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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data

All 190 of the IMF's member nations strive for sustainable growth and prosperity. In order to boost productivity, job creation, and economic well-being, it accomplishes this by supporting economic policies that encourage monetary cooperation and financial stability.

Maddison Project Update

The dataset created by Angus Maddison is expanded upon in the Maddison Project database. When more and better data become available, the initial estimates are only changed or adjusted slightly.

Gröningen historical databases

Access to our past development databases is provided in this section. These data sets offer lengthy time series on economic growth indicators for a large number of nations. Some of these statistics date back as far as the year AD 1, which enables us to assess comparative economic performance from a really historical standpoint. Internationally harmonised economic indicators have been created for this reason utilizing sources and construction techniques that are transparent and well-documented.

Economic Freedom Index 

World Bank, Doing Business

With the termination of the Doing Business initiative, the World Bank Group is developing a new methodology for evaluating the business and investment climate in economies all over the world. As they become available, updates on the new Business Enabling Environment (BEE) project's progress will be posted on this page. For users interested in enhancing the business environment, this website will serve as a one-stop shop to highlight a selection of indicators and resources.

Global Innovation Index

If we are about to enter a new era, where new innovation spurts - the Digital Age and the Deep Science Innovation waves - bring about an economic uplift, this edition's thematic focus on the future of innovation-driven growth offers a perspective on whether stagnation and low productivity growth are here to stay.

Global Trade Enabling Index, 2008-16. Last report

https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-enabling-trade-report-2016/ 

The World Economic Forum compiled and/or acquired the information and data that are included in the Global Enabling Trade 2016 (hence, the "Report"; collectively, "Data"). This Report's data may change at any time without prior notification.

Global Competitiveness Report

The research used to produce the Global Competitiveness Report 2019 (hence referred to as "Report") is based on a methodology that incorporates the most recent data from international organizations and a survey of CEOs. The technique was created in conjunction with top experts and practitioners over the course of a three-year collaborative process, and it is intended to assist nations in identifying pertinent policies and practices. The World Economic Forum's views are not necessarily reflected in the findings, interpretations, or conclusions presented in this work.

Fragile State Index

Freedom in the World – 2022 Index

For 195 nations and 15 territories, the Freedom in the World study includes numerical rankings and supporting narratives. 210 countries and regions are evaluated by external analysts using a combination of fieldwork, interviews with locals, information from news articles, NGOs, governments, and a range of other sources. Knowledgeable advisors and local experts then scrutinize the analyst's conclusions. The analyst, advisor, and Freedom House staff consensus is reflected in the final output. Freedom in the World examines the electoral system, political plurality and involvement, government performance, freedom of expression and religion, rights to associations and organizations, the rule of law, and personal liberty and individual rights for each nation and territory.

The CGC examines a government's effectiveness in carrying out its responsibilities across a range of engagements. Choosing which areas should be treated as vital is difficult. Using cluster analysis on themes related to international development administration studies, the CGC has chosen seven key categories of variables that are shared by all nations.

We pay attention to topics that have the biggest effects on people's lives and hold the powerful responsible for the greater good. We demand greater openness and integrity in all facets of public life by exposing the networks and structures that support corruption through our activism, campaigns, and research.

A composite index that uses 23 quantitative and qualitative measures, each of which is weighted on a scale of 1 to 5, to determine the level of peace in various nations. The more peaceful the nation, the lower the score.

Press Freedom Index

 Since 2002, Reporters Without Borders has collected and released the Press Freedom Index, a yearly rating of nations based on its own evaluation of each nation's record on press freedom over the previous year. It aims to represent the level of freedom enjoyed by news organizations, journalists, and internet users in each nation as well as the efforts made by the government to uphold this freedom. Reporters Without Borders is cautious to point out that the index focuses solely on press freedom and does not evaluate the standard of journalism in the nations it evaluates or take a broader look at human rights abuses.

Global Terrorism Index

WB Statistical Capacity Indicator 

 The SPI framework evaluates the effectiveness and maturity of national statistical systems in five crucial categories, or "pillars."

U.S. State Department, Human Rights Reports 

EIU Democracy Index 2020

United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index (HDI)

UNDP Gini Index 2013

WB Gini Index

Poverty and Inequality Platform of the World Bank. Data are based on primary household survey information that was gathered by the World Bank's country divisions and governmental statistical agencies. The Luxembourg Income Study database primarily contains the statistics for high-income economies.

The World Income Distribution (WYD; the full data set is available here), the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America (SEDLAC), the Survey of Living Conditions (SILC) by Eurostat, the World Bank Europe and Central Asia dataset, the World Institute for Development Research (WIDER), the World Bank Povcal, and Ginis from individual long-term inequality studies are all included in this dataset.

WHO: Data and Annual Reports

 The United Nations has a dedicated agency for worldwide public health called the World Health Organization (WHO). It has 150 field offices worldwide, six regional offices, and its main office in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO's mandate calls for, among other things, working internationally to advance health, ensure global security, and assist the weak. According to its proponents, a billion additional people should have access to universal health care, participate in monitoring public health hazards, coordinate responses to medical emergencies, and promote their general well-being. It creates worldwide health standards, offers technical help to nations, and compiles information on world health problems. The Global Health Report is a publication that analyses global health-related issues. The WHO also acts as a venue for debates on health-related topics.

 WB Poverty

 Fighting poverty across all of its manifestations is a priority for the World Bank Group. We concentrate our investments in areas that are crucial for improving lives and work with governments to help them create effective policies that can assist the poorest citizens of every nation.

Oxfam: Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2017 

 The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index assesses government activity on social spending, taxation, and labor rights—three areas that have been demonstrated to be crucial for reducing inequality—using a new collection of information encompassing 152 nations. DFI and Oxfam seek suggestions for improvement to this initial version of the CRI Index. We conclude that there is an urgent need for coordinated worldwide investment to enhance the data on inequality and policies to address it, as well as for much more concentrated action on the part of governments around the world to narrow the wealth gap.

Global Hunger Index

 The Human Poverty Index (HPI), created by the United Nations to supplement the Human Development Index, was a measure of community poverty in a nation (HDI). The United Nations Development Program, which also releases indices like the HDI, developed it. Compared to the HDI, it was thought to more accurately reflect the degree of deprivation in developing nations. The HPI focuses on the lack of three fundamental aspects of human life—longevity, knowledge, and a reasonable level of living—that are already reflected in the HDI. To better reflect socioeconomic inequalities and the vastly different measures of deprivation in the two groups, the HPI is generated separately for poor nations (HPI-1) and a select set of high-income OECD countries (HPI-2).

UN Population Information Network 

 Wittgenstein Migration Data

The official and dependable source of comparable data on education, science, culture, and communication is the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The UIS, the official statistical office of UNESCO, creates a wide range of cutting-edge databases to support the investments and policies required to transform lives and advance global development goals. Data for all UNESCO nations and regional groups from 1970 to the most current year available are freely accessible through the UIS. The UIS promotes the development of websites and applications that make extensive use of UIS dissemination data by researchers and developers. The UIS offers a data browser, a bulk data download service, and a robust standards-based API (BDDS).

Demographic Yearbook (UNStats)

Official statistics on a variety of subjects are gathered, compiled, and distributed by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook. Since 1948, the United Nations Statistics Division has sent over 230 country statistics offices a series of questionnaires each year in order to gather data from those organizations. Every year, data on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are published in the Demographic Yearbook. Several more subjects are covered in the Demographic Yearbook special topics issues, such as economic activity, educational achievement, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity, and language.

UN Population Division

UNHCR Global Trends

The Global Trends report from UNHCR provides critical statistical trends as well as the most recent global statistics on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, stateless people, and those who have returned to their countries or regions of origin. The report, which is released once a year, reviews the prior year. Governments, non-governmental groups, and UNHCR all provided data on which the figures were based.

International Organization of Migration

IOM provides assistance to migrants all over the world and works to create efficient responses to the altering dynamics of migration. As a result, IOM is a valuable resource for guidance on migration policy and practice. The organization works in emergency situations, increasing the resilience of everyone who is on the move, especially those who are vulnerable, and creating governmental capacity to manage all forms and repercussions of mobility. The ideals outlined in the United Nations Charter, which include defending human rights for all, serve as the Organization's compass. Respect for migrants' rights, dignity, and well-being continues to be of utmost importance.

WEF Gender Gap Index (2022 Report)

The World Gender Gap Index measures gender parity in four critical areas: political empowerment, health and survival, educational attainment, and economic participation and opportunity. From its debut in 2006, it has been the indicator that has tracked progress toward closing these gaps over the most extended period. The Global Gender Gap Index calculates scores on a scale from 0 to 100, representing the amount of progress made toward parity (i.e., the proportion of the gender gap that has been closed). The cross-country comparisons are intended to aid in the identification of the most successful gender gap-closing policies.

UNDP Gender Inequality Index

For as many nations as data of reasonable quality permit, GII represents gender-based disadvantage in three areas: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market. It demonstrates the lost opportunity for human development brought on by the disparity between male and female accomplishments in various fields. The scale goes from 0, when men and women perform equally, to 1, where one gender performs as poorly as possible across the board. The association-sensitive inequality measure proposed by Seth (2009) is used to calculate GII values, which implies that the index is based on the general mean of general means of different orders. These means are first aggregated by a geometric mean across dimensions, and they are then aggregated using a harmonic mean across genders.

UN Gender Statistics

 The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) coordinates the Global Gender Statistics Programme, which is carried out by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) under the direction of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The Programme includes: enhancing national statistical and technical capacity for the production, dissemination, and use of gender-relevant data; developing and promoting methodological guidelines in existing domains and emerging areas of gender concern; and improving coherence among existing initiatives on gender statistics through international coordination. The Programme also includes: facilitating access to gender-relevant data and metadata through a newly developed data portal.

WB Gender Data 

UNEP Data Explorer

On a variety of environmental-related topics, GRID-Geneva handles a large number of high-quality geospatial data sets at various scales (global, continental, national, and subnational). The first section below provides access to these GRID-Geneva managed platforms. Additionally, GRID-Geneva encourages the usage of additional pertinent data platforms that are included in a separate section under "External Data Platforms" at the bottom of this page.

Environment Throughout the past 20 years, nations have worked together both locally and internationally to ensure that the environment is preserved and used sustainably, which promotes sustainable growth and helps bring people permanently out of poverty.

Yale Environmental Performance Index 2021

With the use of PI indicators, it is possible to identify issues, define goals, follow trends, comprehend results, and recognize difficulties. Government officials can also improve their policy agendas, enhance communication with important stakeholders, and maximize the return on environmental investments with the use of good data and fact-based research. In order to accomplish the goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and advance society toward a sustainable future, the EPI offers a potent policy tool.

World Values Survey

ARDA Dataset

The ARDA further provides comprehensive guidelines that concentrate on a particular element of a town, such as housing, education, or income. These manuals provide more thorough instructions for investigating all of the ARDA's data on a particular area of local life. The following topics have in-depth guides: Family, Age & Gender, Employment, Education, Housing, Income, Race, and Religion

Commission on International Religious Freedom: all reports

The International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998, as amended, established the independent, bipartisan United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). USCIRF keeps tabs on international observances of the fundamental right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), makes policy suggestions to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress, and follows up on how these suggestions are being carried out. The nine commissioners of USCIRF are chosen by the president or the leaders of each political party in Congress, with the assistance of a non-partisan professional staff.

2022 report

USCIRF, an independent, bipartisan U.S. government advisory organization established by IRFA, monitors and reports on religious freedom overseas and offers policy recommendations to the president, secretary of state, and Congress. It is distinct from the U.S. Department of State.

Pew Research Center

Eurobarometer 

Since 1973, the European Commission and other EU agencies have periodically commissioned the Eurobarometer series of public opinion polls. These polls cover a wide range of contemporary problems pertaining to the European Union and its member states. The Directorate-General Communication of the European Commission releases the results of the Eurobarometer. It has one of the largest databases in the world going back to 1973.

World Public Opinion

 A global collaborative project called WorldPublicOpinion.org seeks to give voice to popular opinion on global issues throughout the world. There is a greater need for international understanding and for clarifying global rules as the globe becomes more interconnected and problems become more global in scope. With the spread of democracy around the world, public opinion has started to influence foreign policy making more and more. WorldPublicOpinion.org aims to highlight both worldwide trends of world public opinion as well as the values and opinions of publics in particular countries throughout the world.

KOF Globalization Index

 Big Mac Index

To determine whether currencies are at their "proper" level, use the big mac index. Its foundation is the purchasing-power parity (PPP) hypothesis, which holds that, over time, exchange rates should tend to move in the direction of the rate that would bring the cost of an equivalent basket of goods and services (in this case, a hamburger) in any two countries to parity.

 DHL Connectedness Index 2021 Report

The DHL Global Connectedness Index 2021 Update demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, globalization has fared much better than expected during the Covid-19 crisis. Most other foreign flows are also experiencing a significant recovery, and global trade in products has skyrocketed to levels far above those seen before the pandemic. The only travel sector that remains badly down is international travel, but there are now even signs of a future travel revival.