The World Bank

World DataBank

The World Bank is a non-governmental organization dedicated to reducing poverty and increasing prosperity around the world. Comprised of five institutions, it focuses on global development and lends money and provides grants to developing countries. In addition, the World Bank gathers data from individual countries on a variety of economic, social, and environmental factors. These factors, called development indicators, may be used to understand how a country is developing. The maps here show 20 development indicators, such as carbon dioxide emissions, number of Internet users per 100 people, life expectancy, and consumer price inflation, during the years 2000–2012. By mapping such data for all countries, the World DataBank provides a snapshot in time of how global development is taking shape.

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Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx