What you are seeing
Each country is colored using the selected metric’s latest available observation. Rankings use the same values shown on the map. A missing value is treated as “no data”, not zero.
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WORLD
BY NUMBERS.
Explore how countries compare.
A map-first way to explore global indicators. Data is pre-aggregated before deployment, so visitors never wait on an external statistics API.
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Countries
Click a country on the map, then add it here. Compare up to five countries.
SourceDataset source
MethodLatest available observation by country
Coverage—
Open source ↗ABOUT THE DATA STORY
A map is the start of the question, not the end.
World by Numbers is built to make global indicators fast to explore while keeping the underlying source, year and coverage visible.
Why the years differ
International indicators are not always published on the same schedule. The interface therefore shows the observed year at country level and the overall year range for the active dataset.
How it stays fast
Public-source data is collected ahead of time, normalized by country code and written into compact category files. Your browser reads those static files instead of waiting for an external statistics API.
How to interpret it
Rankings are descriptive, not judgments about which country is “better”. Definitions differ by indicator, so use the source link and unit before comparing metrics with very different meanings.
PUBLIC SOURCE→INGEST→VALIDATE→ISO COUNTRY MATCH→COMPACT JSON→THIS MAP
Methodology
Built for exploration, with the boring details left visible.
The current collection uses World Bank Open Data indicators and a simplified Natural Earth country geometry. Data is refreshed through a scheduled pipeline; source metadata travels with every metric. This page is an exploratory visualization, so important decisions should always be checked against the linked primary dataset and its definition.