Today, the World Bank released an incredible catalog of previously closed data on their new data website. The collection includes over 2000 variables gathered by the World Bank and other organizations, from the number of start-up procedures to register a business to the number of nurses per 1000 people. This is not the rough data researchers are often forced to use, but high quality clean data collected using well developed methodologies.

For quantitative international relations researchers today is Christmas. However, probably more important is the use of this data by start-ups and other for-profit groups creating useful tools for practitioners and policymakers alike.

For easy browsing, I have listed over one thousand of the available variables after the jump.

Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (current US$)
Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$)
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$)
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$)
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (current US$)
Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (current US$)
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion (current US$)
Adjusted savings: net national savings (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: net national savings (current US$)
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI)
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
Agricultural land (% of land area)
Agricultural land (sq. km)
Agricultural machinery, tractors
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)
Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
Agriculture, value added (annual % growth)
Agriculture, value added (constant 2000 US$)
Agriculture, value added (constant LCU)
Agriculture, value added (current LCU)
Agriculture, value added (current US$)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
Air transport, passengers carried
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Arable land (% of land area)
Arable land (hectares per person)
Arable land (hectares)
ARI treatment (% of children under 5 taken to a health provider)
Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
Armed forces personnel, total
Arms exports (constant 1990 US$)
Arms imports (constant 1990 US$)
Average grace period on new external debt commitments (years)
Average grace period on new external debt commitments, official (years)
Average grace period on new external debt commitments, private (years)
Average grant element on new external debt commitments (%)
Average grant element on new external debt commitments, official (%)
Average grant element on new external debt commitments, private (%)
Average interest on new external debt commitments (%)
Average interest on new external debt commitments, official (%)
Average interest on new external debt commitments, private (%)
Average maturity on new external debt commitments (years)
Average maturity on new external debt commitments, official (years)
Average maturity on new external debt commitments, private (years)
Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
Average time to clear exports through customs (days)
Bank capital to assets ratio (%)
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%)
Bank nonperfoming loans to total gross loans (%)
Battle-related deaths (number of people)
Binding coverage, all products (%)
Binding coverage, manufactured products (%)
Binding coverage, primary products (%)
Bird species, threatened
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
Bound rate, simple mean, all products (%)
Bound rate, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
Bound rate, simple mean, primary products (%)
Burden of customs procedure, WEF (1=extremely inefficient to 7=extremely efficient)
Business entry rate (new registrations as % of total)
Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure)
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
Cash surplus/deficit (current LCU)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Central government debt, total (current LCU)
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Changes in inventories (constant LCU)
Changes in inventories (current LCU)
Changes in inventories (current US$)
Changes in net reserves (BoP, current US$)
Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)
Child employment in agriculture (% of economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in agriculture, female (% of female economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in agriculture, male (% of male economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in manufacturing (% of economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in manufacturing, female (% of female economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in manufacturing, male (% of male economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in services (% of economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in services, female (% of female economically active children ages 7-14)
Child employment in services, male (% of male economically active children ages 7-14)
Children out of school, primary
Children out of school, primary, female
Children out of school, primary, male
Children with fever receiving antimalarial drugs (% of children under age 5 with fever)
Claims on governments and other public entities (current LCU)
Claims on governments, etc. (annual growth as % of M2)
Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of M2)
CO2 emissions (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)
CO2 emissions (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)
CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP)
CO2 emissions (kt)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)
Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)
Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Commercial service exports (current US$)
Commercial service imports (current US$)
Commitments, IBRD (COM, current US$)
Commitments, IDA (COM, current US$)
Commitments, official creditors (COM, current US$)
Commitments, private creditors (COM, current US$)
Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed (COM, current US$)
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)
Community health workers (per 1,000 people)
Compensation of employees (% of expense)
Compensation of employees (current LCU)
Completeness of birth registration (%)
Completeness of birth registration, rural (%)
Completeness of birth registration, urban (%)
Completeness of infant death reporting (% of reported infant deaths to estimated infant deaths)
Completeness of total death reporting (% of reported total deaths to estimated total deaths)
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports)
Concessional debt (% of total external debt)
Consumer price index (2005 = 100)
Consumption of iodized salt (% of households)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
Cost to export (US$ per container)
Cost to import (US$ per container)
CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA financial sector rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA macroeconomic management rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA quality of public administration rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA trade rating (1=low to 6=high)
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating (1=low to 6=high)
Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high)
Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Cross-currency valuation (current US$)
Currency composition of PPG debt, all other currencies (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Deutsche mark (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Euro (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, French franc (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Japanese yen (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Multiple currencies (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Pound sterling (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, SDR (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, Swiss franc (%)
Currency composition of PPG debt, U.S. dollars (%)
Current account balance (% of GDP)
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Current transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)
Customs and other import duties (current LCU)
Daily newspapers (per 1,000 people)
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Debt buyback (current US$)
Debt forgiveness grants (current US$)
Debt forgiveness or reduction (current US$)
Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports, excluding workers’ remittances)
Debt service on external debt, long-term (TDS, current US$)
Debt service on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (TDS, current US$)
Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$)
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)
Debt stock reduction (current US$)
Debt stock rescheduled (current US$)
DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
Deposit interest rate (%)
Depth of hunger (kilocalories per person per day)
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)
Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$)
Disbursements on external debt, long-term + IMF (DIS, current US$)
Disbursements on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DIS, current US$)
Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$)
Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (constant LCU)
Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (current LCU)
Documents to export (number)
Documents to import (number)
Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)
EBRD, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$)
Economically active children, female (% of female children ages 7-14)
Economically active children, male (% of male children ages 7-14)
Economically active children, study and work (% of economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active children, study and work, female (% of female economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active children, study and work, male (% of male economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active children, total (% of children ages 7-14)
Economically active children, work only (% of economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active children, work only, female (% of female economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active children, work only, male (% of male economically active children, ages 7-14)
Economically active population in agriculture  (number)
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Electric power consumption (kWh)
Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output)
Electric power transmission and distribution losses (kWh)
Electricity production (kWh)
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)
Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)
Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)
Emigration rate of tertiary educated (% of total tertiary educated population)
Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)
Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)
Employees, services, female (% of female employment)
Employees, services, male (% of male employment)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Employment in industry (% of total employment)
Employment in services (% of total employment)
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%)
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%)
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%)
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%)
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%)
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%)
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
Energy production (kt of oil equivalent)
Energy related methane emissions (% of total)
Energy related nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent) per $1,000 GDP (constant 2005 PPP)
Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)
Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)
Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)
Expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)
Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)
Expense (% of GDP)
Expense (current LCU)
Export value index (2000 = 100)
Export volume index (2000 = 100)
Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services (annual % growth)
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)
Exports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$)
Exports of goods and services (constant LCU)
Exports of goods and services (current LCU)
Exports of goods and services (current US$)
Exports of goods, services and income (BoP, current US$)
Exports of goods, services, income and workers’ remittances (BoP, current US$)
External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)
External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)
External balance on goods and services (current LCU)
External balance on goods and services (current US$)
External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and income)
External debt stocks (% of GNI)
External debt stocks, concessional (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, long-term private sector (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, long-term public sector (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
External debt stocks, variable rate (DOD, current US$)
External resources for health (% of total expenditure on health)
Female adults with HIV (% of population ages 15+ with HIV)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Fertilizer consumption (% of fertilizer production)
Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Fertilizer consumption (metric tons)
Final consumption expenditure (constant 2000 US$)
Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)
Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)
Final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (annual % growth)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (constant 2000 US$)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (constant LCU)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (current LCU)
Final consumption expenditure, etc. (current US$)
Financing via international capital markets (gross inflows, % of GDP)
Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms)
Firms offering formal training (% of firms)
Firms using banks to finance investment (% of firms)
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)
Fish species, threatened
Fixed broadband Internet access tariff (US$ per month)
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing)
Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy (DRS, current US$)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP)
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (sq. km)
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)
Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)
Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)
GDP (constant 2000 US$)
GDP (constant LCU)
GDP (current LCU)
GDP (current US$)
GDP deflator (base year varies by country)
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
GDP per capita (constant LCU)
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
GDP per person employed (constant 1990 PPP $)
GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
GDP per unit of energy use (PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
GDP, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
GDP, PPP (current international $)
GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum)
General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)
General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2000 US$)
General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)
General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU)
General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)
GINI index
GNI (current LCU)
GNI (current US$)
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
GNI, PPP (current international $)
Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Goods and services expense (current LCU)
Goods exports (BoP, current US$)
Goods imports (BoP, current US$)
Grants and other revenue (% of revenue)
Grants and other revenue (current LCU)
Grants, excluding technical cooperation (current US$)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
Gross capital formation (annual % growth)
Gross capital formation (constant 2000 US$)
Gross capital formation (constant LCU)
Gross capital formation (current LCU)
Gross capital formation (current US$)
Gross domestic income (constant 2000 US$)
Gross domestic income (constant LCU)
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP)
Gross domestic savings (constant LCU)
Gross domestic savings (current LCU)
Gross domestic savings (current US$)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)
Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth)
Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2000 US$)
Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU)
Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU)
Gross fixed capital formation (current US$)
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female (% of relevant age group)
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male (% of relevant age group)
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total (% of relevant age group)
Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)
Gross national expenditure (constant 2000 US$)
Gross national expenditure (constant LCU)
Gross national expenditure (current LCU)
Gross national expenditure (current US$)
Gross national income (constant LCU)
Gross savings (% of GDP)
Gross savings (% of GNI)
Gross savings (current LCU)
Gross savings (current US$)
Gross value added at factor cost (constant 2000 US$)
Gross value added at factor cost (constant LCU)
Gross value added at factor cost (current LCU)
Gross value added at factor cost (current US$)
Health expenditure per capita (current US$)
Health expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, public (% of government expenditure)
Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
Highest marginal tax rate, corporate rate (%)
Highest marginal tax rate, individual (on income exceeding, US$)
Highest marginal tax rate, individual rate (%)
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
High-technology exports (current US$)
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
Household final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)
Household final consumption expenditure (constant 2000 US$)
Household final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)
Household final consumption expenditure (current LCU)
Household final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Household final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2000 US$)
Household final consumption expenditure per capita growth (annual %)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (annual % growth)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (constant 2000 US$)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (constant LCU)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (current LCU)
Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (current US$)
Household final consumption expenditure, PPP (constant 2005 international $)
Household final consumption expenditure, PPP (current international $)
Households with television (%)
IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
IDA grants (current US$)
IDA resource allocation index (1=low to 6=high)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$)
IMF charges (INT, current US$)
IMF purchases (DIS, current US$)
IMF repurchases (AMT, current US$)
IMF repurchases and charges (TDS, current US$)
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Import value index (2000 = 100)
Import volume index (2000 = 100)
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Imports of goods and services (annual % growth)
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)
Imports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$)
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU)
Imports of goods and services (current LCU)
Imports of goods and services (current US$)
Imports of goods, services and income (BoP, current US$)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access)
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)
Improved water source (% of population with access)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
Income payments (BoP, current US$)
Income receipts (BoP, current US$)
Income share held by fourth 20%
Income share held by highest 10%
Income share held by highest 20%
Income share held by lowest 10%
Income share held by lowest 20%
Income share held by second 20%
Income share held by third 20%
Industry, value added (% of GDP)
Industry, value added (annual % growth)
Industry, value added (constant 2000 US$)
Industry, value added (constant LCU)
Industry, value added (current LCU)
Industry, value added (current US$)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Information and communication technology expenditure (% of GDP)
Information and communication technology expenditure (current US$)
Information and communication technology expenditure per capita (current US$)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)
Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP)
Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)
Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000 people, CTS and national sources)
Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000 people, WHO)
Interest arrears, official creditors (current US$)
Interest arrears, private creditors (current US$)
Interest arrears, public and publicly guaranteed (current US$)
Interest forgiven (current US$)
Interest payments (% of expense)
Interest payments (% of revenue)
Interest payments (current LCU)
Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and income)
Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI)
Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$)
Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$)
Interest payments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (INT, current US$)
Interest payments on external debt, short-term (INT, current US$)
Interest payments on external debt, total (INT, current US$)
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
Interest rescheduled (capitalized) (current US$)
Interest rescheduled, official (current US$)
Interest rescheduled, private (current US$)
Internally displaced persons (number)
International Internet bandwidth (bits per person)
International Internet bandwidth (Mbps)
International migrant stock (% of population)
International migrant stock, total
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports)
International tourism, expenditures (current US$)
International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)
International tourism, number of arrivals
International tourism, number of departures
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports)
International tourism, receipts (current US$)
International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)
International voice traffic (minutes per person)
International voice traffic (out and in, minutes)
Internet users
Internet users (per 100 people)
Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)
Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)
Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)
ISO certification ownership (% of firms)
Labor force with primary education (% of total)
Labor force with primary education, female (% of female labor force)
Labor force with primary education, male (% of male labor force)
Labor force with secondary education (% of total)
Labor force with secondary education, female (% of female labor force)
Labor force with secondary education, male (% of male labor force)
Labor force with tertiary education (% of total)
Labor force with tertiary education, female (% of female labor force)
Labor force with tertiary education, male (% of male labor force)
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
Labor force, total
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+)
Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)
Land area (sq. km)
Land under cereal production (hectares)
Lead time to export (days)
Lead time to export, median case (days)
Lead time to import (days)
Lead time to import, median case (days)
Lending interest rate (%)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100)
Liquid liabilities (M3) as % of GDP
Listed domestic companies, total
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
Livestock production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high)
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment)
Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)
Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)
Losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism, and arson (% sales)
Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing)
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Mammal species, threatened
Management time dealing with officials (% of management time)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth)
Manufacturing, value added (constant 2000 US$)
Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU)
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU)
Manufacturing, value added (current US$)
Marine protected areas (% of total surface area)
Marine protected areas (number)
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)
Market capitalization of listed companies (current US$)
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to developing economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise imports (current US$)
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from developing economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)
Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Military expenditure (current LCU)
Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers
Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers (per 100 people)
Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers per employee
Mobile cellular prepaid tariff (US$ per month)
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Money (current LCU)
Money and quasi money (M2) (current LCU)
Money and quasi money (M2) as % of GDP
Money and quasi money (M2) to total reserves ratio
Money and quasi money growth (annual %)
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Mortality rate, female child (per 1,000 female children age one)
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Mortality rate, male child (per 1,000 male children age one)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)
Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)
Multilateral debt (% of total external debt)
Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service)
Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$)
Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Australia (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Denmark (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Commission (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Finland (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Greece (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Ireland (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Luxembourg (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Netherlands (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, New Zealand (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Norway (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Portugal (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Spain (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Sweden (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$)
Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States (current US$)
Net capital account (BoP, current US$)
Net change in interest arrears (current US$)
Net current transfers (BoP, current US$)
Net current transfers from abroad (constant LCU)
Net current transfers from abroad (current LCU)
Net current transfers from abroad (current US$)
Net domestic credit (current LCU)
Net errors and omissions, adjusted (BoP, current US$)
Net financial flows, bilateral (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, IMF concessional (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, others (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, RDB concessional (NFL, current US$)
Net financial flows, RDB nonconcessional (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, long-term (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, short-term (NFL, current US$)
Net flows on external debt, total (NFL, current US$)
Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Net income (BoP, current US$)
Net income from abroad (constant LCU)
Net income from abroad (current LCU)
Net income from abroad (current US$)
Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (% of GDP)
Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (current LCU)
Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (% of GDP)
Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (current LCU)
Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population)
Net intake rate in grade 1, female (% of official school-age population)
Net intake rate in grade 1, male (% of official school-age population)
Net migration
Net ODA received (% of central government expense)
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation)
Net ODA received (% of imports of goods and services)
Net ODA received per capita (current US$)
Net official aid received (constant 2007 US$)
Net official aid received (current US$)
Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2007 US$)
Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)
Net official development assistance received (constant 2007 US$)
Net official development assistance received (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNAIDS (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNRWA (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNTA (current US$)
Net official flows from UN agencies, WFP (current US$)
Net taxes on products (constant LCU)
Net taxes on products (current LCU)
Net taxes on products (current US$)
Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$)
Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$)
Net transfers on external debt, long-term (NTR, current US$)
Net transfers on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NTR, current US$)
Net transfers on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (NTR, current US$)
Net transfers on external debt, total (NTR, current US$)
New businesses registered (number)
Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)
Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)
Other expense (% of expense)
Other expense (current LCU)
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing)
Other taxes (% of revenue)
Other taxes (current LCU)
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
Outpatient visits per capita
Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)
Patent applications, nonresidents
Patent applications, residents
Permanent cropland (% of land area)
Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)
Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)
Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)
Personal computers
Personal computers (per 100 people)
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Plant species (higher), threatened
PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)
PNG, bonds (AMT, current US$)
PNG, bonds (DIS, current US$)
PNG, bonds (DOD, current US$)
PNG, bonds (INT, current US$)
PNG, bonds (NFL, current US$)
PNG, bonds (NTR, current US$)
PNG, bonds (TDS, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (AMT, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (DIS, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (DOD, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (INT, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (NFL, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (NTR, current US$)
PNG, commercial banks and other creditors (TDS, current US$)
Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
Population covered by mobile cellular network (%)
Population density (people per sq. km)
Population growth (annual %)
Population in largest city
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Population, female (% of total)
Population, total
Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Portfolio investment, equity (DRS, current US$)
Portfolio investment, excluding LCFAR (BoP, current US$)
Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)
Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)
Poverty gap at national poverty line (%)
Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)
Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)
PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$)
PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$)
PPG, bilateral (DOD, current US$)
PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$)
PPG, bilateral (NTR, current US$)
PPG, bilateral (TDS, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (AMT, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (DIS, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (DOD, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (INT, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (NFL, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (NTR, current US$)
PPG, bilateral concessional (TDS, current US$)
PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$)
PPG, bonds (DIS, current US$)
PPG, bonds (DOD, current US$)
PPG, bonds (INT, current US$)
PPG, bonds (NFL, current US$)
PPG, bonds (NTR, current US$)
PPG, bonds (TDS, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (DOD, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (NTR, current US$)
PPG, commercial banks (TDS, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (AMT, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (DIS, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (DOD, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (INT, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (NTR, current US$)
PPG, IBRD (TDS, current US$)
PPG, IDA (AMT, current US$)
PPG, IDA (DIS, current US$)
PPG, IDA (DOD, current US$)
PPG, IDA (INT, current US$)
PPG, IDA (NTR, current US$)
PPG, IDA (TDS, current US$)
PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$)
PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$)
PPG, multilateral (DOD, current US$)
PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$)
PPG, multilateral (NTR, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (AMT, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (DIS, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (DOD, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (INT, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (NFL, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (NTR, current US$)
PPG, multilateral concessional (TDS, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (DOD, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (NFL, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (NTR, current US$)
PPG, official creditors (TDS, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (DOD, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (NFL, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (NTR, current US$)
PPG, other private creditors (TDS, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (DOD, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (NFL, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (NTR, current US$)
PPG, private creditors (TDS, current US$)
PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate ratio
PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)
PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $)
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
Presence of peace keepers (number of troops, police, and military observers in mandate)
Present value of external debt (% of exports of goods, services and income)
Present value of external debt (% of GNI)
Present value of external debt (current US$)
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)
Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5)
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Primary education, duration (years)
Primary education, pupils
Primary education, pupils (% female)
Primary education, teachers
Primary education, teachers (% female)
Primary school starting age (years)
Principal arrears, official creditors (current US$)
Principal arrears, private creditors (current US$)
Principal arrears, public and publicly guaranteed (current US$)
Principal forgiven (current US$)
Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$)
Principal repayments on external debt, long-term + IMF (AMT, current US$)
Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$)
Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$)
Principal rescheduled (current US$)
Principal rescheduled, official (current US$)
Principal rescheduled, private (current US$)
Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)
Procedures to build a warehouse (number)
Procedures to enforce a contract (number)
Procedures to register property (number)
Profit remittances on FDI (current US$)
Progression to secondary school (%)
Progression to secondary school, female (%)
Progression to secondary school, male (%)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports, excluding workers’ remittances)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI)
Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)
Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)
Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure)
Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
Quality of port infrastructure, WEF (1=extremely underdeveloped to 7=well developed and efficient by international standards)
Quasi money (current LCU)
Quasi-liquid liabilities (% of GDP)
Rail lines (total route-km)
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)
Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment (%)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Ratio of young literate females to males (% ages 15-24)
Real effective exchange rate index (2000 = 100)
Real interest rate (%)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)
Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
Repeaters, secondary, female (% of female enrollment)
Repeaters, secondary, male (% of male enrollment)
Repeaters, secondary, total (% of total enrollment)
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
Residential fixed line telephone tariff (US$ per month)
Residual, debt stock-flow reconciliation (current US$)
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)
Rigidity of employment index (0=less rigid to 100=more rigid)
Risk premium on lending (prime rate minus treasury bill rate, %)
Road density (km of road per sq. km of land area)
Road sector diesel fuel consumption (kt of oil equivalent)
Road sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (kt of oil equivalent)
Road sector energy consumption (% of total energy consumption)
Road sector energy consumption (kt of oil equivalent)
Road sector energy consumption per capita (kt of oil equivalent)
Road sector gasoline fuel consumption (kt of oil equivalent)
Road sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (kt of oil equivalent)
Roads, goods transported (million ton-km)
Roads, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Roads, total network (km)
Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$)
Royalty and license fees, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Rural population
Rural population (% of total population)
Rural population growth (annual %)
S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)
School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)
School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
School enrollment, primary (% net)
School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
School enrollment, primary, female (% net)
School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)
School enrollment, primary, male (% net)
School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
School enrollment, secondary (% net)
School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross)
School enrollment, secondary, female (% net)
School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross)
School enrollment, secondary, male (% net)
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)
School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)
School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross)
School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)
Scientific and technical journal articles
Secondary education, duration (years)
Secondary education, general pupils
Secondary education, general pupils (% female)
Secondary education, pupils
Secondary education, pupils (% female)
Secondary education, teachers
Secondary education, teachers (% female)
Secondary education, teachers, female
Secondary education, vocational pupils
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)
Secondary school starting age (years)
Secure Internet servers
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)
Service exports (BoP, current US$)
Service imports (BoP, current US$)
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)
Services, etc., value added (annual % growth)
Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$)
Services, etc., value added (constant LCU)
Services, etc., value added (current LCU)
Services, etc., value added (current US$)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, all products (%)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, manufactured products (%)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, primary products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, all products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, manufactured products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, primary products (%)
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)
Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and income)
Short-term debt (% of total external debt)
Short-term debt (% of total reserves)
Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults)
Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults)
Social contributions (% of revenue)
Social contributions (current LCU)
Start-up procedures to register a business (number)
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)
Stocks traded, total value (current US$)
Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong)
Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)
Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)
Surface area (sq. km)
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%)
Tax payments (number)
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Tax revenue (current LCU)
Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue)
Taxes on exports (current LCU)
Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU)
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue)
Taxes on international trade (current LCU)
Technical cooperation grants (current US$)
Technicians in R&D (per million people)
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)
Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)
Telecommunications investment (current LCU)
Telecommunications revenue (% GDP)
Telecommunications revenue (current LCU)
Telephone employees, total
Telephone lines
Telephone lines (per 100 people)
Terms of trade adjustment (constant LCU)
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total surface area)
Terrestrial protected areas (number)
Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing)
Time required to build a warehouse (days)
Time required to enforce a contract (days)
Time required to obtain an operating license (days)
Time required to register property (days)
Time required to start a business (days)
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)
Time to resolve insolvency (years)
Total amount of debt rescheduled (current US$)
Total businesses registered (number)
Total change in external debt stocks (current US$)
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income)
Total debt service (% of GNI)
Total enrollment, primary (% net)
Total enrollment, primary, female (% net)
Total enrollment, primary, male (% net)
Total reserves (% of total external debt)
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Total reserves in months of imports
Total reserves minus gold (current US$)
Total tax rate (% of profit)
Trade (% of GDP)
Trade in services (% of GDP)
Trademark applications, aggregate direct
Trademark applications, direct nonresident
Trademark applications, direct resident
Trademark applications, Madrid
Trademark applications, total
Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)
Trained teachers in primary education, female (% of female teachers)
Trained teachers in primary education, male (% of male teachers)
Transport services (% of commercial service exports)
Transport services (% of commercial service imports)
Transport services (% of service exports, BoP)
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)
Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)
Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)
Tuberculosis case detection rate (all forms)
Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of registered cases)
Undisbursed external debt, official creditors (UND, current US$)
Undisbursed external debt, private creditors (UND, current US$)
Undisbursed external debt, total (UND, current US$)
Unemployment with primary education (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment with primary education, female (% of female unemployment)
Unemployment with primary education, male (% of male unemployment)
Unemployment with secondary education (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment with secondary education, female (% of female unemployment)
Unemployment with secondary education, male (% of male unemployment)
Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment with tertiary education, female (% of female unemployment)
Unemployment with tertiary education, male (% of male unemployment)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24)
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
Urban population
Urban population (% of total)
Urban population growth (annual %)
Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)
Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population)
Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales)
Vehicles (per km of road)
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months)
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)
Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)
Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, clay and glass industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, metal industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, textile industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Water pollution, wood industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Wholesale price index (2005 = 100)
Workers’ remittances and compensation of employees, paid (current US$)
Workers’ remittances and compensation of employees, received (% of GDP)
Workers’ remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)
Workers’ remittances, receipts (BoP, current US$)

Aspecial thanks is due to Alanna Shaikh for introducing me to AidData. AidData, currently in beta, offers financial data on organizations in the development sector.

The core of the AidData database currently encompasses multilateral and bilateral donor projects spanning the years 1945-2009. It contains information from traditional aid sources such as the OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS) as well as donors not captured by the CRS and activities that do not fit the OECD definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA). AidData augments existing data by publishing more complete project descriptions and more detailed aid project purpose codes. In particular, AidData is dedicated to collecting project-level data from all multilateral donors and non-DAC bilateral donors (NDBs) to provide a more complete picture of development finance flows and activities. This resource will allow donor organizations, citizens in donor countries, researchers, NGOs, recipient governments, and, ultimately, the beneficiaries on the ground in developing countries to gain a more detailed understanding of past and present trends in aid.

The hoarding of data, especially financial data, by NGOs is a huge problem in the development world. Despite all the hype over openness, many NGOs continue to keep their data closed to outsiders for little reason. Hopefully projects like AidData will give us a peak inside these organizations and their activities.

I do not know why I never heard of the Guardian’s DataBlog before this morning. It is certainly a must-read for quantitative researchers. The basic premise is simple: every few days Guardian journalists use data to reveal things traditional journalism cannot. That is great in itself, but the true brilliance is that the Guardian posts all the data for download. Want to confirm their conclusions about civilian causalities in Afghanistan? Download the data, fire up R, and see for yourself. It is a great feature for the DIY generation and (if I might be so bold) a model for the future of journalism. Give me the story, but also give me the resources to find stories myself.

Three recent DataBlog posts (and their datasets) will interest Conflict Health readers:

Piracy around the world: all the attacks by pirates in 2009

Somali pirates are suspected after Paul and Rachel Chandler’s yacht disappeared off the coast of east Africa. Where else have pirates struck this year?

Piracy Dataset

British dead and wounded in Afghanistan, month by month

What is the human cost of the war in Afghanistan for British forces? These are the latest figures – including new wounded statistics

British Casualty Dataset

Afghanistan elections: results of the investigation, polling station by polling station

The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has published the results of its investigation into the Afghan elections. What did it say? And where did it investigate?

Afghanistan Election Data

In his book, Alexander Downes uses a dataset on civilian deaths in wartime to conclude that governments kill civilians for two reasons: (1) to reduce the risk to their own military and (2) to seize territory. It is a good study, offering a mix of quantitative analysis and historical case studies. I often look at Downes’ book as a model for my own dissertation.

This week, Charli Carpenter of The Duck of Minerva linked to the treasure-trove for conflict researchers: Downes’ replication data. Downes deserves huge credit for releasing his data online. You can download his Web Appendix and Dataset here. I know what I am going to be doing tonight!

Below is a list of variables included in Downes’ dataset:

• War number
• COW state number
• Abbreviated state name
• Name of war
• Year war started
• Year war ended
• Strategy of targeting civilians intentionally or using force indiscriminately
• Same, capable states only
• State killed 50,000 or more civilians
• Same, capable states only
• Civilians killed per state, low estimate
• Civilians killed per state, medium estimate
• Civilians killed per state, high estimate
• Civilians killed per capable state, low estimate
• Civilians killed per capable state, medium estimate
• Civilians killed per capable state, high estimate
• Civilians killed in campaign of civilian victimization
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, low estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, medium estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, high estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, low estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, medium estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed, high estimate
• Ordinal indicator of civilians killed during campaign of civilian victimization, medium estimate
• Log of low estimate of civilian fatalities
• Log of medium estimate of civilian fatalities
• Log of high estimate of civilian fatalities
• Log of civilian fatalities inflicted during campaign of civilian victimization
• Log of medium estimate of civilian fatalities, capable states
• Polity 4 index of democracy/autocracy, -10 to +10
• Polity 4 score of +7 or greater
• Coded as a liberal state by Doyle 1997
• Polity score between -6 and +6
• Polity index, 0-20
• Regimepos squared
• Insular state, protected by water from great powers
• States in war from different civilizations as coded by Huntington 1996
• States in war from different regions as coded by COW
• War of attrition
• Log of state’s battle deaths
• Log of war duration in days
• War aim is unconditional surrender, regime change, or expanded during the war
• War aim is to annex territory
• Percentage of total material capabilities controlled by each state in war
• Log of enemy state’s population
• State and its opponent have capability to kill civilians
• State’s civilians targeted by adversary
• State had some positive number of civilians killed
• War occurred after 1945
• War occurred after 1970
• War initiator

What does a Ph.D. candidate do on a friday night? Kudos to those of you who that guessed “drink beer and read 19th century books on British military mortality”. Tonight I am perusing the pithily titled Mortality of the British Army at Home, at Home and Abroad, and During the Russian War as Compared with the Mortality of the Civil Population in England, written in 1858.

The book presents a number of tables and graphics, but these three caught my attention:

“… [E]ach parallelogram of which represents the total sum of life among 10,000 men, between 20 and 40 years of age, entering the army, and remaining on home-service, and among the same number of Englishmen taken, at the same ages. The left-hand line of each parallelogram shows that all starts alike; but the black wedge, which represents the progress of death among the various classes, it will be observed, has a very different slope in each separate parallelogram.”

More interesting, the authors use the graphics to argue that greater attention should be paid to public health in the English army:

“Each parallelogram also represents the total money value of 10,000 men between the ages of 20 and 40, as well as the loss of value from loss of life at each succeeding year between the two ages. … In the case of the army, the country incurs great expense in educating the soldier for his duties, … [and] it may be fairly stated that the whole excess of money loss between that in healthy districts and that in the army, as represented by the difference in area of the black wedges, might be saved to the tax-payers of the country.”

In other words, good public health practices in the military save money. Unfortunately, many developing world militaries have yet to make this connection. Soldiers are expensive. When you include training, transportation, housing, equipment, and the opportunity cost of removing young men from economic production, all but the most neglected soldiers are a serious financial weight to a state. Protecting their health protects the bottom-line.

And, if you feel the inkling, the entire book is in public domain and can be downloaded here.

Chris Blattman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale and blogger, has released the datasets from his research on war affected youth in Uganda. This is great, original data from extensive fieldwork. Three cheers for Blattman!

SWAY is a research program in northern Uganda dedicated to understanding the scale and nature of war violence, the effects of war on youth, and the evaluation of programs to recover, reintegrate, and develop after conflict. See the SWAY project page for details.

We have now posted the full STATA 10 dataset and replication files.

The data have been cleaned and anonymized, with accompanying codebook. Raw data and cleaning code are restricted, but may be available on request.

The data are collected from three main survey questionnaires:

• Household survey (2005)
• Phase 1 (Males) Individual survey (2005-06)
• Phase 2 (Females) Individual survey (2007)

At present, replication “.do” files (for STATA 10) are included for two academic papers: The Consequences of Child Soldiering, and From Violence to Voting. Replication files for the two UNICEF reports are available upon request, in admittedly unpolished form.

It is laughable how much time I spend hunting for datasets. For reasons beyond understanding, datasets tend to reside in the dark, unindexed, unvisited alleys of the internet. Finding a dataset is akin to discovering the Northwest Passage. For this reason I am happy for a growing number of sites offering to help.

The latest contender in this field is Infochimps, which claims help “find any dataset in the world”. The reality falls far short. War and Health maintains a active list of relevant datasets with links to help fellow researchers. My attempts to find some of those datasets on Infochimp failed completely. Now, I am up for giving them the benefit of the doubt, they are still in beta. Overall, I am just excited to see a new wave to these dataset search engines to hit the internet.

Good luck Infochimps, I will keep an eye on your progress.

A team led by Dr. Adrian Bell and Prof. Anne Curry, with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, have put up a stunning new database of military service records of medieval soldiers serving from 1369 and 1453:

“The main campaigns of the period were to France but there were others to Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, a much wider geographical spectrum than before 1369. In addition, garrisons were maintained within England (such as that held at the Tower of London), the Channel Islands, Wales and the marches, as well as at Calais and in Gascony. In the fourteenth-century phase of the Hundred Years War, the English also held some garrisons in areas of northern France, and in the fifteenth century phase, there was a systematic garrison-based occupation of Normandy and surrounding regions…”

While the database’s primary purpose seems to be exploring the lives of individual soldiers of note, There are great many potential applications for large observation (large-n) quantitative studies of conflict and health. Variables in the database include: First Name, Last Name, Status, Rank, Captain’s Name, Commander’s Name, Year of Service, Nature of Activity, Reference Number, and Membrane. Read the project details for more information.

Click here to Access the database.

Here is a sample query results for soldiers with the surname “Albon”:

Acquiring sub-state data on conflict is difficult. Conflict — by its nature — often destroys the very infrastructure used to collect health and related data. The end result is that civil wars are often “black boxes” with regard to quantitative data. Below are three sources of sub-state data on civil wars relating to health.

The Global Terrorism Database has information on more than 80,000 terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2007. GTD claims to be the most comprehensive unclassified database on terrorist actions available. The GTD has a clear data collection methodology and a detailed codebook (a manual detailing the dataset). Click here to download.

The Conflict Analysis Resource Center (CERAC) publishes a great dataset on the severity of the conflict in Colombia. The dataset has been used and described in a number of papers. Registration is required. Click here to download.

Ron Francisco has constructed a series datasets on the conflict events in six wars: Archidamian War, Ireland 1922-1923, Russia 1917-1920, Spain 1936-1939, and the U.S. 1861-1865. The dataset includes: date, day, action type, location, each sides’ action, captures, injuries, deaths, description of event and original source. Click here to download.

The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) (worst website ever by the way…) differs from many organizations operating in the country in that they have regularly published their data. Despite the benefits to openness, many organizations hold onto their data with a tight fist. ANSO’s Quarterly Data Report for Q1 2009 offers insights into the behavior towards NGOs working in the state. The report finds that the number of attacks on NGOs in Q1 2009 increased six percent since the same period in 2008. The most dangerous provinces are Kandahar, Herat, Kabul and Kunar with four, six, four and four attacks respectively.

As the report points out, the distribution of attacks on NGOs across Afghanistan likely has more to do with where humanitarians operate rather than variations in the security situation. That is, most of the provinces are dangerous for NGOs, and the variation in the number of attacks is simply due to the level of NGO presence.

The data on NGO attacks in Afghanistan is further evidence that the neutrality of NGOs is dying, or never existed in the first place. If NGOs are going to operate effectively in Afghanistan and elsewhere, they must either do so under the security umbrella of GoA / Western forces (which comes with its own set of problems) or make local agreements of neutrality with tribal leaders and combatants. The take away point: humanitarians cannot rely on international norms of neutrality, and perhaps never could.

H/T: Christian Bleuer