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Development Data Hub

A central catalog where staff can search, browse, share, and download development data.

Data on Statistical Capacity

The World Bank’s Statistical Capacity Indicator is a composite score assessing the capacity of a country’s statistical system.
World Bank Open Data

The World Bank's Open Data initiative provides all users with open access to World Bank data.
Impact Evaluation Surveys

The Impact Evaluation Microdata Catalog provides access to data and metadata underlying impact evaluations conducted by the World Bank or other agencies.
Enterprise Surveys

Enterprise Surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics, e.g. access to finance, gender, infrastructure, and performance measures
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Relevant indicators drawn from the World Development Indicators, reorganized according to the goals and targets of the SDGs
World Bank Contracts

Contract awards including data on commitments against prior-reviewed Bank-funded contracts under IDA/IBRD investment projects and related Trust Funds
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) is a research project that was initiated in 1980
World Development Indicators (WDI)

The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources.
India Night Lights

The India Lights platform shows light output at night for 20 years for 600,000 villages across India.

Time Series ( 16847 )
Datasets and Indicators level data that is a sequence of numbers collected at regular intervals over a period of time
Microdata (2955 )
Unit-level data obtained from sample surveys, censuses, and administrative systems
Geospatial ( 525 )
Data that has explicit geographic positioning information included within it in either vector or raster format