The Global Development Finance (GDF) & the World Development Indicators (WDI) databases have a new look!

The two databases by the World Bank have new interfaces. Access them today to explore the new features!

The new features include:

• Multilingual menu items: Choice of language in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic or Chinese
• Improved charting: Choice of 10 different chart types
• New mapping function: Mapping of indicators with zoom in/out and pan options
• Saving chart/map: Saving charts and maps as JPG images to your desktop

Global Development Finance
Provides access to over 200 debt and financial indicators for the 136 countries in the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. The time series for the indicators is from 1970 to 2015, where available. Indicators covered include: external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.

List of GDF indicators and countries.
Access: Databases > G > Global Development Finance

World Development Indicators
Provides access to over 700 development indicators from the World Bank with time series data for over 208 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

List of WDI indicators and countries.
Access: Databases > W > World Development Indicators

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Date:13 June 2007