Development Data Group

The Development Data Group at a Glance

Data powers development. By unlocking the full value of data for development, the Development Data Group helps achieve the World Bank's mission to create a world free from poverty on a livable planet.

Through leading data public goods, cutting-edge innovations and research, pioneering partnerships, and globally trusted technical expertise, we lead efforts to ensure development data is 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 GROUP CHIEF STATISTICIAN

Haishan Fu
World Bank Group Chief Statistician and Director of Development Data Group
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Data in Focus

Explore the new country income classifications

Discover Data360, the World Bank’s new hub for cutting-edge development insights. Explore up to 300 million data points in one place through advanced search and analytics functions.
Dive into the data

Explore the World Bank's Data Blog for impactful data stories and state-of-the-art data visualizations showing how data powers development.
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What's New

Data

The World Bank Group's 2025-2026 country income classifications are out

Dive into our FY26 country income classifications.
Data Blog

"From open data to AI-ready data"

How do we build the foundations for responsible AI in development? More in our blog.
Data

World Development Indicators' July 2025 update

Explore new data on poverty measurement, child malnutrition, GDP, and more.

Highlights

Report

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals

The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals is a visual resource with interactive storytelling and data visualizations about progress towards the 17 SDGs.
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.
Data Portal

Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub

The Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub provides access to global statistics on the cost and affordability of healthy diets and related indicators.
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.
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.