World Bank Open Data

World Bank Open Data

world bank data - Free and open access to global development data



Over Half the World Lives in Cities

Percentage of world population living in urban and rural areas


Over half the world lives in cities, and those cities are responsible for over 80% of global GDP. However, the high density of people, jobs, and assets which make cities so successful, also makes them vulnerable to the wide range of natural and manmade shocks and stresses increasingly affecting them today



385 Million Children Live in Extreme Poverty

Number of children under 18 living under $1.90/day in 2013


Half the world's extremely poor are children. New analysis from the World Bank and UNICEF finds that almost 385 million children were living in extreme poverty in 2013. 8 out of 10 of those children lived in just 20 countries.


Q3 2016 Update of World Development Indicators Available


The World Development Indicators database has been updated. This is a regular quarterly update to over 600 indicators and includes both new indicators and updates to existing indicators.

Data have been updated for international poverty and shared prosperity indicators, balance of payments series, monetary indicators, Enterprise Surveys, FDI and portfolio equity flows, remittances, and indicators for education, health expenditure, HIV, immunization, CO2 emissions, statistical capacity, telecommunications, threatened species, private participation in infrastructure, research and development, intentional homicides, and battle-related deaths. The OECD aggregates have been updated to reflect the addition of Latvia.

New indicators have been added for HIV, gender, and educational attainment.

National accounts data updates include Argentina, which was temporarily unclassified in July 2016 pending release  of revised statistics, and is classified as upper middle income for FY17.

Data can be accessed via various means including:

- The World Bank’s main multi-lingual and mobile-friendly data website, http://data.worldbank.org
- The DataBank query tool: http://databank.worldbank.org which also includes archived, previous versions of WDI
- Bulk download in XLS and CSV formats and directly from the API



Half of the World's Extremely Poor are Children

Number of extreme poor living on less than $1.90/day in 2013


Half the world's extremely poor are children. New analysis from the World Bank and UNICEF finds that almost 385 million children were living in extreme poverty in 2013. 9 out of 10 of those children lived in just 20 countries.


Chart: South Asia’s Exports Increasing in Value



Merchandise Exports Gaining Value in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

Over the last decade, several South Asian countries have experienced significant increases in the value of their exports to the rest of the world. India is leading the pack.



In South Asia, more than one million young workers enter the labor market each month. Education levels are on the rise, cities are sprawling, exports are gaining value and as a result, many eyes are on the region to become the next ‘global factory’. But to become the world’s next middle-income region, South Asia’s firms must become more globally competitive.

On October 6, join a live event where global thought leaders, business leaders and policy makers will discuss the obstacles and opportunities affecting the South Asia region’s competitiveness.


Chart: Fewer People Live in Extreme Poverty Than Ever Before


 Fewer People Live in Extreme Poverty Than Ever Before

World population in billions. Poor living below $1.90/day in 2011 PPP


In 2013, an estimated 767 million people were living under the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day. Even as the world's population has grown, the number of poor has gradually fallen. But in spite of this progress, with over 1 in 10 people considered poor, poverty remains unacceptably high.


Facebook, the OECD & the World Bank have a new way to survey businesses


Countries in which firms were surveyed for initial round of “Future of Business Survey”

Facebook, the OECD and World Bank have just released the “Future of Business Survey” - a new source of information on small and medium enterprises. You can download the report and explore the results here.

The shared goal of this work is to help policymakers, researchers, and businesses to better understand business sentiment, and to leverage a digital platform to provide a unique source of information.


Chart: The World's Top Tourist Destinations


The World's Top Tourist Destinations

Number of international arrivals per year


More than a billion tourists travel every year. Tourism is a powerful tool for reducing poverty, boosting economic growth, building social progress and ensuring peace. In the past 20 years, the world's top tourist destinations have remained popular, but the share of tourism-related income going to low and middle income countries has been rising.

Maximize analytical use of Public Sector Debt Statistics: D1-D4 matrix approach


 The Financial Data Team of the Development Economics Data Group (DECDG) is pleased to announce the launch of our Online Quarterly Bulletin’s second edition, an e-newsletter spotlighting debt statistics news, trends, and events. The current issue features the following:

    Organizing Public Sector Debt (QPSD) statistics to maximize their analytical use and international comparability
    Bond Issuance by low- and middle-income countries in 2015
    External debt trends for high-income countries in 20105
    Debt statistics-related event summaries


One highlight in this edition is the introduction of the D1-D4 matrix, a cascading approach used to present the QPSD data. The primary aim of the QPSD initiative is to institute a standardized measure for each dimension of public sector debt. The QPSD database displays country data for the same set of debt instruments such as 1. debt securities, 2. loans, 3. currency and deposits, 4. Special Drawing Rights, 5. Other accounts payable, and 6. insurance, pensions, and standardized guarantee schemes for the following institutional sectors of the economy: 1) general government, (2) central government, (3) budgetary central government, (4) non-financial public corporations (5) financial public corporations, and (6) the total consolidated public sector debt.

Charts: Where do Refugees Originate From and Where are they Hosted?


9 out of 10 Refugees Originate from These Countries

Refugees and people in a refugee-like situation by country of origin (end of 2015)



9 out of 10 Refugees are Hosted in These Countries

Refugees and people in a refugee-like situation by country of asylum (end of 2015)



"Forcibly Displaced" - a new report out today, offers a new perspective on the global crisis and how humanitarian and development actors can work together to support the individuals affected. The report draws on sources including the UNHCR's Global Trends 2015 which shows that 9 in 10 of the world's refugees originate from 20 countries, and 9 in 10 are hosted by about 40 countries.


With the information we provide about   world bank data

, We hope you can be helped and hopefully set a precedent with you . Or also you can
see our other references are also others which are not less good about HELB Postgraduate and Continuing Education Loans


, So and we thank you for visiting.


open student loan :  http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/