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Data & Statistics Resources

Dataset:  WDI - World Development Indicators

Access Data:  World Development Indicators

Description:  WDI contains statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2002 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups.

Data includes:

  • social
  • economic
  • financial
  • natural resources
  • environmental indicators

Data can be exported using standard formats such as Excel and results can be:

  • scaled
  • indexed against a particular year
  • viewed by percentage change
  • charted

Time period:  1960-2002 (Updated annually)

For more details, see below.


Principal Investigator

Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, c1999 - present


Doumentation

A Help componenet is available through the software.


Data Format and File Storage

CD-ROM


Source of Data

World Bank