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The World Bank44678World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank database for development data from officially recognized international sources.See other worksheets in this Excel file for a list of series changes since previous versions.On April 27, the quarterly update of the WDI was released. This feature includes updates to adjusted savings in national accounts, education, and energy sectors. Trademark applications, individuals using the internet, broadband and mobile phone subscriptions, as well as financial soundness and financial access indicators were also updated. This also update includes the latest figures related to energy and environmental indicators as well as coal, forest, mineral, natural gas, and oil rents. It also covers the latest estimates for the prevalence of tobacco use, completeness of birth registrations, and multidimensional poverty headcounts.On February 15, the WDI was refreshed. This feature includes the latest updates from the IMF IFS and GFS, as well as the latest updates for national accounts data from the OECD and national statistics offices. Other economic data from UNCTAD, WTO, and UNIDO were also included in this refresh. Labor force, unemployment rates, and other labor force indicators were also updated. Additionally, figures for child mortality (SDG 3.2), universal health coverage (SDG 3.8.2), health expenditures, as well as access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (SDG 7.1.2) were also updated. The latest data on tourism, FDI, remittances, public-private partnerships investment, and ICT imports/exports were also updated.On December 16, the World Development Indicators quarterly update was released. This update includes the latest estimates for labor force participation and unemployment rates by gender and age groups. States and markets indicators were also updated: air transport, registered carrier departures, and high-technology exports. This release includes the latest figures related to treatment, detection, and incidence of tuberculosis, physicians, contraceptive prevalence, prevalence of female genital mutilation, and completeness of birth registrations data. This feature also includes updates to national accounts figures, along with IMF's BoP/ International Finance Statistics (IFS) and WTO data. On October 28, new external debt data from the International Debt Statistics 2022 () was included in the WDI. This refresh includes the latest figures for external debt stocks, total debt service, net financial flows, portfolio equity flows, FDI, and workers' remittances as well as compensation of employees. This release also includes new estimates for labor force participation, unemployment rates by gender, employment-type, and education. Disaggregated figures on school enrollment, student persistence, school completion, educational attainment, teacher training rates and related education indicators were also updated. Shared prosperity indicators (SDG 10) were also updated. In this feature, the common reference year for national accounts series at constant prices, in US dollars, was updated from 2010 to 2015. On September 15, the WDI was refreshed. This release includes updates to health indicators, such as undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1), HIV/AIDS (SDG 3.3.1), as well as access to drinking water and sanitation (SDG 6.1.1 and 6.2.1). Forest, land area (SDG 15.1.1), unemployment, and other labor figures were also updated. This feature also covers updates for CPIA indicators, military expenditures, battle related deaths, and financial access survey figures as well as financial soundness indicators. Additionally, this release also features new estimates for multidimensional poverty headcount ratios, as well as by population total, by age and gender (SDG 1.2.2). On July 1, the 2020 data for national accounts, including GDP and GNI-related indicators, were released for countries and aggregates. The country classification hierarchies, lending groups, and group aggregate data reflect the new fiscal year 2022 income classifications and can be accessed here. This feature also includes the latest estimates for population, refugee, life expectancy, mortality rate, health expenditure, labor markets figures, and stock market indicators. Additionally, figures related to tax revenue, FDI, portfolio equity, workers’ remittances, as well as compensation of employees from IMF’s Government Finance Statistics were updated. This feature also includes updates to economic series sourced from IMF IFS, UNIDO, WITS, UNCTAD, and WTO, as well as updates to linked series for PPP purposes. This release also includes updates to greenhouse gas emissions, according to the WBG’s Climate Change Action Plan.On May 25, the new update of the World Development Indicators was published. This release includes the latest figures for access to electricity, S&P Global Equity Indices, PPP conversion factor, as well as average transaction costs for sending remittances. This feature also includes updates to private investment as well as public private partnerships investments in transport, ICT, energy, water and sanitation.On April 26, new health indicators were updated in the WDI. These include new estimates for the prevalence of underweight, stunting, wasting, severe wasting, and overweight for children and by gender. The latest estimates for mortality and fertility rates were also updated. This release also features updates to adjusted savings as well as coal, forest, mineral, natural gas, and oil rents. It also covers updates to mobile cellular subscriptions, individuals using the internet, Enterprise Surveys indicators, as well as arms imports and exports figures.19 March, 2021: New poverty and inequality estimates in the WDI were released, alongside the PovcalNet update. The new estimates include national and international poverty rates for individual economies and aggregate groups, and new measures of inequality in income or consumption, including the Gini index, for individual economies (WDI Table 1.2 and WDI Table 1.3). This update also features new estimates for FDI, remittances, PPP revision, national accounts figures, and WBL Index.17 February, 2021: A new update of the World Development Indicators was released. It includes updates for debt, international tourism, trade, and tariffs. Additionally, figures related to government tax revenue, ODA, FDI, workers’ remittances, as well as compensation of employees from IMF’s Government Finance Statistics were updated. This feature also includes the latest estimates for labor force participation, employment-type, and unemployment rates by gender, as well as causes of deaths, patent, trademark, ICT imports and exports, telephone, mobile, and broadband subscriptions. Additionally, the data for the indicators on high-technology exports were revised to correct for a system error.16 December, 2020: The quarterly update of the World Development Indicators was released. This update features the latest on figures on rail and air transport, battle related deaths, container port traffic, military personnel, internet usage, as well as telephone, mobile, and broadband subscriptions. New estimates are also available for investments related to transport, water, energy, and ICT. This release also features new estimates for multidimensional poverty headcount ratios, as well as for a few countries population total, by age and sex. The latest figures related to treatment, detection, and incidence of tuberculosis, risk of expenditure for surgical care, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, hospital beds, as well as public, private, and out-of-pocket health expenditure data are also available.14 October, 2020: New external debt data from the International Debt Statistics 2021 was included in the WDI. This update features new figures for financial flows and trends in external debt for low- and middle- income countries. This update also includes the latest figures for total reserves, domestic credits, CPI, exchange rates, governments' tax revenue/expenses, interest rates, FDI, portfolio equity flows, service imports and exports, and workers' remittances as well as compensation of employees from IMF's International Financial Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Balance of Payments. 7 October, 2020: A new update of the WDI was released. This update features new estimates for incidences of HIV by age and gender, immunization, alcohol consumption, sanitation, maternal and child mortality rates as well as related health and gender indicators. New figures on legislation, parliamentary seats, female migrant stocks, and demographic and health surveys were also updated. This release also includes new estimates for labor force participation, part time employment, and unemployment rates by gender, employment-type, and education. Additionally, disaggregated data on literacy rates, school enrollment, student persistence, school completion, educational attainment, teacher training rates and related education indicators were also updated. Lastly, new and revised estimates on international poverty, national poverty, and inequality have been released.16 September, 2020: New WDI updates were published. This release includes the latest data from the Human Capital Index (HCI) by gender, as well as updates for medium and high-tech industry and exports, homicides by gender, prevalence of food insecurity, and telecommunications and ICT indicators. It also covers updates of financial soundness indicators as well as the latest figures for public and private health expenditures.1 July, 2020: On July 1 data for 2019 for population and national accounts, including GDP and GNI-related indicators, have been released for countries and aggregates. New estimates are also available for contraceptive prevalence, labor market, R&D, refugee, carbon dioxide emissions, and firm-level financing and bribery incidence from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. The country classification hierarchies and group aggregate data reflect the new fiscal year 2021 income classifications.19 May, 2020: New SDG indicators and updates to the WDI were published. New indicators include the multidimensional poverty index, headcount ratios by gender, and intensity estimates (SDG 1.2.2); prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity by population (SDG 2.1.2); proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (SDG 10.2.1); and the Women Business and the Law Index Score (SDG 5.1). This update also features the purchasing power parity (PPP) results for the reference year 2017. For the methodology of ICP’s PPP estimation (2011-2017), please refer to the ICP website (). For years before 2011 and after 2017, please see the extrapolation method at April, 2020: New child malnutrition data were updated in the WDI, along with the UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) updates. This feature includes new estimates for the prevalence of underweight, stunting, wasting, severe wasting, and overweight for children and by gender (WDI Table 2.15). This update includes estimates and metadata for all years up to 2019 at country/regional/global levels.19 March, 2020: New poverty and inequality estimates in the WDI were released, alongside the PovcalNet update. The new estimates include national and international poverty rates for individual economies and aggregate groups, and new measures of inequality in income or consumption, including the Gini index, for individual economies (WDI Table 1.2 and WDI Table 1.3).27 February, 2020: The quarterly update of the World Development Indicators was released. It includes updates for business and firm-related data, private investment, and ICT figures. Economic indicators for select countries were also revised. Financial indicators such as official aid, external debt stocks and flows, foreign direct investment, remittance, and portfolio equity were also updated. New figures on trade, tariff, tourism were also released.20 December, 2019: The quarterly update for the WDI was released. This release features updates of national accounts data for all economies and aggregates. Additionally, international finance statistics, government finance, balance of payments, trade, rail transport, battle deaths, intentional homicides, health and gender data were also updated. New estimates are also available for labor force participation, part time employment, and unemployment rates. This update also includes new descriptions for some poverty indicators.28 October, 2019: WDI indicators which are sourced from the Doing Business report were updated to reflect the latest measures of business regulations, and the time and costs associated with the logistical process of exporting and importing goods.19 September, 2019: The new WDI updates were published. This release features new estimates for maternal and child mortality rates, as well as updates for population, sanitation, health, immunization, HIV, and gender data. Additionally, updates of national accounts data were included for selected economies, and international finance statistics, government finance, balance of payments, FDI, air transport, CPI, battle deaths, intentional homicides, and communications data were also updated.26 June, 2019: Data for 2018 for population and national accounts, including GDP and GNI-related indicators, have been released for countries and aggregates. New estimates are also available for Balance of Payments, Purchasing Power Parities (PPP), exchange rates, unmet need and demand satisfied for family planning (SDG 3.7.1), treatment of diarrhea, prevention of malaria, birth registration, access to electricity (SDG 7.1.1), terrestrial and marine protected areas, arms trade and military expenditure, public-private partnership investments, and business environment indicators gathered through enterprise surveys (SDG 16.5.2). April 24, 2019: The quarterly update of the World Development Indicators was released. It includes updates for national accounts, balance of payments, labor market, and health expenditure data. New estimates are also available for natural resources rents, PM2.5 pollution, law and regulation towards gender equality, mobile and internet, armed forces personnel, and education series. New indicators include data on government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget.21 March, 2019: The World Development Indicators and the Poverty and Equity databases have been updated to reflect the March 2019 update of the poverty data. International poverty numbers have been revised, with 50 new surveys and new ancillary data, as well as new aggregates for the period 1981 to 2015. A revised set of shared prosperity spells are also included. Poverty statistics at national poverty lines have also been revised.24 January, 2019: The quarterly update of the World Development Indicators was released. This version presents the most recent measures of trade compliance and business regulations from Doing Business, updates of national accounts data for selected economies, as well as balance of payments, official development assistance, and tariff data, incidence of tuberculosis and malaria, education attainment, labor force participation and unemployment (national estimates), threatened species, and fertilizer consumption. New indicators are available for mortality rate by cause and sex, and alcohol consumption by sex.14 November, 2018: New external debt data from the International Debt Statistics database was included in the WDI, including data on external debt stocks and flows, key debt ratios, as well as updates on other financial flows indicators such as foreign direct investment and portfolio equity.19 October, 2018: A new update of the World Development Indicators has been released. This version features data for the human capital index (HCI) disaggregated by sex. The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks to poor health and poor education that prevail in the country where the child lives. It is designed to highlight how improvements in current health and education outcomes shape the productivity of the next generation of workers, assuming that children born today experience over the next 18 years the educational opportunities and health risks that children in this age range currently face. Please visit the Human Capital Project website for further information.

Other data updates include refugee population, prevalence of undernourishment, personal remittances, portfolio equity, and foreign direct investment series. Revisions and corrections of selected national accounts data and international finance statistics indicators have also been included.

19 September, 2018: The quarterly update of the World Development Indicators has been released. This version features new poverty estimates and new child mortality data, as well as updates for consumer price index, financial indicators, balance of payments, demography, HIV, labor force participation and unemployment, mobile and internet, and electricity production series. New indicators are available for homicide rate by sex, mortality due to environmental pollution, and military expenditure.28 August, 2018: A database update was conducted to reflect new estimates and revisions for selected indicators including data on terrestrial and marine protected areas, as well as GNI and value added series.26 July, 2018: A minor update was made to the World Development Indicators to reflect corrections in the areas of Environment, National Accounts, and States and Market. Additionally, data on financial risk protection for surgical care have been updated with trends.29 June, 2018: On June 29 data for 2017 for population and national accounts, including GDP and GNI-related indicators, have been released for countries and aggregates. The methodology for presenting value added for the services sector has been revised, and financial intermediary services indirectly measured (FISIM) are presented separately. Historically, FISIM was used in the calculation of the “Services, etc” indicator. Starting with July 2018 update of the WDI, FISIM is presented as a separate series, where available. In addition, the “Final consumption expenditure, etc” and “Household consumption expenditure, etc” data included any existing statistical discrepancy between GDP according to production methodology and GDP according to expenditure methodology. Starting with this update, these two series will no longer be published. Instead, indicators for final consumption expenditure and household consumption expenditure are now available. Users can find the statistical discrepancy listed as a separate indicator. The methodology for calculating value added shares has also been updated.

Other data that have been updated include FDI, tariffs, monetary and prices indicators, balance of payments, trade, health, military expenditure, air traffic, CPIA ratings, and fisheries. Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) for OECD and Eurostat countries show the latest release. The country classification hierarchies and group aggregate data reflect the new fiscal year 2019 income classifications. Historical data have been revised as necessary.18 May, 2018: A minor update was made to the World Development Indicators to reflect corrections to West Bank and Gaza and Qatar National Accounts. New data and metadata were also added for select indicators on poverty distribution, child malnutrition, and foreign direct investment.15 February, 2018: During this release, we have restored 2011 Purchasing Power Parities and related extrapolations for West Bank and Gaza. National Accounts data are still reported in USD. We have updated macroeconomic, environment, aid and tourism.indicators.15 December, 2017: The World Development Indicators have completed the last major update of 2017 with updates to most of its sections including Economy, Finance and Global Links, Health, Labor, and States and Markets. Few new indicators have been introduced and other recorded revised description. This edition also welcomes the Universal Health Coverage Global Monitoring Data.21 November, 2017: An update was processed, including specific indicators for Child Mortality, Doing Business, Environment, and Statistical Capacity. The country grouping has been revised.October 19, 2017: New child mortality estimates were released with two additional indicators: Probability of dying at age 5-14 years (per 1,000 children age 5) and Number of deaths ages 5-14 years.12 October, 2017: The Poverty and Shared Prosperity data has been updated. Estimates are available for updated data and a revised set of indicators, including for new international poverty lines. Some indicators in Environment section have also been refreshed. Select corrections have been made to the historical countries classification files.15 September, 2017: This update covers a set of indicators, mainly in State and Markets, Environment, and Social areas of WDI including data on population, intentional homicides, battle-related deaths, access to water, health, CO2 emissions, gender, technology, and communications. Minor corrections have also been implemented for few countries since the last update.21 July, 2017: International Finance Statistics data has been updated to reflect changes in reporting foreign exchange reserves in select countries. New data for workers' remittances and compensation of employees have been posted as well as Country Policy and Institutional Assessment ratings. A few country groupings have been revised after July 1, updates.1 July, 2017: 2016 data for all countries and groups for population-, GDP- and GNI-related indicators have been released. This extends to revised historical data where necessary. Purchasing Power Parities and related indicators in PPP terms for Cuba (expenditures, income, etc.) have been removed.

Other data that have been updated include balance of payments, monetary indicators, military expenditure, merchandise trade, air traffic and internally displaced persons. Country classification hierarchies and group aggregate data reflect new fiscal year 2018 income classifications.

Purchasing Power Parities have been updated for OECD and Eurostat countries to reflect their latest release.

New Public Private Partnership series were introduced in this release. The percentage of people with an account (SDG 8.10.2 from Findex) is also available and disaggregated by sex, income, and education level.26 May, 2017: Child malnutrition aggregate estimates have been updated with the most recent WHO-Unicef-World Bank joint estimates. We also included in this release changes in Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Net DAC donor flows (Total), Fishery and Aquaculture production data, and Gross National Income for Nigeria.17 April, 2017: Full update of development data to coincide with publication of the World Development Indicators 2017 book. New indicators include those for trademark and industrial design applications, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, male and female population shares by five-year age intervals, social protection coverage by quintiles from ASPIRE, and trade compliance indicators from Doing Business. External debt data for Thailand have been revised. Additionally, a set of three new indicators have been developed for GDP in current local currency, the implicit GDP deflator, and inflation based on the implicit GDP deflator. These series have been linked to produce consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. The new linked series may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years.29 March, 2017: New country codes were introduced to align World Bank 3-letter codes with ISO 3-letter codes: Andorra (AND), Dem. Rep. Congo (COD), Isle of Man (IMN), Kosovo (XKX), Romania (ROU), Timor-Leste (TLS), and West Bank and Gaza (PSE).23 March, 2017: A minor update was processed to revise 2014 and 2015 foreign direct investment data for United Arab Emirates. Indicators related to cereal production were also revised; and missing data for debt forgiveness grants were added.1 February, 2017: A update was processed to revise PPP data for OECD/Eurostat countries and related aggregates. Revisions were also made for land area indicators, air freight, total greenhouse gases, and national accounts data for Japan. Indicators for social protection and labor and for natural resource rents have been updated for 2015 and revised for historical years. ................
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