Development Data Group

The Development Data Group at a Glance

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Data are the engine of development.

By unlocking the full value of data for development, the Development Data Group helps achieve the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.

Through leading data public goods, cutting-edge innovations and research, pioneering partnerships, and globally trusted technical expertise, we lead efforts to ensure development data are of high quality, accessible, and widely used across the world.

To improve lives and safeguard the planet, we are dedicated to realizing the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives’ new global vision on data.

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DIRECTOR AND WORLD BANK CHIEF STATISTICIAN

Haishan Fu
World Bank Chief Statistician and Director of Development Data Group
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What's New

Launch Event

JOIN THE LAUNCH: 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals

The 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a visual resource showcasing the role of data in achieving the SDGs and highlighting the areas where data gaps negatively impact progress.
Report

G-7 and Paris Club Countries Debt Data Sharing Exercise

A new report sets out the rationale and preliminary findings of the data sharing exercise between G-7 and the World Bank, which has been extended to all Paris Club creditors on a voluntary basis.
Umbrella Trust Fund

Global Data Facility

The World Bank-hosted Global Data Facility, which forms part of a new data financing architecture, is an innovative global funding instrument for the world's most critical data impact opportunities.

Data in Focus

Explore the Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub

We focus on both the fundamentals of development data...
...and its frontier: innovative data sources and technologies.
We use, share, and integrate data from various sources...
...to improve lives and livelihoods, and safeguard the planet.
We address development challenges with evidence...
...and work to enable data-driven decision-making globally.
We use data to power development.

Read the World Development Report 2021

Highlights

Data Portal

Open Data Portal

The World Bank’s single catalog listing of all open data resources, including more than 4,000 datasets and 20,000 indicators, encompassing microdata, time series statistics, and geospatial data.
Blog

Data Blog

The Data Blog creates an online dialogue for development issues, recent trends, and data on topics ranging from satellite measurements, and survey analysis to fertility rates, migration, and energy.
Data Portal

Data Catalog

The Data Catalog is the World Bank’s official one-stop shop for the latest development data. Making high-impact data easy to access and use helps us deliver better results and improve life for the poorest.
Partnership

Development Data Partnership

A partnership between international organizations and companies, created to facilitate the use of third-party data in research and international development.
Statistical Initiative

International Comparison Program

A worldwide statistical initiative to collect comparative price data and detailed GDP expenditures to produce purchasing power parities for the world's economies.
Household Survey Program

Living Standards Measurement Study

The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) is the World Bank's flagship household survey program focused on strengthening household survey systems.
Data Portal

Microdata Library

The Microdata Library shares data collected by the World Bank and other international, regional and national organizations through sample surveys of households, business establishments, or other facilities.
Data Portal

Statistical Performance Indicators

The Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) provide an open-source framework for assessing the performance of statistical systems and the efforts to improve them.

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