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📚 Reference Data statistics

5,216 indicators covering reference data, each with the full history for every country that reports it, ranked and free to download.

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Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre 189 places, 1995–2023
Age dependency breakdown 236 places, 1950–2023
Air passengers 183 places, 1970–2023
Dietary compositions by commodity group 192 places, 1961–2023
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left 188 places, 1970–2023
Median age 236 places, 1950–2023
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 236 places, 1950–2023
Number of children under 5 236 places, 1950–2023
Old-age dependency ratio 236 places, 1950–2023
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex 236 places, 1751–2023
Probability of dying that year, among males 236 places, 1751–2023
Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein 192 places, 1961–2023
Total dependency ratio 236 places, 1950–2023
People not using improved sanitation facilities, per square kilometre 214 places, 2000–2023
Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 1326 places, 2001–2023
Net official development assistance and official aid received 179 places, 1960–2023
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual growth rate 181 places, 2002–2025
Armed forces personnel 173 places, 1985–2020
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 173 places, 1985–2020
Number of people living in the capital city 191 places, 2020–2100
Sanitation facilities usage, per square kilometre 214 places, 2000–2023
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 111 places, 1850–2025
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 174 places, 1995–2024
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 210 places, 1974–2024
Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken 168 places, 1961–2019
Total Reserves, per square kilometre 174 places, 1990–2023
Industry jobs as a share of total employment 186 places, 1991–2025
Nitrogen use efficiency 205 places, 1961–2014
Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 194 places, 1990–2019
Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 198 places, 1975–2014
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 206 places, 2002–2023
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 206 places, 2002–2023
Commercial bank branches 184 places, 2004–2024
Share of children who are overweight or obese 163 places, 2000–2024
Years a country was a European overseas colony, annual growth rate 127 places, 1463–2022
Share of government spending going to interest payments 152 places, 1972–2024
Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 199 places, 1980–2023
Reported cases of paralytic polio 199 places, 1980–2023
Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 199 places, 1980–2023
Reported paralytic polio cases per million 199 places, 1980–2023
Reported versus estimated cases of polio 199 places, 1980–2023
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 162 places, 2000–2024
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU 212 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 212 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF 212 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 212 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF 212 places, 1990–2019
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 161 places, 1960–2025
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in organic soils 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Fires in humid tropical forests 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Fires in organic soils 209 places, 1990–2019
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires 209 places, 1990–2019

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