World Bank World Development Indicators

Data about World Development Indicators measured from 1960 to 2022, extracted from the World Bank database. It includes macro-economical, social, political and environmental data from all the countries and regions the world bank has data about.

It contains information about 268 countries and regions, including 48 features, all numerical. Several entries are missing for different reasons, so you may want to extract only the columns you are interested in.

The columns included in this dataset are:

• country: The country or geographic region.
• date: Date of the measurement. This column along with country can be used as index.
• agricultural_land%: Agricultural land as a % of land area of the country/region.
• forest_land%: Forest area as the % of land area of the country/region.
• land_area: Land area, measured in km^2.
• avg_precipitation: Average precipitation in depth, measured in mm per year.
• trade_in_services%: Trade in services as a % of GDP.
• control_of_corruption_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of the control of corruption.
• control_of_corruption_std: Standard error of the estimate of control of corruption.
• access_to_electricity%: Percentage of the population that has access to electricity.
• renewvable_energy_consumption%: Renewable energy consumption as a % of total final energy consumption.
• electric_power_consumption: Electric power consumption, measured in kWh per capita.
• CO2_emisions: CO2 emisions measured in kt.
• other_greenhouse_emisions: Total greenhouse gas emissions, measured in kt of CO2 equivalent.
• population_density: Population density, measured in people per km^2 of land area.
• inflation_annual%: Inflation, consumer prices, as annual %.
• real_interest_rate: Real interest rate (%).
• risk_premium_on_lending: Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %).
• research_and_development_expenditure%: Research and development expenditure, as a percentage of GDP.
• central_goverment_debt%: Central government debt, total , as a % of GDP.
• tax_revenue%: Tax revenue as a % of GDP.
• expense%: Expense as a % of GDP.
• goverment_effectiveness_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of the Government Effectiveness.
• goverment_effectiveness_std: Standard error of the estimate of Government Effectiveness.
• human_capital_index: Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1).
• doing_business: Ease of doing business score (0 = lowest performance to 100 = best performance).
• time_to_get_operation_license: Days required to obtain an operating license.
• statistical_performance_indicators: Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100).
• individuals_using_internet%: Percentage of population using the internet.
• logistic_performance_index: Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high).
• military_expenditure%: Military expenditure as a % of GDP.
• GDP_current_US: GDP (current US$).
• political_stability_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of the Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism.
• political_stability_std: Standard error of the estimate of Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism.
• rule_of_law_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of the Rule of Law.
• rule_of_law_std: Standard error of the estimate of Rule of Law.
• regulatory_quality_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of Regulatory Quality.
• regulatory_quality_std: Standard error of the estimate of Regulatory Quality.
• government_expenditure_on_education%: Government expenditure on education, total, as a % of GDP.
• government_health_expenditure%: Domestic general government health expenditure as a % of GDP.
• multidimensional_poverty_headcount_ratio%: Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (% of total population).
• gini_index: Gini index.
• birth_rate: Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people).
• death_rate: Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people).
• life_expectancy_at_birth: Life expectancy at birth, total (years).
• population: Total population.
• rural_population: Rural population.
• voice_and_accountability_estimate: Index that makes an estimate of Voice and Accountability.
• voice_and_accountability_std: Standard error of the estimate of Voice and Accountability.
• intentional_homicides: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people).