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Below are 339 indicators which are subsets of the World Development Indicators (WDI) covering 209 countries from 1960 to 2008 translated into Spanish, French and Arabic. To access the full WDI, visit the World DataBank.

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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
Agricultural land (% of land area)
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
Livestock production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Agricultural methane emissions (% of total)
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
Long-term unemployment, female (% of female unemployment)
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
Long-term unemployment, male (% of male unemployment)
Agriculture value added per worker (constant 2000 US$)
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5)
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Mammal species, threatened
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Marine protected areas (number)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
Marine protected areas (% of total surface area)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
Market capitalization of listed companies (current US$)
Arable land (hectares per person)
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)
Arable land (% of land area)
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Bank capital to assets ratio (%)
Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)
Bank nonperfoming loans to total gross loans (%)
Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
Money and quasi money growth (annual %)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)
Children out of school, primary, female
Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people)
Children out of school, primary, male
Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)
Claims on governments, etc. (annual growth as % of M2)
Net flows on external debt, long-term (NFL, current US$)
Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of M2)
Net flows on external debt, total (NFL, current US$)
CO2 emissions (kt)
Net migration
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)
Net ODA received per capita (current US$)
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Net official development assistance and official aid (current US$)
Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49)
Net official development assistance received (current US$)
CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
New businesses registered (number)
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)
CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)
Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high)
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of private expenditure on health)
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)
Daily newspapers (per 1,000 people)
Patent applications, nonresidents
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Patent applications, residents
Deposit interest rate (%)
Permanent cropland (% of land area)
Documents to export (number)
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)
Documents to import (number)
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)
Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)
Plant species (higher), threatened
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)
Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
Economically active children, female (% of female children ages 7-14)
Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
Economically active children, male (% of male children ages 7-14)
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
Economically active children, study and work, female (% of female economically active children, ages 7-14)
Population, female (% of total)
Economically active children, study and work, male (% of male economically active children, ages 7-14)
Population growth (annual %)
Economically active children, total (% of children ages 7-14)
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)
Economically active children, work only, female (% of female economically active children, ages 7-14)
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Economically active children, work only, male (% of male economically active children, ages 7-14)
Population, total
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Portfolio investment, equity (BoP, current US$)
Employees, agriculture, female (% of female employment)
Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)
Employees, agriculture, male (% of male employment)
Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)
Employees, industry, female (% of female employment)
Poverty gap at national poverty line (%)
Employees, industry, male (% of male employment)
Poverty gap at rural poverty line (%)
Employees, services, female (% of female employment)
Poverty gap at urban poverty line (%)
Employees, services, male (% of male employment)
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%)
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
Energy production (kt of oil equivalent)
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)
Energy related methane emissions (% of total)
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
Energy related nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
Expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)
Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Expense (% of GDP)
Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Progression to secondary school, female (%)
Export value index (2000 = 100)
Progression to secondary school, male (%)
Export volume index (2000 = 100)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
External debt stocks (% of GNI)
Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)
External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$)
Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$)
Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure)
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$)
Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Rail lines (total route-km)
Firms using banks to finance investment (% of firms)
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education
Fish species, threatened
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment
Food production index (1999-2001 = 100)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Real interest rate (%)
Forest area (% of land area)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
Forest area (sq. km)
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)
GDP (current US$)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)
GDP growth (annual %)
Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Repeaters, primary, male (% of male enrollment)
GDP per person employed (constant 1990 PPP $)
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum)
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
Rigidity of employment index (0=less rigid to 100=more rigid)
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
Risk premium on lending (prime rate minus treasury bill rate, %)
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
Road sector fuel consumption (% of total consumption)
GNI, PPP (current international $)
Roads, paved (% of total roads)
Grants, excluding technical cooperation (current US$)
Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
Royalty and license fees, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female (% of relevant age group)
Rural population
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male (% of relevant age group)
Rural population (% of total population)
Gross savings (% of GDP)
School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
Health expenditure per capita (current US$)
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure)
School enrollment, primary (% net)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
Highest marginal tax rate, corporate rate (%)
School enrollment, secondary (% net)
Highest marginal tax rate, individual (on income exceeding, US$)
School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)
Highest marginal tax rate, individual rate (%)
Scientific and technical journal articles
High-technology exports (current US$)
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)
IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$)
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector (% of total nonagricultural employment)
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change)
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)
Start-up procedures to register a business (number)
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)
IDA resource allocation index (1=low to 6=high)
Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong)
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Tax payments (number)
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Import value index (2000 = 100)
Technical cooperation grants (current US$)
Import volume index (2000 = 100)
Technicians in R&D (per million people)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)
Terrestrial protected areas (number)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total surface area)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Time required to start a business (days)
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)
Income share held by fourth 20%
Time to resolve insolvency (years)
Income share held by highest 10%
Total businesses registered (number)
Income share held by highest 20%
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income)
Income share held by lowest 10%
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Income share held by lowest 20%
Total tax rate (% of profit)
Income share held by second 20%
Trade in services (% of GDP)
Income share held by third 20%
Trademark applications, direct nonresident
Industry, value added (% of GDP)
Trademark applications, direct resident
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Trained teachers in primary education (% of total teachers)
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
Transport sector diesel fuel consumption per capita (liters)
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Transport sector gasoline fuel consumption per capita (liters)
Information and communication technology expenditure (% of GDP)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force)
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force)
International migrant stock, total
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Internet users
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24)
Internet users (per 100 people)
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24)
Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$)
Urban population
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)
Urban population (% of total)
Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)
Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$)
ISO certification ownership (% of firms)
Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales)
Labor force, total
Vehicles (per km of road)
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment)
Labor participation rate, male (a% of male population ages 15+)
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment)
Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+)
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)
Land area (sq. km)
Water pollution, chemical industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Land under cereal production (hectares)
Water pollution, clay and glass industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Lead time to export, median case (days)
Water pollution, food industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Lead time to import, median case (days)
Water pollution, metal industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Lending interest rate (%)
Water pollution, other industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Water pollution, textile industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Water pollution, wood industry (% of total BOD emissions)
Listed domestic companies, total
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

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