World Development Indicators

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There are 380 series pulled from the World Development Indicators (WDI) in 2017. 72 of these are used in the preprocessor.

The most extensive and reliable source for socio-economic and development data is probably World Bank’s annually published World Development Indicators (WDI) database. The recent WDI, published in 2017, has approximately 1,500 indicators for 217 economies. Economies in WDI have been organized in 18 groups based on income, geography, and indebtedness criteria. Data in the WDI database are categorized in six major areas: overview, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links.

The major advantage of the WDI database is that it has longer time series coverage, for example, most of the indicators cover data since 1960. The World Bank collects data for particular series from the organizations who are pioneers in those areas. For example, WDI compiles external account data, like export, import, current account, debt etc. from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and population data from United Nations Population Division. Major data sources for WDI are World Bank national accounts data, OECD National Accounts, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, World Health Organization, International Labor Organization, International Telecommunication Union etc. WDI database are available in three formats- online, published report in hard copy and CDROM version.

Some financial data series from the WDI database, used in IFs analysis, have been converted into billion US$ from current prices at US$ and some series related to population have been transformed into million figures. The IFs system also needed to calibrate some data series as percent of GDP in constructing social accounting matrices.


Series pulled from 2017 WDI Batch Pull

DataDict 720
Table Group Definition Source Last IFs Update UsedInPreprocessor Years
SeriesImportGoods Economic, Trade Imports of goods (current currency) WDI  BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLandIr% Environment, Infrastructure, Water Land use, irrigated land (% of cropland) WDI  BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLabor Economic Labor force size WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLaborFemale% Economic Portion of labor force made up by women WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLaborSecInd%Tot Economic Labor in industry as % of total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesHouseCon%GDP Economic Household final consumption expenditure as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovMilPers%Labor Government Military personnel as percent of labor force WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGini SocioPolitical Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) WDI  BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLaborSecSer%Tot Economic Labor in services as % of total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovTaxGoodSer%Rev Government Taxes on goods and services % of revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesVaddInd% Economic Value added in industry as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesArmsImp%TotImp Economic, Trade Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesOresMetsIm%MerchIm Economic Ores and Metals imports as % of merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovTaxIncProCG%Rev Government Taxes on income, profits and capital gains % total revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovTaxRev%GDP Government Tax revenue % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovTaxTrade%Rev Government Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovtCurRev%GDP Government Current government revenue as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovtDebt%GDP Government Central government debt as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesEnProdElec%Hydro Energy, Infrastructure Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnProdElec%Nuc Energy, Infrastructure Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopAsylumSeekers Population Inflow of refugees in millions (country of asylum) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesVaddMan% Economic Value added in manufacturing as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGDPCurDol Economic Gross Domestic Product in Current US$ WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesPopForeign% Population Foreign population as % of total population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesICTCommCompIm%Ser Information Communication,Infrastructure, Trade Communications, computer, etc. imports as % of service imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncBelow2Dollar%WDI2009 SocioPolitical Population below poverty line of $2 per day PPP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncPovertyRural%Pop SocioPolitical Income, poverty headcount, rural (% of population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncPovertyUrban%Pop SocioPolitical Income, poverty headcount, urban (% of population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInflation Economic Inflation of consumer prices, annual rate WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncBelow2Dollar%WDI2011 SocioPolitical Population below poverty line of $2 per day PPP (2005) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesEnProdElec%Coal Energy, Infrastructure Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxOther%CurRev Government Other taxes as % of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxProducts Government Taxes on products (net indirect taxes) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportHighTech%Man Economic, Infrastructure, Trade High technology exports, % of manufactured exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxRev%GDP Government Tax revenue as a percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXNetCapitalAccount Economic Net capital account WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXNetCurTransfers Economic Net current transfers with ROW (of residents, no repayment provisions), billion US$ WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXNetIncFrmAbr Economic Net income from abroad, billion current US$ WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportsGoodsServices Economic, Trade Exports of goods and services (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovSubTrans%CurExp Government Government subsidies and transfers as % of current expenditures WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImportsGoodsServices Economic, Trade Imports of goods and services (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthSmokingFemales% Population, Health Smoking prevalence, age adjusted, females (% of adults) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInterestRatesReal Economic Real interest rates (as measured by GDP deflator) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtPPGTDS Economic External long-term (more than 1 year) debt: public or publically guaranteed (not private unguaranteed) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtPNG%GDP Economic External debt, private non-guaranteed, as percentage of gross domestic product WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXDebtPPG%GDP Economic External debt, public and publicly guaranteed, as percentage of gross domestic product WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXFlowsIDA%GDP Economic Net flows from IDA as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesHealthMeaslesImmunRate Population, Health Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXReservesMthImports Economic Total reserves in months of imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationWDIFilled Population Population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthDPTImmunRate Population, Health Children 12-23 months immunized DPT WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthExpperCap Population, Health Health expenditures per capita WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthPhysiciansper1000 Population, Health Physicians per 1000 population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTTelephoneMobileper1000 Information Communication,Infrastructure Telephones, mobile per 1000 population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportsGoodsServicesIncome Economic, Trade Exports of goods, services, and primary income (BoP, current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportValueIndex Economic, Trade Export value index (2000=100) WDI 2015 September BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportsMerchandise Economic Exports of merchandise (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovWBDoingBusinessCustomsDays Government Number of days required to clear customs WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXNetTradeinGoods Economic Net trade in goods WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXNetTradeinGoodsServices Economic Net trade in goods and services WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXPortInvExclLCFAR Economic Portfolio investment excluding LCFAR WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovtHl%GDP Government, Health, Infrastructure Health expenditures as percent of GDP, public WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesHealthBrthsAttnSkilledPersWDI Population, Health Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthARITreatmentChil Population, Health ARI treatment (% of children under 5 taken to a health provider) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthDiarrhORTChil% Population, Health Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthExpOutofPocket% Population, Health Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure paid out of pocket) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthHIVRateFemAdults Population, Health Female adults with HIV (% of population ages 15-49 with HIV) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthHospBedsper1000 Population, Health Hospital beds WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthTBDOTSDetect% Population, Health Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthTBTreatSuccess% Population, Health Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of registered cases) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovExpend Government Government final consumption expenditures (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTourismArrivals Economic International tourism, number of arrivals WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXWorkerRemitPaid Economic, SocioPolitical Worker remittances by country where paid WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesTourismDepartures Economic International tourism, number of departures WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTTelecomRev%GDP Information Communication,Infrastructure, Government Telecommunications revenue as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsOthers Economic Net flows, others WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIMFNonCon%GDP Economic Net nonconcessional flows from IMF as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXIMFCredit%GDP Economic IMF credits as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXIncPayments%GDP Economic Income payments as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXPortBonds%GDP Economic Portfolio investment in bonds (PPG and PNG) as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGasPricesWDI Energy, Infrastructure Pump price for gasoline WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLifExpectFemaleWDI SocioPolitical Life expectancy at birth, female WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLifExpectWDI SocioPolitical Life expectancy at birth WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXRealEffectExchRateInd Economic Real effective exchange rate index (2000 = 100) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXPortEquity%GDP Economic Portfolio investment in equity as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesHealthExpTotal%GDPWDI2009 Population, Health Health Expenditure, Total (% of GDP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyGap$1c25perDay SocioPolitical Poverty gap at $1.25 per day (PPP), percent WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyGap$2perDayWDI2009 SocioPolitical Poverty gap at $2 per day (PPP), percent WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesWaterWithAgr%Fresh Agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment, Water Water withdrawals, agriculture, % of total freshwater withdrawals WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesWaterWithInd%Fresh Agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment, Water Water withdrawals, industry, % of total freshwater withdrawals WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesWomParlWDI% SocioPolitical Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLandArea Agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment Land Area WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesAgFertUse Agriculture Fertilizer consumption total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXReserves%GDP Economic Gross international reserves as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesExportGoodSer% Economic, Trade Exports of goods and services as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGasPricesDiesel Energy, Infrastructure Gasoline prices, diesel pump prices WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportServices Economic Exports of services (BoP, current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesVaddTexCloth%Man Economic Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtPri%TotalXDEBT Economic External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed debt as % of external debt WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsRDBCon Economic Net concessional flows from Regional Development Banks WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsRDBNonCon%GDP Economic Net nonconcessional flows from Regional Development Banks as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXGoodSerBal%GDP Economic External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovEmplComp%Exp Government Compensation of employees, % total expenses WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxSocSec%CurRevNew Government Social security taxes as % of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnElecTransLoss% Energy, Infrastructure, Trade Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXExchRateLCUtoDollar Economic Official exchange rate, local currency units per US dollar WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAidRec%GNI Economic Official development assistance and official aid, net, % of GNI WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesInscFinIm%Ser Economic, Trade Insurance and financial imports as % of service imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesR&DResearchersperMillion Science Technology, Infrastructure, Knowledge R&D researchers (FTE) per million inhabitants WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportQuantityIndex Economic, Trade Export quantum/quantity index (2000=100) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthExtRes%Total Population, Health External resources for health as % of total resources WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthSmokingMales% Population, Health Smoking prevalence, age adjusted, Males (% of adults)
ales (% of adults)
WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesRailPassengerKM Transportation,Infrastructure Rail passenger-kilometers WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesVAddTot95 Economic Total value added at factor cost WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovtEdPub%GDP Government Educational expenditures (public) as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting Governance Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesPopulationUrban% Population Urban population as percent of total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgFertUseperHectare Agriculture Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgFoodEx%MerchEx Agriculture, Trade Agricultural food exports as % of merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgMachTracper100H Agriculture Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 hectares of arable land WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAidRecGrant%Total Economic Official development assistance and official aid, grants and other revenue, current LCU WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesCBR Population Crude birth rate WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesCDR Population Crude death rate WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesEnFuelEx%MerchEx Energy, Infrastructure, Trade Energy fuel exports as % of merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnFuelIm%MerchIm Energy, Infrastructure, Trade Energy fuel imports as % of merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnImportsNet%EnUse Energy, Infrastructure, Trade Energy imports (net) as a percentage of energy use WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnPricePumpDiesel Energy, Infrastructure Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnPricePumpSuper Energy, Infrastructure Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnProdElec%Gas Energy, Infrastructure Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIDA Economic Net flows from IDA WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovtMil%GDPWDI Government, Conflict Military expenditures as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthExpTotal%GDP Population, Health Total expenditure on health as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthTBIncper100000 Population, Health Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTBroadbandSubscribers Information Communication,Infrastructure Broadband subscribers WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncBelow1Dollar%WDI2006 SocioPolitical Population below poverty line of $1 per day PPP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnProdElec%TransLoss Energy, Infrastructure Electricity power transmission and distribution losses % of total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportImport%GDP Economic, Infrastructure, Trade Trade (exports and imports) as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGasPricesSuper Energy, Infrastructure Gasoline prices, super pump prices WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovBudgBal%GDP Government Overall budget balance, including grants (% of GDP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovCon%GDP Economic Government (general) final consumption as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesGovExpense%GDP Government Government expense as % of GDP (compare with govt expenditures) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesRiskPremLend% Economic Risk premium on lending WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebt%GNI Economic External debt as percentage of gross national income WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtPNG Economic External debt, private non-guaranteed WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtShort%TotalXDebt Economic Short-term debt as % of external debt WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyGap$2perDay SocioPolitical Poverty gap at $2 per day (PPP), percent WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyNatPovLineHC% SocioPolitical Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyNatPovLineRurHC% SocioPolitical Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty rural line (% of population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPovertyNatPovLineUrbHC% SocioPolitical Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty urban line (% of population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPPPConvtoMER Economic PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesR&DTechniciansperMil Science Technology, Infrastructure, Knowledge R&D technicians WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesRailGoods Transportation,Infrastructure Rail freights million ton-kilometer WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAidRecPerCap Economic Official development assistance and official aid per capita WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnProdElec%Oil Energy, Infrastructure Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationYouthDep% Population Population of young people ( WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesAgLifestockProdIndex Agriculture Livestock production index, 2004-2006=100 WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAidRec Economic Official development assistance and official aid, net, current dollars WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAidRecGross%GDP Economic Official development assistance and official aid, gross, % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEmissionsCO2WDI Environment CO2 emissions WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTCommCompEx%Ser Information Communication,Infrastructure, Trade Communications, computer, etc. exports as % of service exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTInternetSecServsperMil Information Communication,Infrastructure Secure internet servers WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTInternetUsersper1000WDI Information Communication,Infrastructure Internet users. Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImportQuantityIndex Economic, Trade Import quantum/quantity index (2000=100) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImports Economic, Trade Imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImportGoodSer% Economic Imports of goods and services as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesImportServices Economic, Trade Imports of services (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesImportsMerchandise Economic Imports of merchandise (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLandCrop% Environment, Agriculture, Infrastructure Land use, permanent cropland (% of total area) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesLifExpectMaleWDI SocioPolitical Life expectancy at birth, Male WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnChil%HeightBasedWDI2009 SocioPolitical Malnutrition Prevalence, Height for Age (% of Children Under 5) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnChil%WeightWDI2009 SocioPolitical Malnutrition Prevalence, Weight for Age (% of Children Under 5) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnPop%WDI2009 SocioPolitical Prevalence of Undernourishment (% of Population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesManEx%MerchEx Economic, Trade Manufactures exports as % of merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesManIm%MerchIm Economic, Trade Manufactures imports as % of merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMerchExCurDol Economic, Trade Merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnPop%WB SocioPolitical, Agriculture Percentage of population malnourished WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesRailGoodsperMil$GDP Transportation,Infrastructure Rail goods-kilometer per million $ (PPP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesRailPassengerKMperMil$GDP Transportation,Infrastructure Rail passenger-kilometers per million $ GDP (PPP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSafWaterRural% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of rural population with access to safe water WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSafWaterUrban% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of urban population with access to safe water WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTermTrNetBarter Economic Terms of trade, net barter (2000 = 100) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTourismExpend%Imp Economic Tourism (international) expenditures as % of total imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTourReceipt%Exp Economic Tourism (international) receipts as % of total exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTransAircraftDeparts Economic, Infrastructure, Transportation Transportation, aircraft departures WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTransContainerTraf Economic, Infrastructure, Transportation Transportation, container port traffic of 20-foot equivalents WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTransEx%Ser Economic, Infrastructure, Transportation, Trade Transportation exports as % of service exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTFR Population Total fertility rate: children per woman WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsRDBNonCon Economic Net nonconcessional flows from Regional Development Banks WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXIMFCreditUse Economic Use of IMF Credit WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXPortBonds Economic Portfolio investment in bonds (PPG and PNG) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXReserveswoGoldCurDols Economic Total reserves minus gold (current US$) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXRoyalLicPayments Economic Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXRoyalLicReceipts Economic Royalty and license fees, receipts (BoP, current US$) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesWaterWithDom%Fresh Agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment, Water Water withdrawals, domestic, % of total freshwater withdrawals WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsRDBCon%GDP Economic Net concessional flows from Regional Development Banks as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesExportGoods Economic, Trade Exports of goods (BoP, current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovGrantsRev%Rev Government Government grants from govts, Iorgs, assorted revenue, % of Rev WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovInt%Exp Government Interest payments on central govt debt as % of current expenditure WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovInt%Rev Government Interest payments on central govt debt as % of current revenue (dom and intl lenders) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovMil%GovExp Government Military expenditures as percent of central government expenditures WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncBelow2Dollar%WDI2006 SocioPolitical Population below poverty line of $2 per day PPP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInscFinEx%Ser Economic, Trade Insurance and financial exports as % of service exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInvestGrCapForm Economic Gross capital formation (Investment) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnElecConsPerCap Energy Electricity consumption per capita WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesInvestGrFixedCapForm%GDP Economic Gross domestic fixed capital formation as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncBelow1D25c%WDI2009 SocioPolitical Population below poverty line of $1.25 per day PPP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInfMort SocioPolitical Infant mortality (per thousand births) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInvestGrCapForm%GDP Economic Gross capital formation (Investment), percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesSafWaterWDI% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of population with access to safe water WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSanitationAccess% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of population with access to improved sanitation WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSanitationAccessRural% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of rural population with access to improved sanitation WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSanitationAccessUrban% SocioPolitical,Infrastructure Percent of urban population with access to improved sanitation WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSavings%GDP Economic Savings, gross, as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSavingsDomestic%GDP Economic Savings, gross, domestic, as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSavingsGenuine% Economic Savings (genuine; special measure) as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSavingsGross%GNI Economic Savings, gross, as percent of GNI WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesSciTechJournArticles Science Technology, Infrastructure, Knowledge Science and technology articles published WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxExportDuties%Exp Government Taxes (duties) on exports as % of exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTravEx%Ser Economic, Transportation, Trade Travel exports as % of service exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTravIm%Ser Economic, Transportation, Trade Travel imports as % of service imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesVaddFoodBevTob%Man Economic Value added in food, beverages, and tobacco as % of value added in manufactures WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXChngNetReserves Economic Changes in net reserves WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXCurActBal Economic Current account balance WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXCurRevExcGr%GDP Economic Current revenue excluding grants (% of GDP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXCurTransferRec Economic Current transfers with ROW, receipts (of residents, no repayment provisions), billion US$ WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebt%Exports Economic Present value of debt as percentage of exports of goods, services WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebt%GDP Economic External debt as percentage of gross domestic product WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFDINetFlows Economic Foreign direct investment, net inflows WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIBRD Economic Net flows from IBRD WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIBRDIDA Economic IBRD loans and IDA credits WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIMFCon Economic Net concessional flows from IMF WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsIMFNonCon Economic Net nonconcessional flows from IMF WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFlowsOthers%GDP Economic Net flows, others, as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXFDIInflows%GDP Economic Foreign direct investment net inflow as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXFDIOutflows%GDP Economic Foreign direct investment net outflow as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXWorkerRemit%GDP Economic Worker remittances by home country as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXWorkerRemitReceived Economic, SocioPolitical Worker remittances received by home country WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesAgRawEx%MerchEx Agriculture, Trade Agricultural raw material exports as % of merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovPPGDebtService%Rev Government Public and publicly guaranteed debt service as % of current revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovSocialContr%Rev Government Government total social conbtributions as percent of revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTBroadbandSubsper100 Information Communication,Infrastructure Broadband subscribers per 100 people WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImportsGoodsServicesIncome Economic, Trade Imports of goods, services and income (current currency) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesImportValueIndex Economic, Trade Import value index (2000=100) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesIncShareL20% SocioPolitical Income share of poorest 20% of population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXIncPayments Economic Income payments WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgRawIm%MerchIm Agriculture, Trade Agricultural raw material imports as % of merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxImportDuties%Imp Government Import duties as a percent of imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnConComRenewWaste Energy, Infrastructure Energy from combustible renewable and waste (% of total) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesGovtExpend%GDP Government Government expenditures (central) as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHealthExpPublic%GDPWDI2009 Population, Health Health expenditures as percent of GDP, public WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHlPriv%GDP Government Health expenditures as percent of GDP, private WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesHouseCon Economic Household consumption WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMerchImCurDol Economic, Trade Merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMortChildUnder5 SocioPolitical Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesNationalExpendGross%GDP Economic National expenditure, gross, as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxIncPrCG%CurRev Government Taxes on income, profits, cap gains as % of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxIncPrCG%Tax Government Taxes on income, profits, cap gains as % of total taxes WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxTrade%CurRev Government Taxes on trade as percent of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesOresMetsEx%MerchEx Economic Ores and Metals exports as % of merchandise exports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesPatentApplicationsNonRes Science Technology, Infrastructure, Knowledge Annual patent applications by nonresidents WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPatentApplicationsRes Science Technology, Infrastructure, Knowledge Annual patent applications by residents WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopAgeDependRatio Population Percentage of Dependents to working-aged population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopBirthsSkilledAttend% SocioPolitical Percent of births attended by skilled health personnel WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopContrUnmetNeed% Population Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopForeignInflows Population, SocioPolitical Foreign population stock WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopMigNetTest4BBH Population Migration data from WB test WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopMigrationYearsWDI Population, SocioPolitical Annual net migration WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopContrUse%WDI Population Prevalence of contraceptive use WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesPopulationUrban Population Urban population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesTrademarksNonresidents Science Technology, Infrastructure Trademarks, nonresidents WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTrademarksResidents Science Technology, Infrastructure Trademarks, residents WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTransAirFreight Transportation,Infrastructure Air freight WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTransAirPassengers Transportation,Infrastructure Air transport, passengers carried WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgCropProdIndex Agriculture Crop production in terms of edible crops, 2004-2006=100 WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesAgFoodIm%MerchIm Agriculture, Trade Agricultural food imports as % of merchandise imports WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesEnConElecPerCap Energy, Infrastructure Electric power consumption per capita WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationDensity Population Population density, people per square kilometer WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationDensityRural Population Population density rural, people per square kilometer of arable land WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationLargestCity%Urb Population Population in the largest city (% of urban population) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationRural Population Rural population WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationRural% Population Rural population as percent of total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesPopulationWDI2009 Population Population, Total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnChil%WeightWB SocioPolitical, Agriculture Percentage of children under 5 malnourished based on weight; US benchmark WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXDebtLongTerm Economic Long-term debt (DOD, current US$) (bill) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtPPG Economic External long-term (more than 1 year) debt: public or publically guaranteed (not private unguaranteed) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServ%Exports Economic Total debt service as percentage of exports of goods and services WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServ%GNI Economic Total debt service as % of GNI WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServiceTot Economic External Debt Service, Total WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServMulti%PPGServ Economic Multilateral debt service, % of PPG debt serves WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServPPG%Exports Economic External PPG debt service as percentage of exports of goods and services WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXDebtServPPG%GNI Economic Total PPG debt service as % of GNI WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesTaxGoodSer%CurRev Government Taxes on goods and services as % of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesTaxSocSec%CurRev Government Social security taxes as % of total govt revenue WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXExtBalGoodsServ Economic External balance on goods and services WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXExtBalGoodsServ%GDP Economic External balance on goods and services as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXIncReceipts Economic Income receipts WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXReservesNetChange Economic Changes in net reserves WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesXReserveswGoldCurDols Economic Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesMalnChil% SocioPolitical, Agriculture Percentage of children under 5 malnourished by weight for age WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesICTInternet%Pop Information Communication,Infrastructure Percent of population on-line WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLaborAgr%TotFemale Economic Employees, agriculture, female as % of female employment WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesWaterAnRenResourcesNew Environment, Infrastructure, Water Annually renewable water resources WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesWaterAnWithdrawalsNew Environment, Infrastructure, Water Annual water withdrawals/use (1990=70-99;2000=update, mostly 2000) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesVaddAg% Economic Value added in agriculture as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesVaddSer% Economic Value added in services as percent of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXFlowsIMFCon%GDP Economic Net concessional flows from IMF as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXIncReceipts%GDP Economic Income receipts as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLaborAgr%TotMale Economic Employees, agriculture, males as % of male employment WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesLiteracyAdultTotal% SocioPolitical, Knowledge, Education Literacy rate, percent of adults (15 or older) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXCurActBal%GDP Economic Current account balance (% of GDP) WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXDebt Economic External long-term (more than 1 year) debt: public, publically guaranteed and priv nonguaranteed WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXFlowsIBRD%GDP Economic Net flows from IBRD as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesXWBLoans%GDP Economic IBRD loans and IDA credits as % of GDP WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 Yes
SeriesInflationCPIBase2010 Economic Consumer Price Index WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No
SeriesInflationWholesaleBase2010 Economic Wholesale Price Index WDI BATCH PULL 2017/06/13 No

Discontinued WDI Series

Since beginning to pull WDI data, there have been a number of series which have been discontinued in terms of collection by the WDI. We continue to keep this outdated data in IFs until proper replacements are found. Those data are:

Non-Preprocessor Series:

SeriesEmissionsOrgWatperWorkerDay

SeriesEnConElecWDIkwh

SeriesGovBudgeBal%GDP

SeriesICTDailyNewspapers

SeriesICTExpendperCap

SeriesICTInternetUsersper1000WDI

SeriesICTInternetUsersWDI

SeriesICTTelephoneLinesCellsper100

SeriesLaborParRateFemale%

SeriesLaborParRateMale%

SeriesLaborParRateTotal%

SeriesRoadDensity

SeriesRoadsPassengerKM

SeriesRoadsGoodsTrans

SeriesRoadsTotalNetworkClean

SeriesRoadsTotalNetworkOld

SeriesRoadsTotalNetworkWDI2010

SeriesTransCarsper1000

SeriesVehiclesperKilom

SeriesXFDIOutflows%GDPOld

SeriesXGrossPrivCapFlows%GDP

SeriesXPortEquity

Preprocessor Series:

SeriesEnConElec

SeriesEnConTotalWDI

SeriesEnElecShrEnDem

SeriesEnProdElec

SeriesEnvPM10

SeriesICTExpend%GDP

SeriesICTInternet%Pop

SeriesRoadsPaved%

SeriesRoadsTotalNetwork

SeriesVehiclesper1000

Instructions on pulling WDI data

​Steps for pulling WDI Batch Data

  1. Access the World Development Indicators through the world bank at: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators
  2. Download the CSV data.
  3. For the most recent update (Aug. 2024), we updated 82 series in total.
Variable Definition Name in Source UsedInPreprocessor UsedInPreprocessorFileName Code in Source Decimal Places Formula
ArmsImp%TotImp Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) 1 ECONOMY MS.MIL.MPRT.KD 3 %'NE.IMP.GNFS.CD'
XDebtPNG%GDP External debt, private non-guaranteed, as percentage of gross domestic product External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.DPNG.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XDebtPPG%GDP External debt, public and publicly guaranteed, as percentage of gross domestic product External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.DPPG.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XFlowsIDA%GDP Net flows from IDA as  % of GDP Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.NFL.MIDA.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XFlowsIMFNonCon%GDP Net nonconcessional flows from IMF as % of GDP Net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.NFL.IMFN.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XIMFCredit%GDP IMF credits as % of GDP Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.DIMF.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XIncPayments%GDP Income payments as % of GDP Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) 1 ECONOMY BM.GSR.FCTY.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XPortBonds%GDP Portfolio investment in bonds (PPG and PNG) as % of GDP Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.NFL.BOND.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XPortEquity%GDP Portfolio investment in equity as % of GDP Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) 1 ECONOMY BX.PEF.TOTL.CD.WD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XReserves%GDP Gross international reserves as % of GDP Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) 1 ECONOMY FI.RES.TOTL.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XFlowsIMFCon%GDP Net concessional flows from IMF as % of GDP Net financial flows, IMF concessional (NFL, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.NFL.IMFC.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XIncReceipts%GDP Income receipts as % of GDP Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) 1 ECONOMY BX.GSR.FCTY.CD 3 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XFlowsIBRD%GDP Net flows from IBRD as % of GDP Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.NFL.MIBR.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XWBLoans%GDP IBRD loans and IDA credits as % of GDP IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.MWBG.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
GovtCurRev%GDP Current government revenue as % of GDP Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS 3 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
ExportServices%GDP Exports of services as % of GDP Service exports (BoP, current US$) 1 ECONOMY BX.GSR.NFSV.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
ExportsMerchandise%GDP Exports of merchandise as % of GDP Merchandise exports (current US$) 1 ECONOMY TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
ImportServices%GDP Imports of Services as % of GDP Service imports (BoP, current US$) 1 ECONOMY BM.GSR.NFSV.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
ImportsMerchandise%GDP Imports of merchandiseas % of GDP Merchandise imports (current US$) 1 ECONOMY TM.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XWorkerRemitPaid%GDP Worker remittances by country where paid as % of GDP Personal remittances, paid (current US$) 1 ECONOMY BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XWorkerRemitReceived%GDP Worker remittances received by country as % of GDP Personal remittances, received (current US$) 1 ECONOMY BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
XDebt%GDP External debt as percentage of gross domestic product External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.DECT.CD 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CD'
NetForeignAssets%GDP Net Foreign Assets (current LCU) as a percent of GDP. Net foreign assets (current LCU) 0 FM.AST.NFRG.CN 4 %'NY.GDP.MKTP.CN'
Labor Labor force size Labor force, total 1 POPULATION SL.TLF.TOTL.IN 4 /1000000
PopulationUrban Urban population Urban population 1 POPULATION SP.URB.TOTL 4 /1000000
GDPCurDol Gross Domestic Product in Current US$ GDP (current US$) 1 ENERGY NY.GDP.MKTP.CD 4 /1000000000
Xdebt External long-term (more than 1 year) debt: public, publically guaranteed and priv nonguaranteed External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) 1 ECONOMY DT.DOD.DLXF.CD 4 /1000000000
LaborFemale% Portion of labor force made up by women Labor force, female (% of total labor force) 1 POPULATION SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS 4
LaborSecInd%Tot Labor in industry as  % of total Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 0 SL.IND.EMPL.ZS 4
LaborSecSer%Tot Labor in services as  % of total Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 0 SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS 4
VaddInd% Value added in industry as percent of GDP Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NV.IND.TOTL.ZS 3
OresMetsIm%MerchIm Ores and Metals imports as % of merchandise imports Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) 1 ECONOMY TM.VAL.MMTL.ZS.UN 4
GovtDebt%GDP Central government debt as % of GDP Central government debt, total (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS 4
VaddMan% Value added in manufacturing as percent of GDP Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NV.IND.MANF.ZS 3
PopForeign% Foreign population as  % of total population International migrant stock (% of population) 0 SM.POP.TOTL.ZS 4
LaborAgriSector Agricultural labor force as % of total employment, ISIC multiple revisions Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 1 ECONOMY SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS 3
GenderUnpaidDomesticWorkTimeFemale Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day). Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day) 0 SG.TIM.UWRK.FE 2
GenderUnpaidDomesticWorkTimeMale Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day). Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day) 1 POPULATION SG.TIM.UWRK.MA 2
IncBelow2D15c% Percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 international prices, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) 0 SI.POV.DDAY 4
IncBelow3D65c% Percentage of the population living on less than $3.65 a day at 2017 international prices, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) 0 SI.POV.LMIC 4
IncBelow6D85c% Percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) 0 SI.POV.UMIC 4
PovGap2D15cperDay Poverty gap at $2.15 per day (2017PPP), percent, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform Poverty gap at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (%) 1 ECONOMY SI.POV.GAPS 4
PovGap3D65perDay Poverty gap at $3.65 per day (2017PPP), percent, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform Poverty gap at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) (%) 1 ECONOMY SI.POV.LMIC.GP 4
PovGap6D85cperDay Poverty gap at $6.85 per day (2017PPP), percent, estimation by World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) (%) 1 ECONOMY SI.POV.UMIC.GP 4
ExportGoodSer% Exports of goods and services as % of GDP Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS 4
EnElecTransLoss% Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) 1 INFRASTRUCTURE EG.ELC.LOSS.ZS 4
GovtEdPub%GDP Educational expenditures (public) as percent of GDP Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS 4
GovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) 1 SOCIOPOL IC.REG.COST.PC.ZS 4
GovtMil%GDPWDI Military expenditures (as percent of GDP). Taiwan, China values filled by SIPRI. Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS 4
GovCon%GDP Government (general) final consumption as % of GDP General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NE.CON.GOVT.ZS 3
GovExpense%GDP Government expense as  % of GDP (compare with govt expenditures) Expense (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS 3
ImportGoodSer% Imports of goods and services as % of GDP Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS 4
EnElecConsPerCap Electricity consumption per capita Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) 1 INFRASTRUCTURE EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC 4
InvestGrCapForm%GDP Gross capital formation (Investment), percent of GDP Gross capital formation (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS 3
XFDIInflows%GDP Foreign direct investment net inflow as % of GDP Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS 4
XFDIOutflows%GDP Foreign direct investment net outflow as % of GDP Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY BM.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS 3
IncShareL20% Income share of poorest 20% of population Income share held by lowest 20% 1 ECONOMY SI.DST.FRST.20 3
LaborUnemploy% Labor unemployment, % of labor force Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 1 POPULATION SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS 3
TaxImportDuties%Rev Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) 1 ECONOMY GC.TAX.IMPT.ZS 4
OresMetsEx%MerchEx Ores and Metals exports as % of merchandise exports Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) 1 ECONOMY TX.VAL.MMTL.ZS.UN 4
PopContrUse%WDI Prevalence of contraceptive use Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) 0 SP.DYN.CONU.ZS 4
EnElecAccess%National Access to electric energy National (% of population) Access to electricity (% of population) 1 INFRASTRUCTURE EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS 4
EnElecAccess%Rural Access to electricity in Rural areas (% of population) Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) 1 INFRASTRUCTURE EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS 4
EnElecAccess%Urban Access to electricity in Urban areas (% of population) Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) 1 INFRASTRUCTURE EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS 4
MalnChil%WeightWB Percentage of children under 5 malnourished based on weight; US benchmark Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) 1 AGRICULTURE SH.STA.MALN.ZS 4
TaxGoodSer%CurRev Taxes on goods and services as % of total govt revenue Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) 1 ECONOMY GC.TAX.GSRV.RV.ZS 3
TaxSocSec%CurRev Social security taxes as % of total govt revenue Social contributions (% of revenue) 1 ECONOMY GC.REV.SOCL.ZS 3
GiniExtended Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) Gini index 1 ECONOMY SI.POV.GINI 3
ICTInternet%Pop Percent of population on-line Individuals using the Internet (% of population) 1 SOCIOPOL IT.NET.USER.ZS 4
LaborAgr%TotFemale Employees, agriculture, female as % of female employment Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 1 POPULATION SL.AGR.EMPL.FE.ZS 4
VaddAg% Value added in agriculture as percent of GDP Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS 3
VaddSer% Value added in services as percent of GDP Services, value added (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS 3
LaborAgr%TotMale Employees, agriculture, males as % of male employment Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 1 POPULATION SL.AGR.EMPL.MA.ZS 4
XCurActBal%GDP Current account balance (% of GDP) Current account balance (% of GDP) 1 ECONOMY BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS 3
MaternalMortalityRatio Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 1 POPULATION SH.STA.MMRT 2
EnvPMWDI PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 1 ENVIRONMENT EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 5
ChildStuntingPercentWDI Stunting (Height for age) amongst children aged under the age of 5 Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) 1 HEALTH SH.STA.STNT.ZS 5
HealthMalarBedNetsWDI Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population) Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population) 1 HEALTH SH.MLR.NETS.ZS 3
AidRecGrant%TotRev Grants and other revenue include grants from other foreign governments, international organizations, and other government units; Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) 1 ECONOMY GC.REV.GOTR.ZS 3
IncBelowNPL%WDI Population below national poverty line Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) 1 ECONOMY SI.POV.NAHC 1
ICTImport%Imp Imports of ICT goods as % of total goods imports ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) 0 TM.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN 2
ICTExport%Exp Exports of ICT goods as % of total goods exports ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) 0 TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN 2
  1. To prepare the data, we mainly use the "Code in Source", "Formula", and "Decimal Places". The "Code in Source" is the "Indicator Code" in WDI_CSV file downloaded.
  2. First, we seperated data difference vetting into two parts:
    1. New value is missing but we have values in IFsHistSeries. For current prevetting, the only problematic one is Nicaragua.
    2. New value is greater than 15% compared to the values in IFsHistSeries.
  3. Then, blend data points for missing years and missing country data. Can generally expect that data will differ slightly from current consiering that WDI regularly updates old data points.
  4. Next, use the blended data to rebuild the model to see the impact. Note any discrepancies that do not make sense. I also recommend building the model for datapoints that had a huge difference from the old data.

Electricity Access Data

Introduction-

This section explains the methodology that is to be followed when importing Electricity Access data into Ifs. It also describes certain problems that a user might face in interpreting, understanding the data.

Representation of Electricity access data in IFs

Electricity access data in Ifs is broken down into electricity access for Urban areas and Electricity access for rural areas. It is represented as a percentage i.e. percentage of urban population with electricity access and percentage of rural population with electricity access. This data is used in the following computations in Ifs,

  1.  Desired level of electricity access
  2.  Electricity use as a % of total energy use
  3.  % of population that relies on solid fuels as the primary source of domestic energy 

This data is affected by the following drivers in IFs,

  1. The household size
  2. Population size
  3. Breakdown of population (Urban, Rural)
  4. Government effectiveness

Below is a simple diagrammatic representation of Electricity Access in Ifs,


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                                                                                                Source: International Futures 7.22





Source for data- Electricity Access data is available from a variety of sources. The two main sources of data for the same are,

  1. WDI- the World Bank publishes data for electricity access data for 186 countries. A bifurcation is available between Rural Electrification and Urban Electrification. The data is available at  http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
  2. IEA- the International Energy Agency publishes this data as well, but only for developing countries. This data is published as a part of the world energy outlook. The data is available at http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energydevelopment/energyaccessdatabase/  

 

Series to be updated

  1. National Electricity Access - SeriesEnElecAccess%National
  2. Rural Electricity Access- SeriesEnElecAccess%Rural
  3. Urban Electricity Access- SeriesEnElecAccess%Urban

Comparison of WDI and IEA data

  When the WDI and IEA data were compared, in order to verify whether the datasets could be blended, we found that the year on year data was too dissimilar to blend. For Example, for some countries the 2013 value from IEA was lower than the 2012 value from WDI. (This is not logical, since electrification rates cannot go down). Also, for some other countries the 2013 IEA value was abnormally high considering the historical growth rates of electrification for the country or region in question. Blending these datasets would create transients in the IFs forecasts for future years. Hence, it is recommended that the user only use the WDI data when updating this series.

 

Country List to be usedWorld Bank countries