Compare countries with annual data from official sources
- GDP and economic growth
- Economic growth
- GDP, constant dollars
- GDP, current U.S. dollars
- GDP per capita, current dollars
- GDP per capita, PPP
- GDP per capita, constant dollars
- Productivity, relative to the U.S.
- Productivity, current USD
- Consumption and investment
- Capital investment, percent of GDP
- Capital investment, in dollars
- Household consumption, percent of GDP
- Household consumption, in dollars
- Labor market
- Labor force
- Unemployment rate
- Female unemployment
- Male unemployment
- Youth unemployment
- Labor force participation
- Labor force: percent female
- Female labor force participation
- Male labor force participation
- Self-employment
- Informal employment
- International trade and investment
- Terms of trade
- Trade openness
- Financial openness
- Exports, percent of GDP
- Exports, billion dollars
- Growth of exports
- Imports, percent of GDP
- Imports, billion dollars
- Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP
- Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars
- Portfolio investment inflows, equities
- Current account, percent of GDP
- Current account, in dollars
- Trade balance, percent of GDP
- Trade balance, in dollars
- Reserves
- Remittances, percent of GDP
- Remittances
- Net errors and omissions
- External debt
- Short-term external debt
- Short-term debt to reserves
- Government
- Government spending, percent of GDP
- Government spending, in dollars
- Fiscal balance, percent of GDP
- Government debt
- Tax revenue
- Commercial tax rate
- Tax preparation time
- Number of taxes
- Taxes on goods and services
- Taxes on international trade
- Income and profits taxes
- Foreign aid
- Forecast from the IMF
- Economic growth forecast
- Investment forecast
- Inflation forecast
- Unemployment rate forecast
- Budget balance forecast
- Current account forecast
- Governance and business environment
- Rule of law
- Government effectiveness
- Control of corruption
- Regulatory quality
- Voice and accountability
- Political stability
- Corruption perceptions - Transparency International
- Political rights
- Civil liberties
- Competitiveness
- Cost of starting a business
- Shadow economy
- Informal economy, MIMIC method
- Informal economy, DGE method
- Political system
- Electoral democracy index
- Liberal democracy index
- Participatory democracy index
- Deliberative democracy index
- Egalitarian democracy index
- Government accountability
- Freedom of expression
- Political corruption
- Women political empowerment
- Academic freedom
- Presidential elections
- Parliamentary elections
- Infrastructure and transport characteristics
- Internet users
- Internet subscribers
- Internet subscribers, per 100 people
- Mobile phone subscribers
- Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
- Mobile network coverage
- Internet bandwidth
- Airline passengers
- Railroad lines, km
- Railway transport of goods
- Railway passengers
- Port traffic
- Passenger car sales
- Commercial vehicle sales
- Roads quality
- Railroad infrastructure quality
- Port infrastructure quality
- Air transport infrastructure quality
- Energy and environment
- Gasoline prices
- Diesel prices
- Energy use per capita
- Share of clean energy
- Energy use per $1000 GDP
- Electricity from renewable sources, kWh
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- GDP per unit of energy
- Energy imports
- Natural resources income
- Oil revenue
- Natural gas revenue
- Access to electricity
- Industry: Oil, coal, and electricity
- Oil reserves
- Oil production
- Oil consumption
- Diesel and heating oil consumption
- Gasoline production
- Gasoline consumption
- LPG production
- LPG consumption
- Jet fuel production
- Jet fuel consumption
- Coal reserves
- Coal production
- Coal consumption
- Coal imports
- Coal exports
- Electricity production capacity
- Electricity production
- Electricity consumption
- Electricity imports
- Electricity exports
- Renewable power capacity
- Renewable power generation
- Energy mix
- Fossil fuels electricity capacity
- Fossil fuels electricity generation
- Wind electricity capacity
- Wind electricity generation
- Solar electricity capacity
- Solar electricity generation
- Hydroelectricity capacity
- Hydroelectricity generation
- Nuclear electricity capacity
- Nuclear power generation
- Geothermal electricity capacity
- Geothermal electricity generation
- Agriculture sector
- Forest area, percent
- Percent agricultural land
- Employment in agriculture
- GDP share of agriculture
- Agriculture value added
- Agricultural land
- Crop production index
- Precipitation
- Arable land, percent of land area
- Cereal crop yield by hectar
- Food production index
- Fertilizer use
- Livestock production index
- Forest area, sq.km
- Banking system access and depth
- ATMs per 100,000 adults
- Bank accounts per 1000 adults
- Bank branches per 100,000 people
- Firms using credit to finance investment
- Small firms with bank credit
- Percent people with credit cards
- Percent people with debit cards
- Domestic credit to the private sector
- Bank credit to the private sector
- Liquid liabilities, percent of GDP
- Bank assets to GDP
- Financial system deposits, percent of GDP
- Bank credit to government
- Banking system concentration
- Foreign bank assets
- Percent people with bank accounts
- Banking system efficiency and stability
- Lending-deposit interest rate spread
- Bank cost to income ratio
- Non-performing loans
- Bank overhead cost
- Net interest margin
- Bank credit to deposits
- Regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets
- Return on assets
- Return on equity
- Banking system z-scores
- Liquid assets to deposits
- Banking system capital to assets
- Non-interest income to total income
- Lending interest rate
- Real interest rate
- Legal rights
- Credit information sharing
- Stock market, insurance, pensions
- Stock market capitalization, percent of GDP
- Stock market capitalization, in dollars
- Stock market turnover ratio
- Listed companies
- Stock market value traded
- Stock market return
- Stock market access for smaller firms
- Stock market activity for smaller firms
- Stock price volatility
- Mutual fund assets
- Life insurance volume
- Non-life insurance premium volume
- Pension fund assets to GDP
- Insurance company assets
- Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP
- Financial development
- Financial development
- Financial institutions development
- Financial institutions development, depth
- Financial institutions development, access
- Financial institutions development, efficiency
- Financial markets development
- Financial markets development, depth
- Financial markets development, access
- Financial markets development, efficiency
- Innovation measures
- Innovation index
- Research and development expenditure
- Information technology exports
- High tech exports
- High tech exports, percent of manufactured exports
- Patent applications by residents
- Economic freedom indexes
- Property rights
- Freedom from corruption
- Fiscal freedom
- Business freedom
- Labor freedom
- Monetary freedom
- Trade freedom
- Investment freedom
- Financial freedom
- Economic freedom, overall index
- Demographics
- Population size
- Percent urban population
- Population density
- Population ages 65 and above
- Percent children
- Percent female population
- Rural population, percent
- Age dependency ratio
- Refugee population
- Migrant population
- Population growth
- Health spending and outcomes
- Health spending per capita
- Health spending as percent of GDP
- Life expectancy
- Life expectancy, female
- Life expectancy, male
- Birth rate
- Death rate
- Fertility rate
- HIV infections
- Tuberculosis
- Diabetes prevalence
- Prevalence of anemia among children
- Prevalence of undernourishment
- Access to drinking water, rural
- Access to drinking water, urban
- Suicides
- DPT immunization rate
- Hepatitis B immunization rate
- Measles immunization rate
- Traffic accident deaths
- Child and maternal mortality
- Maternal mortality
- Neonatal mortality
- Child mortality
- Child mortality, female
- Child mortality, male
- Older child mortality rate
- Healthcare resources
- Hospital beds
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- Nurse to hospital bed ratio
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- Nurses per 1,000 people
- Midwives per 1,000 people
- Midwives per 1,000 live births
- Dentists per 1,000 people
- Pharmacists per 1,000 people
- Physiotherapists per 1,000 people
- Mammographs
- Magnetic resonance imaging units
- Computed tomography scanners
- Inequality and poverty
- Gini inequality index
- Poverty ratio
- Poverty at 1.90 USD per day
- Poverty at 5.50 USD per day
- Top 10 percent income share
- Education spending and outcomes
- Education spending, percent of GDP
- Education spending, percent of government spending
- Literacy rate
- Female literacy rate, ages 15-24
- Male literacy rate, ages 15-24
- Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24
- Student teacher ratio, primary school
- Primary school completion rate
- School starting age, primary school
- Female to male ratio, primary school pupils
- Female to male ratio, secondary school students
- Female to male ratio, students at tertiary level education
- Preprimary school enrollment
- Primary school enrollment
- Secondary school enrollment
- Tertiary school enrollment
- Trained teachers in primary education
- PISA math scores
- PISA science scores
- PISA reading scores
- Globalization indexes
- Overall globalization
- Economic globalization
- Political globalization
- Social globalization
- Shares of world totals
- Percent of world population
- Percent of world GDP
- Percent of world exports
- Percent of world imports
- Percent of world FDI
- Percent of world oil reserves
- Economic structure
- Share of industry
- Share of manufacturing
- Share of services
- Industry value added
- Manufacturing value added
- Services value added
- Savings, percent of GDP
- Savings, in dollars
- Industry: Diamond production and trade
- Diamond production, carats
- Diamond production, million USD
- Diamond production, USD per carat
- Diamond exports, carats
- Diamond exports, million USD
- Diamond exports, USD per carat
- Diamond imports, carats
- Diamond imports, million USD
- Diamond imports, USD per carat
- Tourism
- Tourist arrivals
- International tourism revenue
- International tourism revenue, percent of GDP
- Percent of world tourist arrivals
- Tourist departures
- Minerals
- Gold production
- Silver production
- Platinum production
- Iron production
- Copper production
- Lithium production
- Zinc production
- Cobalt production
- Bauxite production
- Crime statistics
- Kidnapping rate
- Robbery rate
- Imprisonment rate
- Theft rate
- Homicide rate
- Religious composition of the population
- Percent Jewish
- Percent Buddhist
- Percent Hindu
- Percent Muslim
- Percent Shia Muslim
- Percent Sunni Muslim
- Percent Christian
- Percent Catholic
- Percent Protestant
- Percent Eastern Orthodox
- Percent Non Religious
- Fragile state index
- Fragile state index
- Security threats index
- Factionalized elites index
- Group grievance index
- Economic decline index
- Uneven economic development
- Human flight and brain drain
- State legitimacy index
- Public services index
- Human rights and rule of law index
- Demographic pressures index
- Refugees and displaced persons index
- External interventions index
- Military
- Military spending
- Military spending, percent of GDP
- Military spending, percent of government spending
- Armed forces
- Armed forces, percent of labor force
- Arms exports
- Arms imports
- Price level
- Cost of living
- Food prices
- Fruit prices
- Vegetable prices
- Bread and cereal prices
- Milk, cheese, and eggs prices
- Meat prices
- Fish and seafood prices
- Alcohol beverage prices
- Clothing and footwear prices
- Housing and utilities prices
- Furniture and household maintenance prices
- Healthcare prices
- Transport prices
- Hotel and restaurant prices
- Vehicle prices
- Communication prices
- Recreation and culture prices
- Education prices
- Machinery and equipment prices
- Other indicators
- Happiness index
- Human development
- Women in parliament
- Land area
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The country comparison tool can be used to create interactive charts using over 150 indicators. The variables are drawn from major international organizations and prominent NGO's and are updated regularly. One can compare countries over time using the line charts or the rankings of various countries by selecting a specific year. The comparison charts as well as the source data can be downloaded for free after registering.
Below are brief guidelines for country comparisons:
Compare countries: income levels. One can use GDP per capita in dollar terms to compare incomes across countries. However, the comparison may be somewhat misleading because consumers face different prices in various countries. One thousand U.S. dollars can buy much more in Mexico compared to the U.S. since prices in Mexico are lower. To account for the differences in prices, one should look at the GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Parity terms. In that way, one compares countries in term of real income (what can be purchased) as opposed to the dollar income.
Compare countries: level of development. The most basic comparison is between GDP per capita levels or the levels of GDP per capita in terms of Purchasing Power Parity. However, GDP can be a misleading measure as it may not capture other aspects of the quality of life such as crime, education, environmental quality, etc. The Human Development Index published by the UN is a composite measure that accounts for a broader set of development factors.
Compare countries: economic structure. One should look at the shares of Agriculture, Industry, and Services in the overall value added of the economy. Generally, lower income countries have a larger share of agriculture and the share of services expands as they develop.
Compare countries: unemployment. The unemployment rate is the standard variable used to compare countries. However, one may want to look at youth and long-term unemployment as well. Both indicators suggest deeper, longer-term problems in the labor market.
Compare countries: corruption. There are two indexes that can be used. One is the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International and the other is the Corruption index from the World Bank. The two institutions apply different methodologies to measure corruption and while the results are similar, they are not the same.
Compare countries: rule of law and governance. The best data to look at are the World Bank governance indicators. They can be used to compare countries in terms of the quality of the bureaucracy, the efficiency of the public administration, and more.
Compare countries: financial development. One can chart the level of private credit as percent of GDP and stock market capitalization as percent of GDP. The first measure shows the development of credit markets while the second one is a measure of stock market development.
Compare countries: economic freedom. The Heritage Foundation publishes several indexes of economic freedom in different areas of economic life: labor market, financial markets, and others. Each of them reflects the degree of government interference and the efficiency of the regulatory and legal system.
Compare countries: globalization. The Globalization Index from the KOF Institute in Switzerland provides well-known and widely used measures of economic, social, and political globalization. Each index reflects the degree of integration of a country with the rest of the world.
Compare countries: internal and external balances. The three most commonly analyzed balances are the Current Account balance, the Trade Balance which is part of the Current Account, and the fiscal balance measured as government revenues minus government spending. If a country has persistent deficits in any one of those balances exceeding 4 percent of GDP, that could suggest the need to rebalance the economy.
Compare countries: infrastructure development. One could look at a number of indicators to compare countries including the spread of mobile phones, the number of passenger cars, the length of railroads, the capacity of ports, etc.
Compare countries: energy production and use. The energy statistics are abundant making it possible to compare countries along many dimensions. Some of the most popular comparisons are the use of energy per capita, the share of green energy used, the retail petrol prices, and the energy used per unit of GDP.
Compare countries: health and education. The country comparison could be multi-dimensional looking at inputs such as health spending per capita and outcomes such as birth/death rates and disease prevalence. Similarly, one can look at the inputs to education including spending and the outputs including literacy rates and school completion rates.