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