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Definitions, units, and interpretation notes for every World Bank indicator tracked on CountryDataHub.

Agriculture

Arable land (% of land area) AG.LND.ARBL.ZS
Arable land (hectares per person) AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) AG.LND.EL5M.ZS
Rural land area (sq. km) AG.LND.TOTL.RU.K2
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) AG.LND.EL5M.RU.ZS
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) AG.LND.EL5M.RU.K2
Surface area (sq. km) AG.SRF.TOTL.K2
Urban land area (sq. km) AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) AG.LND.EL5M.UR.ZS
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) AG.LND.EL5M.UR.K2

Economy

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD.ZG
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) NY.ADJ.DCO2.GN.ZS
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) NY.ADJ.DKAP.GN.ZS
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) NY.ADJ.AEDU.GN.ZS
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI) NY.ADJ.DNGY.GN.ZS
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI) NY.ADJ.DMIN.GN.ZS
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS
Coal rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.COAL.RT.ZS
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Forest rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.FRST.RT.ZS
GDP (constant 2015 US$) NY.GDP.MKTP.KD
GDP (current US$) NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP growth (annual %) NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) NY.GDP.PCAP.KD
GDP per capita (current US$) NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
GDP per capita growth (annual %) NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD
GDP, PPP (current international $) NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD
GNI (current US$) NY.GNP.MKTP.CD
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) NY.GNP.PCAP.CD
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD
GNI, Atlas method (current US$) NY.GNP.ATLS.CD
GNI, PPP (current international $) NY.GNP.MKTP.PP.CD
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) NV.IND.TOTL.ZS
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Mineral rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.MINR.RT.ZS
Natural gas rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.NGAS.RT.ZS
Oil rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.PETR.RT.ZS
Services, value added (% of GDP) NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS
Trade (% of GDP) NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Education

Compulsory education, duration (years) SE.COM.DURS
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
Preprimary education, duration (years) SE.PRE.DURS
Primary education, duration (years) SE.PRM.DURS
School enrollment, primary (% gross) SE.PRM.ENRR
School enrollment, secondary (% gross) SE.SEC.ENRR
Secondary education, duration (years) SE.SEC.DURS

Energy

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) EG.CFT.ACCS.RU.ZS
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) EG.CFT.ACCS.UR.ZS
Access to electricity (% of population) EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) EG.ELC.RNWX.KH
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS

Environment

Bird species, threatened EN.BIR.THRD.NO
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) EN.ATM.CO2E.PC
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) EN.GHG.CO2.ZG.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.BU.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.FE.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.IC.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.IP.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.PI.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.TR.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CO2.LU.MT.CE.AR5
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) EN.GHG.CO2.RT.GDP.KD
Fish species, threatened EN.FSH.THRD.NO
Mammal species, threatened EN.MAM.THRD.NO
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) EN.GHG.CH4.ZG.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.AG.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.BU.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.FE.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.IC.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.PI.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.TR.MT.CE.AR5
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.CH4.WA.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) EN.GHG.N2O.ZG.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.AG.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.BU.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.FE.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.IC.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.IP.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.PI.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.TR.MT.CE.AR5
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.N2O.WA.MT.CE.AR5
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) EN.ATM.PM25.MC.ZS
Plant species (higher), threatened EN.HPT.THRD.NO
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) EN.POP.DNST
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) EN.POP.EL5M.ZS
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) EN.POP.EL5M.RU.ZS
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) ER.LND.PTLD.ZS
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) EN.GHG.TOT.ZG.AR5
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) EN.GHG.ALL.MT.CE.AR5
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) EN.POP.EL5M.UR.ZS

Health & Population

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) SP.ADO.TFRT
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) SP.POP.DPND
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) SP.POP.DPND.OL
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) SP.POP.DPND.YG
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin SM.POP.ASYS.EO
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) SP.DYN.CBRT.IN
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) SH.DTH.COMM.ZS
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) SH.DTH.INJR.ZS
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) SH.DTH.OCVD.ZS
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) SP.DYN.CDRT.IN
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) SH.STA.DIAB.ZS
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) SH.IMM.IDPT
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) SH.IMM.HEPB
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) SH.IMM.MEAS
International migrant stock (% of population) SM.POP.TOTL.ZS
International migrant stock, total SM.POP.TOTL
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) SH.MMR.RISK.ZS
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) SH.MMR.RISK
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) SH.STA.MMRT
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) SH.STA.TRAF.P5
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) SH.DYN.NCOM.ZS
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) SH.DYN.NCOM.FE.ZS
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) SH.DYN.NCOM.MA.ZS
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) SH.STA.AIRP.P5
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) SH.STA.AIRP.FE.P5
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) SH.STA.AIRP.MA.P5
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) SH.STA.POIS.P5
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) SH.STA.POIS.P5.FE
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) SH.STA.POIS.P5.MA
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) SH.STA.WASH.P5
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) SP.DYN.AMRT.FE
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) SP.DYN.AMRT.MA
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) SP.DYN.IMRT.IN
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) SP.DYN.IMRT.FE.IN
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) SP.DYN.IMRT.MA.IN
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) SH.DYN.NMRT
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) SH.DYN.MORT
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) SH.DYN.MORT.FE
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) SH.DYN.MORT.MA
Net migration SM.POP.NETM
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years SH.DTH.1014
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years SH.DTH.1519
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years SH.DTH.2024
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years SH.DTH.0509
Number of infant deaths SH.DTH.IMRT
Number of maternal deaths SH.MMR.DTHS
Number of neonatal deaths SH.DTH.NMRT
Number of under-five deaths SH.DTH.MORT
People practicing open defecation (% of population) SH.STA.ODFC.ZS
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) SH.H2O.BASW.ZS
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) SH.STA.BASS.ZS
Physicians (per 1,000 people) SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS
Population ages 0-14, female SP.POP.0014.FE.IN
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) SP.POP.0014.FE.ZS
Population ages 0-14, male SP.POP.0014.MA.IN
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) SP.POP.0014.MA.ZS
Population ages 0-14, total SP.POP.0014.TO
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS
Population ages 15-64, female SP.POP.1564.FE.IN
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) SP.POP.1564.FE.ZS
Population ages 15-64, male SP.POP.1564.MA.IN
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) SP.POP.1564.MA.ZS
Population ages 15-64, total SP.POP.1564.TO
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Population ages 65 and above, female SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) SP.POP.65UP.FE.ZS
Population ages 65 and above, male SP.POP.65UP.MA.IN
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) SP.POP.65UP.MA.ZS
Population ages 65 and above, total SP.POP.65UP.TO
Population growth (annual %) SP.POP.GROW
Population, female SP.POP.TOTL.FE.IN
Population, female (% of total population) SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS
Population, male SP.POP.TOTL.MA.IN
Population, male (% of total population) SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS
Population, total SP.POP.TOTL
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) SH.ANM.CHLD.ZS
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) SH.ANM.NPRG.ZS
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) SH.PRG.ANEM
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) SH.ANM.ALLW.ZS
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) SH.DYN.1014
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) SH.DYN.1519
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) SH.DYN.0509
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) SH.DYN.2024
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) SG.GEN.PARL.ZS
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin SM.POP.RHCR.EO
Rural population SP.RUR.TOTL
Rural population (% of total population) SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS
Rural population growth (annual %) SP.RUR.TOTL.ZG
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) SP.POP.BRTH.MF
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) SH.STA.SUIC.P5
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) SH.STA.SUIC.FE.P5
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) SH.STA.SUIC.MA.P5
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) SP.DYN.TO65.FE.ZS
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) SP.DYN.TO65.MA.ZS
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) SH.ALC.PCAP.LI
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) SH.ALC.PCAP.FE.LI
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) SH.ALC.PCAP.MA.LI
UHC service coverage index SH_UHC_SCI
Urban population SP.URB.TOTL
Urban population (% of total population) SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Urban population growth (annual %) SP.URB.GROW

Labor & Business

Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) IC.REG.COST.PC.ZS
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) IC.BUS.EASE.XQ
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.AGR.EMPL.FE.ZS
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.AGR.EMPL.MA.ZS
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Poverty & Inequality

Gini index SI.POV.GINI
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) SI.POV.NAHC

Public Sector

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Military expenditure (% of GDP) MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

Technology

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) IT.NET.USER.ZS
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) IT.CEL.SETS.P2
Scientific and technical journal articles IP.JRN.ARTC.SC
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) IT.NET.SECR.P6

Trade & Finance

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS
Merchandise exports (current US$) TX.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) TX.VAL.MRCH.WL.CD
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.RS.ZS
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.AL.ZS
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.HI.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R1.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R3.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R4.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R5.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.OR.ZS
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) TX.VAL.MRCH.WR.ZS
Merchandise imports (current US$) TM.VAL.MRCH.CD.WT
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) TM.VAL.MRCH.WL.CD
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.RS.ZS
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.AL.ZS
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.HI.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R1.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R3.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R4.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R5.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.OR.ZS
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) TM.VAL.MRCH.WR.ZS
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) TG.VAL.TOTL.GD.ZS
Net ODA received (% of GNI) DT.ODA.ODAT.GN.ZS
Personal remittances, paid (current US$) BM.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT
Real interest rate (%) FR.INR.RINR