Shortdefinition: This is described as trade policy and administrative management; trade facilitation; regional trade agreements (RTAs); multilateral trade negotiations; trade-related adjustment and trade education/training.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for trade policy and regulations, DAC donors total (current US$)


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for trade policy and regulations, DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is described as trade policy and administrative management; trade facilitation; regional trade agreements (RTAs); multilateral trade negotiations; trade-related adjustment and trade education/training.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Periodicity: Annual

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: Official development assistance

value: Africa Development Indicators

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline.

name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


sourceNote: This is described as trade policy and administrative management; trade facilitation; regional trade agreements (RTAs); multilateral trade negotiations; trade-related adjustment and trade education/training.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for tourism sector, DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This described as tourism policy and administrative management.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This described as tourism policy and administrative management.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for tourism sector, DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This described as tourism policy and administrative management.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Total ODA Private Net, DAC donors (current US$)

Longdefinition: Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollars.

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients, Development Cooperation Report, and International Development Statistics database


Shortdefinition: Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollars.

name: Total ODA Private Net, DAC donors (current US$)


sourceNote: Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.  Data are expressed in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for refugees in donor countries,  DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is described as support to refugees in donor countries.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This is described as support to refugees in donor countries.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for refugees in donor countries,  DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This is described as support to refugees in donor countries.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for social infrastructure & services,  DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is the aggregate total for education (DT.ODA.DACD.EDU.CD); health (DT.ODA.DACD.HLTH.CD); population programmes (DT.ODA.DACD.POP.CD); water supply and sanitation (DT.ODA.DACD.WSS.CD) and government and civil society (DT.ODA.DACD.GVCS.CD).  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This is the aggregate total for education (DT.ODA.DACD.EDU.CD); health (DT.ODA.DACD.HLTH.CD); population programmes (DT.ODA.DACD.POP.CD); water supply and sanitation (DT.ODA.DACD.WSS.CD) and government and civil society (DT.ODA.DACD.GVCS.CD).  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for social infrastructure & services,  DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This is the aggregate total for education (DT.ODA.DACD.EDU.CD); health (DT.ODA.DACD.HLTH.CD); population programmes (DT.ODA.DACD.POP.CD); water supply and sanitation (DT.ODA.DACD.WSS.CD) and government and civil society (DT.ODA.DACD.GVCS.CD).  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for total sector allocable, DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is the aggregate total of allocable sectors as follows: I.1 Education, Total; I.2 Health, Total; I.3 Population Programmes; I.4 Water Supply & Sanitation; I.5 Government & Civil Society; I.6 Other Social Infrastructure & Services; II.1Transport & Storage; II.2Communications; II.3 Energy; II.4 Banking & Financial Services; II.5 Business & Other Services; III.1 Agriculture - Forestry - Fishing, Total; III.2 Industry - Mining - Construction, Total; III.3 Trade Policy and Regulations; III.4 Tourism; IV.1 General Environment Protection; IV.2 Women In Development; IV.3 Other Multisector. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This is the aggregate total of allocable sectors as follows: I.1 Education, Total; I.2 Health, Total; I.3 Population Programmes; I.4 Water Supply & Sanitation; I.5 Government & Civil Society; I.6 Other Social Infrastructure & Services; II.1Transport & Storage; II.2Communications; II.3 Energy; II.4 Banking & Financial Services; II.5 Business & Other Services; III.1 Agriculture - Forestry - Fishing, Total; III.2 Industry - Mining - Construction, Total; III.3 Trade Policy and Regulations; III.4 Tourism; IV.1 General Environment Protection; IV.2 Women In Development; IV.3 Other Multisector. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for total sector allocable, DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This is the aggregate total of allocable sectors as follows: I.1 Education, Total; I.2 Health, Total; I.3 Population Programmes; I.4 Water Supply & Sanitation; I.5 Government & Civil Society; I.6 Other Social Infrastructure & Services; II.1Transport & Storage; II.2Communications; II.3 Energy; II.4 Banking & Financial Services; II.5 Business & Other Services; III.1 Agriculture - Forestry - Fishing, Total; III.2 Industry - Mining - Construction, Total; III.3 Trade Policy and Regulations; III.4 Tourism; IV.1 General Environment Protection; IV.2 Women In Development; IV.3 Other Multisector. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for unallocated/unspecified support, DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is described as sectors not specified and promotion of development awareness.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This is described as sectors not specified and promotion of development awareness.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for unallocated/unspecified support, DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This is described as sectors not specified and promotion of development awareness.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursement for water supply and sanitation, DAC donors total (current US$)

Longdefinition: This is described as water resources policy and administrative management; water resources protection; water supply and sanitation - large systems; basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation; river development; waste management/disposal and education and training in water supply and sanitation.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: This is described as water resources policy and administrative management; water resources protection; water supply and sanitation - large systems; basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation; river development; waste management/disposal and education and training in water supply and sanitation.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Gross ODA aid disbursement for water supply and sanitation, DAC donors total (current US$)


sourceNote: This is described as water resources policy and administrative management; water resources protection; water supply and sanitation - large systems; basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation; river development; waste management/disposal and education and training in water supply and sanitation.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from DAC donors (% of recipient's GDP)

Longdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period.

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Bank GDP estimates.

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank gross domestic product estimates are used for the denominator.


Shortdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period.

name: Net ODA received from DAC donors (% of recipient's GDP)


sourceNote: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from DAC donors (% of recipient's GDI)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Bank GDI estimates.

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank gross domestic investment estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Net ODA received from DAC donors (% of recipient's GDI)


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (current US$)

Longdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients, Development Cooperation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are ava


Shortdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (current US$)


sourceNote: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received per capita from multilateral donors (current US$)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients, Development Cooperation Report, and International Development Statistics database, and World Ba

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank population estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Net ODA received per capita from multilateral donors (current US$)


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from multitlateral donors (constant 2008 US$)

Longdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in constant 2008 dollars.

name: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (constant 2010 US$)


Shortdefinition: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in constant 2008 dollars.


sourceNote: Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in constant 2008 dollars.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (% of GDP)


name: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (% of GDP)


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (% of gross capital formation)

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank gross capital formation estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Net ODA received from multilateral donors (% of gross capital formation)


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursements for STD control including HIV/AIDS, Multilateral donors (current US$)

Longdefinition: All activities related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS control e.g. information, education and communication; testing; prevention; treatment, care.  Note: data for Sub-Saharan Africa include "South of Sahara regional".  Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.

Shortdefinition: All activities related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS control e.g. information, education and communication; testing; prevention; treatment, care.  Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

value: Economy & Growth


name: ODA aid disbursements for STD control including HIV/AIDS, Multilateral donors (current US$)

sourceNote: All activities related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS control e.g. information, education and communication; testing; prevention; treatment, care.  Note: data for Sub-Saharan Africa include "South of Sahara regional".  Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Gross ODA aid disbursements for Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS, Multilateral donors (current US$)

Longdefinition: Special programmes to address the consequences of HIV/AIDS, e.g. social, legal and economic assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS including food security and employment; support to vulnerable groups and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS; human rights of HIV/AIDS affected people. Note: data for Sub-Saharan Africa include "South of Sahara regional".  Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.

Shortdefinition: Special programmes to address the consequences of HIV/AIDS, e.g. social, legal and economic assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS including food security and employment; support to vulnerable groups and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS; human rights of HIV/AIDS affected people. Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.


name: ODA aid disbursements for Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS, Multilateral donors (current US$)

sourceNote: Special programmes to address the consequences of HIV/AIDS, e.g. social, legal and economic assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS including food security and employment; support to vulnerable groups and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS; human rights of HIV/AIDS affected people. Note: data for Sub-Saharan Africa include "South of Sahara regional".  Detailed descriptions are available www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from non-DAC donors (current US$)


name: Net ODA received from non-DAC donors (current US$)


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from non-DAC donors (constant 2008 US$)

name: Net ODA received from non-DAC donors (constant 2010 US$)


IndicatorName: Total ODA Private Net, non-DAC donors (current US$)

Longdefinition: The transactions covered are those undertaken by residents of non-DAC Member countries.  Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: The transactions covered are those undertaken by residents of non-DAC Member countries.  Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Total ODA Private Net, non-DAC donors (current US$)


sourceNote: The transactions covered are those undertaken by residents of non-DAC Member countries.  Net private aid is private transactions broken down into direct investment, portfolio investment and export credits (net). Private transactions are those undertaken by firms and individuals resident in the reporting country. Portfolio investment corresponds to bonds and equities. Inflows into emerging countries’ stocks markets, are, however, heavily understated. Accordingly, the coverage of portfolio investment differs in these regards from the coverage of bank claims, which include indistinguishably export credit lending by banks. The bank claims data represent the net change in banks’ claims after adjustment to eliminate the effect of changes in exchange rates. They are therefore a proxy for net flow data, but are not themselves a net flow figure. They differ in two further regards from other OECD data. First, they relate to loans by banks resident in countries which report quarterly to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Secondly, no adjustment has been made to exclude short-term claims.. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from non-DAC bilateral donors (% of GDP)


name: Net ODA received from non-DAC bilateral donors (% of GDP)


IndicatorName: Net ODA received from non-DAC bilateral donors (% of gross capital formation)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients, Development Cooperation Report, and International Development Statistics database,, and World B


name: Net ODA received from non-DAC bilateral donors (% of gross capital formation)


Net official aid received (current US$)

IndicatorName: Net official aid received (current US$)

Longdefinition: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline.

value: World Development Indicators

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/.

value: Aid Effectiveness

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Shortdefinition: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


sourceNote: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Net official aid received (constant 2008 US$)

Longdefinition: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in constant 2008 U.S. dollars.

name: Net official aid received (constant 2021 US$)

sourceNote: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in constant 2021 U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in constant 2008 U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net official development assistance received (current US$)

Longdefinition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Shortdefinition: Net official development assistance is disbursement flows (net of repayment of principal) that meet the DAC definition of ODA and are made to countries and territories on the DAC list of aid recipients. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

value: External Debt


name: Net official development assistance received (current US$)

sourceNote: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Net ODA received (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Net ODA received (% of GDP)

Longdefinition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent).

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank GDP estimates are used for the denominator.

Aggregationmethod: Weighted average

Shortdefinition: Net official development assistance is disbursement flows (net of repayment of principal) that meet the DAC definition of ODA and are made to countries and territories on the DAC list of aid recipients.


sourceNote: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent).

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank GDP estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank gross capital formation estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


Net ODA received (% of GNI)

IndicatorName: Net ODA received (% of GNI)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank GNI estimates are used for the denominator.


sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank GNI estimates are used for the denominator.


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Net official development assistance received (constant 2008 US$)

Longdefinition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in constant 2008 U.S. dollars.

Shortdefinition: Net official development assistance is disbursement flows (net of repayment of principal) that meet the DAC definition of ODA and are made to countries and territories on the DAC list of aid recipients. Data are in constant 2008 U.S. dollars.

name: Net official development assistance received (constant 2021 US$)

sourceNote: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in constant 2021 U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received (% of imports of goods and services)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank imports of good and services estimates are used for the denominator.

name: Net ODA received (% of imports of goods, services and primary income)


sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank imports of good and services estimates are used for the denominator.


IndicatorName: Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

Longdefinition: Net official development assistance (ODA) per capita consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients; and is calculated by dividing net ODA received by the midyear population estimate. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent).

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. World Bank population estimates are used for the denominator.

Shortdefinition: Net official development assistance per capita is disbursement flows (net of repayment of principal) that meet the DAC definition of ODA and are made to countries and territories on the DAC list of aid recipients; and is calculated by dividing net ODA received by the midyear population estimate.


name: Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

sourceNote: Net official development assistance (ODA) per capita consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients; and is calculated by dividing net ODA received by the midyear population estimate. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent).


IndicatorName: Net ODA received (% of central government expense)

Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. IMF central government expense estimates are used for the denominator.


name: Net ODA received (% of central government expense)

sourceOrganization: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, and International Development Statistics database. Data are available online at: www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. IMF central government expense estimates are used for the denominator.


IndicatorName: Debt service to export ratio, ex-post (%)

Longdefinition: The debt service to export ratio is defined as the total debt service divided by the sum of exports of goods, services, and income plus workers' remittances.  Definitions for each indicator follow.  Total debt service (TDS) shows the debt service payments on total long-term debt (public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed), use of IMF credit, and interest on short-term debt only. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments in the year specified.  Exports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: External debt: Debt ratios & other items


Shortdefinition: The debt service to export ratio is defined as the total debt service divided by the sum of exports of goods, services, and income plus workers' remittances.  Definitions for each indicator follow.  Total debt service (TDS) shows the debt service payments on total long-term debt (public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed), use of IMF credit, and interest on short-term debt only. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments in the year specified.  Exports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country.

name: Debt service to export ratio, ex-post (%)

sourceOrganization: World Bank, Global Development Finance and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.


sourceNote: The debt service to export ratio is defined as the total debt service divided by the sum of exports of goods, services, and income plus workers' remittances.  Definitions for each indicator follow.  Total debt service (TDS) shows the debt service payments on total long-term debt (public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed), use of IMF credit, and interest on short-term debt only. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments in the year specified.  Exports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.  Data are in current U.S. dollars.  Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Adjustments to scheduled debt service (current US$)

Longdefinition: Adjustment to scheduled debt service equals debt service not paid plus debt service arrears reductions and prepayments. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance.

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt: External debt: Debt service

sourceOrganization: World Bank, Global Development Finance.


Shortdefinition: Adjustment to scheduled debt service equals debt service not paid plus debt service arrears reductions and prepayments. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.

name: Adjustments to scheduled debt service (current US$)


sourceNote: Adjustment to scheduled debt service equals debt service not paid plus debt service arrears reductions and prepayments. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)

Longdefinition: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Aggregationmethod: Sum

sourceNote: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceOrganization: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.


Shortdefinition: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income)

Longdefinition: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

Generalcomments: The denominator for this indicator in previous versions of Global Development Finance included workers' remittances. Workers' remittances are no longer included.

name: Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

sourceNote: Total debt service to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.


Shortdefinition: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.


Total debt service (% of GDP)

IndicatorName: Total debt service (% of GDP)

sourceNote: Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


Total debt service (% of GNI)

IndicatorName: Total debt service (% of GNI)


IndicatorName: IMF repurchases and charges (TDS, current US$)

Longdefinition: IMF repurchases are total repayments of outstanding drawings from the General Resources Account during the year specified, excluding repayments due in the reserve tranche. IMF charges cover interest payments with respect to all uses of IMF resources, excluding those resulting from drawings in the reserve tranche. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: IMF repurchases are total repayments of outstanding drawings from the General Resources Account during the year specified, excluding repayments due in the reserve tranche. IMF charges cover interest payments with respect to all uses of IMF resources, excluding those resulting from drawings in the reserve tranche. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: IMF repurchases and charges (TDS, current US$)


sourceNote: IMF repurchases are total repayments of outstanding drawings from the General Resources Account during the year specified, excluding repayments due in the reserve tranche. IMF charges cover interest payments with respect to all uses of IMF resources, excluding those resulting from drawings in the reserve tranche. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports, excluding workers' remittances)

Longdefinition: Debt service is the sum of principle repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series. It covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Exports of goods and services include income, but do not include workers' remittances. Data for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) are from HIPC Initiative's Status of Implementation Report.

name: Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and primary income)

sourceNote: Debt service, the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services, is expressed as a percentage of exports of goods and services--all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series in that it covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.


Shortdefinition: Debt service is the sum of principle repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series. It covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Exports of goods and services include income, but do not include workers' remittances.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$)

Longdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

sourceNote: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$)


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI)

Longdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.

sourceNote: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.


Shortdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.

name: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports, excluding workers' remittances)

Longdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports refer to exports of goods, services, and income. Workers' remittances are not included here, though they are included with income receipts in other World Bank publications such as Global Development Finance.

Source: World Bank.

name: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

sourceNote: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports refer to exports of goods, services, and income.

sourceOrganization: World Bank.


Shortdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports refer to exports of goods, services, and income. Workers' remittances are not included here, though they are included with income receipts in other World Bank publications such as Global Development Finance.


IndicatorName: Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$)

Longdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

name: Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$)


sourceNote: Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service)

Longdefinition: Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.

sourceNote: Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.


Shortdefinition: Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies.

name: Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service)


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Debt service, PPG and PNG private creditors (TDS, current US$)

Longdefinition: Debt service for private and public non-guaranteed debt is the sum of the two.


Shortdefinition: Debt service for private and public non-guaranteed debt is the sum of the two.

name: Debt service, PPG and PNG private creditors (TDS, current US$)


sourceNote: Debt service for private and public non-guaranteed debt is the sum of the two.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Debt service, reduction in arrears/prepayments (current US$)

Longdefinition: Adjustment - debt service arrears reductions/prepayments (-), equals principal arrears reductions/prepayments plus interest arrears reductions. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.


Shortdefinition: Adjustment - debt service arrears reductions/prepayments (-), equals principal arrears reductions/prepayments plus interest arrears reductions. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.

name: Debt service, reduction in arrears/prepayments (current US$)


sourceNote: Adjustment - debt service arrears reductions/prepayments (-), equals principal arrears reductions/prepayments plus interest arrears reductions. Data are denominated in U.S. dollars.


IndicatorName: Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)

Longdefinition: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.

Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, "Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.

Topic: Environment: Water pollution

value: Environment


Shortdefinition: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.

name: Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)

sourceOrganization: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, "Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.


sourceNote: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.


IndicatorName: Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)

Longdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.

Topic: Environment: Energy production & use

Generalcomments: Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown.

sourceOrganization: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics), subject to https://www.iea.org/terms/

value: Energy & Mining

value: Climate Change

value: Infrastructure


Shortdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

name: Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)


sourceNote: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Longdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.


Shortdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.

name: Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)


sourceNote: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output)

Longdefinition: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries and Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook.

sourceOrganization: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2018 (https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics), subject to https://www.iea.org/terms/

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Shortdefinition: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.

name: Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output)


sourceNote: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.


IndicatorName: Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Longdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.


Shortdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.

name: Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)


sourceNote: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.


IndicatorName: Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)

Longdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.


Shortdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.

name: Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)


sourceNote: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.


IndicatorName: Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)

Longdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.


Shortdefinition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.

name: Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)


sourceNote: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: GDP per unit of energy use (PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)

Longdefinition: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to current international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), and World Bank PPP data.

sourceNote: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to current international dollars using purchasing power parity rates based on the 2017 ICP round. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.


Shortdefinition: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to current international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

name: GDP per unit of energy use (PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)

Longdefinition: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2005 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

name: GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)

sourceNote: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2021 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.


Shortdefinition: GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2005 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Energy imports, net (% of energy use)

IndicatorName: Energy imports, net (% of energy use)

Longdefinition: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp) and United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook.

value: Trade


Shortdefinition: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.


sourceNote: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.


Energy imports (kt of oil equivalent)

IndicatorName: Energy imports (kt of oil equivalent)

Source: International Energy Agency and United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook.


sourceOrganization: International Energy Agency and United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)

Longdefinition: Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).


Shortdefinition: Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others.

name: Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)


sourceNote: Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others.


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)

Longdefinition: Fossil fuel comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.


Shortdefinition: Fossil fuel comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.

name: Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)


sourceNote: Fossil fuel comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


IndicatorName: Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)

Longdefinition: Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use.


Shortdefinition: Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use.

name: Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)


sourceNote: Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Longdefinition: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries and Energy Statistics of OECD Countries.


Shortdefinition: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

name: Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)


sourceNote: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.


IndicatorName: Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Longdefinition: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.


Shortdefinition: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

name: Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)


sourceNote: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.


IndicatorName: Economically active population in agriculture (number)

Longdefinition: Agricultural employment shows the number of workers in the agricultural sector.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

Topic: Environment: Agricultural production

value: Agriculture & Rural Development


Shortdefinition: Agricultural employment shows the number of workers in the agricultural sector.

name: Economically active population in agriculture (number)

sourceOrganization: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.


sourceNote: Agricultural employment shows the number of workers in the agricultural sector.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Economically active population in agriculture, female (FAO, number)

Longdefinition: Economically active female population in agriculture is that part of the economically active female population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.

sourceOrganization: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


Shortdefinition: Economically active female population in agriculture is that part of the economically active female population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.

name: Economically active population in agriculture, female (FAO, number)


sourceNote: Economically active female population in agriculture is that part of the economically active female population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.


Agricultural population (FAO, number)

IndicatorName: Agricultural population (FAO, number)

Longdefinition: Agricultural population is defined as all persons depending for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing and forestry. It comprises all persons economically active in agriculture as well as their non-working dependents. It is not necessary that this referred population exclusively come from rural population.

sourceNote: The Agricultural Population is defined as all persons depending for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry. This estimate comprises all persons actively engaged in agriculture and their non-working dependants. The Agricultural Population series are estimated by FAO based on the total population series obtained from UN Population Division ("World population prospects: The 2008 Revision") and the ratios of labour force in total population and agricultural labour force in total labour force from ILO: ("Economically active population, 1950-2010: The 4th Revision", ILO, Geneva, 1996). Direct information on agricultural population derived from national population censuses or surveys is scarce.


Shortdefinition: Agricultural population is defined as all persons depending for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing and forestry. It comprises all persons economically active in agriculture as well as their non-working dependents. It is not necessary that this referred population exclusively come from rural population.


IndicatorName: Economically active population in agriculture, male (FAO, number)

Longdefinition: Economically active male population in agriculture is that part of the economically active male population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.


Shortdefinition: Economically active male population in agriculture is that part of the economically active male population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.

name: Economically active population in agriculture, male (FAO, number)


sourceNote: Economically active male population in agriculture is that part of the economically active male population engaged in or seeking work in agriculture, hunting, fishing or forestry.


Animal species, threatened

IndicatorName: Animal species, threatened

Longdefinition: Animal species are mammals (excluding whales and porpoises) and birds (included within a country’s breeding or wintering ranges). Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.

sourceNote: Animal species are mammals (excluding whales and porpoises) and birds (included within a country's breeding or wintering ranges). Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.

sourceOrganization: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.


Shortdefinition: Animal species are mammals (excluding whales and porpoises) and birds (included within a country’s breeding or wintering ranges). Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.


IndicatorName: CO2 emissions from cement production (thousand metric tons)

Longdefinition: Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production refer mainly to emissions during cement production. Cement production is a multi-step process and CO2 is actually released from klinker production during the cement production process. The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.


Shortdefinition: Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production refer mainly to emissions during cement production. Cement production is a multi-step process and CO2 is actually released from klinker production during the cement production process. The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.

name: CO2 emissions from cement production (thousand metric tons)


sourceNote: Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production refer mainly to emissions during cement production. Cement production is a multi-step process and CO2 is actually released from klinker production during the cement production process. The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.


IndicatorName: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons)

Longdefinition: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.


Shortdefinition: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.

name: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons)


sourceNote: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set).  Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide).  Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds.  Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values.  Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections.  Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries.  The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.


IndicatorName: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels (% of total)

Longdefinition: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring).


Shortdefinition: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring).

name: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels (% of total)


sourceNote: Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring).


IndicatorName: CO2 emissions from gas flaring (thousand metric tons)

Longdefinition: Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from gas flaring activities.


Shortdefinition: Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from gas flaring activities.

name: CO2 emissions from gas flaring (thousand metric tons)


sourceNote: Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from gas flaring activities.


IndicatorName: Industrial methane emissions (% of total)

Longdefinition: Industrial methane emissions are emissions from the handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.

Topic: Environment: Emissions

name: Energy related methane emissions (% of total)

sourceOrganization: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).


Shortdefinition: Industrial methane emissions are emissions from the handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.


sourceNote: Industrial methane emissions are emissions from the handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.


IndicatorName: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Longdefinition: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced during the manufacturing of adipic acid and nitric acid.

name: Nitrous oxide emissions in industrial and energy processes (% of total nitrous oxide emissions)


Shortdefinition: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced during the manufacturing of adipic acid and nitric acid.


sourceNote: Industrial nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced during the manufacturing of adipic acid and nitric acid.


Bird species, threatened

IndicatorName: Bird species, threatened

Longdefinition: Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.

Source: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species.

Topic: Environment: Biodiversity & protected areas


Shortdefinition: Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.


sourceNote: Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.


name: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


Plant species (higher), threatened

IndicatorName: Plant species (higher), threatened

Longdefinition: Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.

name: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


Shortdefinition: Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.


sourceNote: Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.


name: Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


IndicatorName: Non-agricultural population (FAO, number)

Longdefinition: The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.


Shortdefinition: The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.

name: Non-agricultural population (FAO, number)


sourceNote: The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria


IndicatorName: Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Longdefinition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

Topic: Environment: Density & urbanization

value: Urban Development