In 2021, the highest volume of remittances in Russia from outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were of Swiss origin, measuring at nearly 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. The United States followed thereof with three billion U.S. dollars in remittances to Russia.

The statistic shows the share of selected countries and regions in cross-border services trade in 2021. In that year, the United States' share in cross-border services exports was 12.9 percent. Its share in cross-border services imports amounted to 9.5 percent.

This dataset provides values for GDP 2021 reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Abstract

The Global Data Regulation Diagnostic provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality of the data governance environment. Diagnostic results show that countries have put in greater effort in adopting enabler regulatory practices than in safeguard regulatory practices. However, for public intent data, enablers for private intent data, safeguards for personal and nonpersonal data, cybersecurity and cybercrime, as well as cross-border data flows. Across all these dimensions, no income group demonstrates advanced regulatory frameworks across all dimensions, indicating significant room for the regulatory development of both enablers and safeguards remains at an intermediate stage: 47 percent of enabler good practices and 41 percent of good safeguard practices are adopted across countries. Under the enabler and safeguard pillars, the diagnostic covers dimensions of e-commerce/e-transactions, enablers further improvement on data governance environment.

The Global Data Regulation Diagnostic is the first comprehensive assessment of laws and regulations on data governance. It covers enabler and safeguard regulatory practices in 80 countries providing indicators to assess and compare their performance. This Global Data Regulation Diagnostic develops objective and standardized indicators to measure the regulatory environment for the data economy across countries. The indicators aim to serve as a diagnostic tool so countries can assess and compare their performance vis-á-vis other countries. Understanding the gap with global regulatory good practices is a necessary first step for governments when identifying and prioritizing reforms.

Geographic coverage

80 countries

Analysis unit

Country

Kind of data

Observation data/ratings [obs]

Sampling procedure

The diagnostic is based on a detailed assessment of domestic laws, regulations, and administrative requirements in 80 countries selected to ensure a balanced coverage across income groups, regions, and different levels of digital technology development. Data are further verified through a detailed desk research of legal texts, reflecting the regulatory status of each country as of June 1, 2020.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The questionnaire comprises 37 questions designed to determine if a country has adopted good regulatory practice on data governance. The responses are then scored and assigned a normative interpretation. Related questions fall into seven clusters so that when the scores are averaged, each cluster provides an overall sense of how it performs in its corresponding regulatory and legal dimensions. These seven dimensions are: (1) E-commerce/e-transaction; (2) Enablers for public intent data; (3) Enablers for private intent data; (4) Safeguards for personal data; (5) Safeguards for nonpersonal data; (6) Cybersecurity and cybercrime; (7) Cross-border data transfers.

Response rate

100%

In 2021, Qatar had reserves worth 22.27 months of imports. During the same year, Syria had reserves worth 1.26 months of imports. Majority of countries in the Middle East and North Africa depend on imports to ensure food security.

This dataset provides values for GDP 2021 reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This pie chart displays countries yearly per country and is filtered where the country is Belgium and the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This dataset provides values for TOURIST ARRIVALS, 2021 reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This dataset is about countries in Turkey per year and is filtered where the date is 2,021. It has 3 columns: country, date, and rural population. The data is ordered by date (descending).

This bar chart displays countries yearly by region and is filtered where the country is Georgia and the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

In Costa Rica and Chile, the top quintile earned over 10 percent of the income earned by the first quintile, indicating a high level of income inequality. Meanwhile, the lowest quintile share ratio was found in Slovakia at three percent.

Although Italy led the ranking in terms of the year-on-year (YoY) percentage change in chemical output in 2021, forecasts indicate that China is expected to exhibit significantly higher growth compared to other countries by 2024. China exhibited a YoY percentage increase of 7.2 percent in 2021, declining to an anticipated YoY increase of 5.2 percent in 2024. While all countries listed showed positive year-on-year percentage change in chemical output in 2021, many of them are expected to face negative growth rates in the subsequent years. This suggests that China is anticipated to maintain relatively higher growth in chemical output compared to other countries during the forecasted period.

This horizontal bar chart displays GDP (current US$) by region and is filtered where the country is Comoros and the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This dataset is about countries in Eswatini per year and is filtered where the date is 2,021, featuring 3 columns: country, date, and net migration. The preview is ordered by date (descending).

This pie chart displays countries yearly per capital city using the aggregation count and is filtered where the country includes Bhutan and the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

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Abstract

The Country Opinion Survey in Lao PDR assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Lao PDR perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Lao PDR on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Lao PDR; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Lao PDR; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Lao PDR; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Lao PDR.

Geographic coverage

• Vientiane Capital
• Central Provinces
• Northern Provinces
• Southern Provinces

Sampling procedure

From March to June 2021, 780 stakeholders of the WBG in Lao PDR were invited to provide their opinions on the WBG’s work in the country by participating in a Country Opinion Survey. Participants were drawn from the Office of the President/Prime Minister; offices of Ministers; offices of Parliamentarians; employees of ministries/ministerial departments/implementation agencies; Project Management Units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of WBG projects; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; local governments; independent government institutions; the judiciary; state-owned enterprises; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; the financial sector and private banks; private foundations; NGOs and community-based organizations; faith-based groups; youth groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the media.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was pepared in English and Lao. The English version of the questionnaire is provided for download.

Response rate

The response rate was 67%