 100,000 people)

Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Population growth (annual %)

Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)

Forest area (% of land area)

Population, total

Forest area (sq. km)

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)

GDP (current US$)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)

Roads, paved (% of total roads)

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)

Urban population

Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)

Urban population (% of total)

Economic Policy & External Debt

Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)

IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)

Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Industry, value added (% of GDP)

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$)

Net ODA received (% of GNI)

External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$)

Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)

Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)

Net official development assistance received (current US$)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Personal transfers and compensation of employees, received (current US$)

GDP (current US$)

Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

GDP growth (annual %)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

GDP per capita (current US$)

Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$)

GNI, Atlas method (current US$)

Royalty and license fees, receipts (BoP, current US$)

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)

Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)

GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)

Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income)

GNI, PPP (current international $)

Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Trade in services (% of GDP)

Gross savings (% of GDP)

Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)

Education

Children out of school, primary, female

Progression to secondary school, female (%)

Children out of school, primary, male

Progression to secondary school, male (%)

Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)

Expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure)

Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Gross intake rate in grade 1, female (% of relevant age group)

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)

Gross intake rate in grade 1, male (% of relevant age group)

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)

Labor force, total

Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

School enrollment, primary (% gross)

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)

School enrollment, primary (% net)

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)

School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total)

School enrollment, secondary (% net)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total)

School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)

Energy & Mining

Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)

Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)

Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)

Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)

Energy imports, net (% of energy use)

GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)

Energy production (kt of oil equivalent)

Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)

Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)

Environment

Access to electricity (% of population)

Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)

Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)

Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

CO2 emissions (kt)

Plant species (higher), threatened

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)

Fish species, threatened

Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Forest area (% of land area)

Water pollution, clay and glass industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Forest area (sq. km)

Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions)

GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum)

Water pollution, metal industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)

Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Mammal species, threatened

Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)

Water pollution, textile industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)

Water pollution, wood industry (% of total BOD emissions)

Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

Financial Sector

Bank capital to assets ratio (%)

Money and quasi money growth (annual %)

Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%)

Net migration

Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)

Personal transfers and compensation of employees, received (current US$)

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (annual growth as % of broad money)

Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high)

Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

Deposit interest rate (%)

Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)

Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)

Real interest rate (%)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %)

Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)

S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)

International migrant stock, total

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Lending interest rate (%)

Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)

Listed domestic companies, total

Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong)

Market capitalization of listed companies (current US$)

Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)

Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)

Gender

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)

Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)

Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)

Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)

Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)

Children out of school, primary, female

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Children out of school, primary, male

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)

Progression to secondary school, female (%)

Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)

Progression to secondary school, male (%)

Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)

Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)

Employees, services, female (% of female employment)

Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)

Employees, services, male (% of male employment)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Gross intake rate in grade 1, female (% of relevant age group)

Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Gross intake rate in grade 1, male (% of relevant age group)

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)

Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)

Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)

Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)

Health

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Notified cases of malaria (per 100,000 people)

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)

Health expenditure per capita (current US$)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total)

Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total)

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)

Population ages 65 and above (% of total)

Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Population, female (% of total)

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Population growth (annual %)

Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)

Population, total

Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)

Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)

Infrastructure

Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide

Internet users (per 100 people)

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)

Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers (per 100 people)

Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)

Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)

Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)

Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

Rail lines (total route-km)

Daily newspapers (per 1,000 people)

Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)

Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)

Road sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)

ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

Road sector energy consumption (% of total energy consumption)

ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)

Road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)

ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)

Roads, paved (% of total roads)

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)

Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)

Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)

Vehicles (per km of road)

Labor & Social Protection

Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)

Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)

Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)

Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)

Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)

Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)

Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)

Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment)

Employees, services, female (% of female employment)

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)

Employees, services, male (% of male employment)

Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)

Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%)

Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)

GDP per person employed (constant 1990 PPP $)

Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)

Labor force, total

Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)

Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)

Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)

Poverty

Income share held by fourth 20%

Poverty gap at national poverty line (%)

Income share held by highest 10%

Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)

Income share held by highest 20%

Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)

Income share held by lowest 10%

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)

Income share held by lowest 20%

Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)

Income share held by second 20%

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)

Income share held by third 20%

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)

Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)

Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)

Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)

Private Sector

Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials

ISO certification ownership (% of firms)

Documents to export (number)

Lead time to export, median case (days)

Documents to import (number)

Lead time to import, median case (days)

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)

Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

Export value index (2000 = 100)

Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)

Export volume index (2000 = 100)

New businesses registered (number)

Firms using banks to finance investment (% of firms)

Start-up procedures to register a business (number)

Import value index (2000 = 100)

Tax payments (number)

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

Time required to start a business (days)

Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)

Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)

Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)

Time to resolve insolvency (years)

Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)

Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)

Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)

Trade in services (% of GDP)

Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)

Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales)

Public Sector

Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Tax payments (number)

CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP)

Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)

IDA resource allocation index (1=low to 6=high)

Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)

Science & Technology

High-technology exports (current US$)

Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$)

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

Royalty and license fees, receipts (BoP, current US$)

Patent applications, nonresidents

Scientific and technical journal articles

Patent applications, residents

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

Trademark applications, direct nonresident

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

Trademark applications, direct resident

Social Development

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)

Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)

Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)

Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)

Children in employment, total (% of children ages 7-14)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)

Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14)

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum

Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14)

Refugee population by country or territory of origin

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)

Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)

Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)

Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)

Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)

Urban Development

Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)

Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)

Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)

Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)

Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)

Road sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)

Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)

Road sector energy consumption (% of total energy consumption)

PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)

Road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Urban population

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total)

Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)

Vehicles (per km of road)

Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)