Dataset description and subject
overview
The World Banks World Development Indicators (WDI) contains statistical data for over 700 development indicators. The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators covering the period 1960 - 2005 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups.
The main topics in the WDI are as follows:
People
Population and demographics
Labor and employment
Poverty and income distribution
Education
Health
Environment
Land use and agricultural production
Energy production and use
Urbanization
Emissions
Adjusted savings
Economy
National accounts (local currency)
National accounts (US$)
Derived national accounts
Purchasing power parity
Trade
Government finance
Monetary
Balance of payments
External debt
States & Markets
Investment climate
Business environment
Financial depth
Tax and trade policies
Defense expenditures and arms trade
Military expenditures and arms trade
Transport, power, and communications
Information and technology
Global Links
Investment and trade
Financial flows
Development assistance and aid
Migration
Travel and tourism
User Documentation
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Accessing the World Development Indicators
To access the ESDS International macro-economic datasets you must be a user from a UK higher or further education institution. We cannot provide data to users outside of this community due to the data re-distribution license agreements we have with our data providers. If you are a member of a UK higher or further education institution access to the macro-economic datasets is provided free of charge.
Access to data requires ESDS registration and uses the federated access management authentication system. Registration is a simple online process - go to the How to Register web page at www.esds.ac.uk/aandp/access/access.asp to begin the process.
Once you have registered with ESDS and attempt to access one of the macro-economic datasets, you will automatically be prompted to agree to additional dataset specific conditions if they apply.
Countries in the World Development Indicators
The World Bank's World Development Indicators have time series for over 200 countries and 18 country groups (publications.worldbank.org/WDI/countries)
Periodicity and Time Range
The World Development Indicators contain annual time series data
from 1960 to the latest available year.
At ESDS International the database is updated every 6 months. See the latest data update page for further information.
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