World Bank

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General Pulling Instructions for World Bank Data

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To pull data from the world bank, navigate to data.worldbank.org

To find the series, you can type in the search bar, click <Country> or click <Indicator>

Go to step 4 if clicked on <Country> or to step 7 if clicked on <Indicator>

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If clicked on <Country>, you can click on an individual country or options under various categories, such as <Region> and <Income levels>. This example will use the <High Income> category.




If a category is chosen, the following example screen of <High Income> will formulate. From here, choose the relevant topic/theme/SDG Goal, then click on the desired indicator. Then skip to steps 10-12, which show how to download an indicator.




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If an individual country is chosen, the following example screen will formulate. From here, choose the relevant topic/theme/SDG Goal, then click on the desired indicator. Then skip to steps 10-12, which show how to download an indicator.



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If clicked on <Indicator>, navigate to the relevant category of the desired indicator or type in the search bar.




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The indicator <Access to electricity (% of population)> will be used as an example. For this data, click on the <Climate Change> category.




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Clicking on <Access to electricity (% of population)> will lead to this page.




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If a more specific variable is desired, click one of the options of the right side. As an example, <Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)> is showed here.




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Before downloading, select desired time range on the sliding scale beneath the graph.

On the right side of the graph, under <Download>, click <EXCEL>. An excel data set will immediately download. You may also click <WDI Tables> to see the data in a slightly different format.