Description

This comprehensive dataset provides a wealth of information about all countries worldwide, covering a wide range of indicators and attributes. It encompasses demographic statistics, economic indicators, environmental factors, healthcare metrics, education statistics, and much more. With every country represented, this dataset offers a complete global perspective on various aspects of nations, enabling in-depth analyses and cross-country comparisons.

Key Features

• Country: Name of the country.
• Density (P/Km2): Population density measured in persons per square kilometer.
• Abbreviation: Abbreviation or code representing the country.
• Agricultural Land (%): Percentage of land area used for agricultural purposes.
• Land Area (Km2): Total land area of the country in square kilometers.
• Armed Forces Size: Size of the armed forces in the country.
• Birth Rate: Number of births per 1,000 population per year.
• Calling Code: International calling code for the country.
• Capital/Major City: Name of the capital or major city.
• CO2 Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions in tons.
• CPI: Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation and purchasing power.
• CPI Change (%): Percentage change in the Consumer Price Index compared to the previous year.
• Currency_Code: Currency code used in the country.
• Fertility Rate: Average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
• Forested Area (%): Percentage of land area covered by forests.
• Gasoline_Price: Price of gasoline per liter in local currency.
• GDP: Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services produced in the country.
• Gross Primary Education Enrollment (%): Gross enrollment ratio for primary education.
• Gross Tertiary Education Enrollment (%): Gross enrollment ratio for tertiary education.
• Infant Mortality: Number of deaths per 1,000 live births before reaching one year of age.
• Largest City: Name of the country's largest city.
• Life Expectancy: Average number of years a newborn is expected to live.
• Maternal Mortality Ratio: Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
• Minimum Wage: Minimum wage level in local currency.
• Official Language: Official language(s) spoken in the country.
• Out of Pocket Health Expenditure (%): Percentage of total health expenditure paid out-of-pocket by individuals.
• Physicians per Thousand: Number of physicians per thousand people.
• Population: Total population of the country.
• Population: Labor Force Participation (%): Percentage of the population that is part of the labor force.
• Tax Revenue (%): Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.
• Total Tax Rate: Overall tax burden as a percentage of commercial profits.
• Unemployment Rate: Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
• Urban Population: Percentage of the population living in urban areas.
• Latitude: Latitude coordinate of the country's location.
• Longitude: Longitude coordinate of the country's location.

Potential Use Cases

• Analyze population density and land area to study spatial distribution patterns.
• Investigate the relationship between agricultural land and food security.
• Examine carbon dioxide emissions and their impact on climate change.
• Explore correlations between economic indicators such as GDP and various socio-economic factors.
• Investigate educational enrollment rates and their implications for human capital development.
• Analyze healthcare metrics such as infant mortality and life expectancy to assess overall well-being.
• Study labor market dynamics through indicators such as labor force participation and unemployment rates.
• Investigate the role of taxation and its impact on economic development.
• Explore urbanization trends and their social and environmental consequences.

Data Source: This dataset was compiled from multiple data sources

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Abstract

In an environment where the Bank must demonstrate its impact and value, it is critical that the institution collects and tracks empirical data on how its work is perceived by clients, partners and other stakeholders in our client countries.

In FY 2013, the Country Opinion Survey Program was scaled up in order to: - Annually assess perceptions of the World Bank among key stakeholders in a representative sample of client countries; - Track these opinions over time, representative of: regions, stakeholders, country lending levels, country income/size levels, etc. - Inform strategy and decision making: apply findings to challenges to ensure real time response at several levels: corporate, regional, country - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders regarding: - The general environment in their country; - Value of the World Bank in their country; - World Bank's presence (work, relationships, etc.); - World Bank's future role in their country. - Create a feedback loop that allows data to be shared with stakeholders.

Geographic coverage

The data from the 41 country surveys were combined in this review. Although individual countries are not specified, each country was designated as part of a particular region: Africa (AFR), East Asia (EAP), Europe/Central Asia (ECA), Latin America (LAC), Middle East/North Africa (MNA), and South Asia (SAR).

Analysis unit

Client Country

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In FY 2013 (July 2012 to July 1, 2013), 26,014 stakeholders of the World Bank in 41 different countries were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in these surveys were drawn from among senior government officials (from the office of the Prime Minister, President, Minister, Parliamentarian; i.e., elected officials), staff of ministries (employees of ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies, and government officials; i.e., non-elected government officials, and those attached to agencies implementing Bank-supported projects), consultants/contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff, bilateral and multilateral agency staff, private sector organizations, private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; non-government organizations (NGOs, including CBOs), the media, independent government institutions (e.g., regulatory agencies, central banks), trade unions, faith-based groups, members of academia or research institutes, and members of the judiciary.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of the following sections:

A. General Issues facing a country: Respondents were asked to indicate whether the country is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities, and which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in the country.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in the country, the extent to which the Bank meets the country's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the extent to which the Bank should seek or does seek to influence the global development agenda. Respondents were also asked to rate their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Furthermore, respondents were asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the Bank to focus its resources, the Bank's greatest values and greatest weaknesses in its work, the most and least effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in the country, with which groups the Bank should collaborate more, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve sustainable development results in the country, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty-five development areas, such as economic growth, public sector governance, basic infrastructure, social protection, and others.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts, and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge/research, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results, its technical quality, and the Bank's effectiveness at providing linkage to non-Bank expertise.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, and increasing the country's institutional capacity.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in the country: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in the country's development in the near future, and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value in the country.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate where they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, their access to the Internet, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked to indicate their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank and that the Bank is responsive to information requests.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in the country, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 9,279 stakeholders (36% response rate) participated and are part of this review.

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              There are more than 378 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 193.8 million, 119.05 million, and 112.55 million Facebook users respectively.

              Facebook – the most used social media

              Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3,5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising.

              Facebook usage by device
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The United Nations Energy Statistics Database (UNSTAT) is a comprehensive collection of international energy and demographic statistics prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division. The 2004 version represents the latest in the series of annual compilations which commenced under the title World Energy Supplies in Selected Years, 1929-1950. Supplementary series of monthly and quarterly data on production of energy may be found in the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. The database contains comprehensive energy statistics for more than 215 countries or areas for production, trade and intermediate and final consumption (end-use) for primary and secondary conventional, non-conventional and new and renewable sources of energy. Mid-year population estimates are included to enable the computation of per capita data. Annual questionnaires sent to national statistical offices serve as the primary source of information. Supplementary data are also compiled from national, regional and international statistical publications. The Statistics Division prepares estimates where official data are incomplete or inconsistent. The database is updated on a continuous basis as new information and revisions are received. This metadata file represents the population statistics during the expressed time. For more information about the country site codes, click this link to the United Nations "Standard country or area codes for statistical use": https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/overview/

Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Romania or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Romania, more in-depth insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Romania.

The survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Romania perceive the Bank; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Romania regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Romania; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Romania; · Overall impressions of the World Bank's effectiveness and results, knowledge and research, and communication and information sharing in Romania; and · Perceptions of the World Bank's future role in Romania. - Use data to help inform the Romania country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Romania

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In August-September 2013, 191 stakeholders of the World Bank in Romania were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from among the office of the President/Prime Minister/Minister, the office of a Parliamentarian; a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community-based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues Facing Romania: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Romania is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three development priorities in Romania, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth, and what best illustrates how "shared prosperity" would be achieved in Romania.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Romania, Bank staff preparedness to help Romania solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, greatest weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Romania, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, in which sectoral areas the Bank should focus most resources, to what extent the Bank should seek to influence the global development agenda, and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results, the extent to which the Bank meets Romania's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across thirty eight development areas, such as public sector governance/reform, regulatory framework, education, gender, and social inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results, its technical quality, and the value of the World Bank's fee-based services/products.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Romania's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Romania: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Romania in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank, that the Bank's websites are easy to navigate and useful, and that the Bank is responsive to information requests. Respondents were also asked to indicate whether they primarily use the Bank's country website or the Bank's main website and whether they primarily use high speed or dial-up Internet connection when visiting a World Bank website.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in Romania, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 81 stakeholders participated in the survey (42% response rate).

Contains Country and Territory names from the United Nations Protocol and Liaison Office (DGACM), UN m49 standard, and ReliefWeb Countries list, together with mappings to related Terms and IDs found in UNTERM, ISO 3166, the humanitarianresponse.info API, and the FTS API.

For more information, please visit http://vocabulary.unocha.org/

Dataset's Source:

https://www.unwto.org/tourism-statistics/tourism-statistics-database

The most complete collection of statistical data on the tourist industry is provided by UN tourist, which methodically compiles tourism statistics from nations and territories worldwide.

Through a series of annual questionnaires, UN Tourism gathers data from nations in accordance with the United Nations-approved International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008) standard.

The provided UN Tourism dataset comprises multiple files, each focusing on a specific aspect of tourism data. Below is a detailed description of the columns found in each of these datasets. Please note that the "INDEX" column appears to be a sequential identifier, and years (e.g., 1995-2022) represent annual data for various indicators across the datasets.

Domestic Tourism - Trips

This dataset contains information related to domestic tourism trips.

C., S., C. & S.: These columns likely represent categorization or classification codes for the data entries. 'C.' could stand for Country Code, 'S.' for Series, and 'C. & S.' for a combined Country and Series identifier.

Basic data and indicators: This column describes the specific tourism indicator being measured (e.g., 'Total trips', 'Overnights visitors (tourists)', 'Same-day visitors (excursionists)').

Units: The unit of measurement for the data (e.g., 'Thousands').

Notes: Any specific notes or disclaimers related to the data for that row.

1995 - 2022: These columns represent the recorded values for the respective tourism indicators for each year.

Domestic Tourism - Accommodation

This dataset provides statistics on accommodation used for domestic tourism.

C., S., C. & S.: Similar to the "Trips" sheet, these are likely categorization or classification codes.

Basic data and indicators: This column specifies the type of accommodation data (e.g., 'Guests', 'Overnights' in total, or specifically for 'Hotels and similar establishments').

Units: The unit of measurement for the data (e.g., 'Thousands').

Notes: Any specific notes or disclaimers related to the data for that row.

1995 - 2022: These columns represent the recorded values for the accommodation indicators for each year.

Inbound Tourism - Arrivals

This dataset details the number of international tourist arrivals.

C., S., C. & S.: Categorization or classification codes.

Basic data and indicators: This column describes the type of arrival data (e.g., 'Total arrivals', 'Overnights visitors (tourists)', 'Same-day visitors (excursionists)', and 'of which, cruise passengers').

Units: The unit of measurement for the data (e.g., 'Thousands').

Notes: Any specific notes or disclaimers related to the data for that row.

Series: This column likely indicates the type of statistical series or methodology used for data collection (e.g., 'VF' for Visitor Flow, 'TF' for Tourist Flow).

1995 - 2022: These columns represent the recorded values for the arrival indicators for each year.

Inbound Tourism - Expenditure

This dataset focuses on the expenditure by inbound tourists within the country.

C., S., C. & S.: Categorization or classification codes.

Basic data and indicators: This column specifies the type of expenditure data (e.g., 'Tourism expenditure in the country', 'Travel', 'Passenger transport').

Units: The unit of measurement for the data (e.g., 'US$ Millions').

Notes: Any specific notes or disclaimers related to the data for that row.

Series: This column indicates the data source or methodology (e.g., 'IMF' for International Monetary Fund).

1995 - 2022: These columns represent the recorded values for the expenditure indicators for each year.

Inbound Tourism - Regions

This dataset breaks down inbound tourism arrivals by the region of origin.

C., S., C. & S.: Categorization or classification codes.

Basic data and indicators: This column describes the regional breakdown of arrivals (e.g., 'Total', 'Africa', 'Americas', 'East Asia and the Pacific', 'Europe', 'Middle East', 'South Asia', 'Other not classified').

Units: The unit of measurement for the data (e.g., 'Thousands').

Notes: Any specific notes or disclaimers related to the data for that row.

Series: This column likely indicates the type of statistical series or methodology used for data collection.

1995 - 2022: These columns represent the recorded values for arrivals from each region for each year.

Inbound Tourism - Purpose

This dataset categorizes inbound tourism arrivals by their main purpose of visit.

C., S., C. & S.: Categorization or classification codes.

Basic data and indicators: This column specifies the purpose of visit (e.g., 'Total', 'Personal', 'Business and professional'). 'Personal' can be further broken down into sub-categories such as 'Holiday, leisure and recreation', 'Visiting fr...

Office for National Statistics’ national and subnational mid-year population estimates for England and Wales for a selection of administrative and census areas by age (in 5 year age brackets) for 2012 to 2020. The data is source is from ONS Population Estimates. Find out more about this dataset here.This data is issued at (BGC) Generalised (20m) boundary type for:Country,Region,Upper Tier Local Authority (2021),Lower Tier Local Authority (2021),Middle Super Output Area (2011), andLower Super Output Area (2011).If you require the data at full resolution boundaries, or if you are interested in the range of statistical data that Esri UK make available in ArcGIS Online please enquire at content@esriuk.com.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces annual estimates of the resident population of England and Wales at 30 June every year. The most authoritative population estimates come from the census, which takes place every 10 years in the UK. Population estimates from a census are updated each year to produce mid-year population estimates (MYEs), which are broken down by local authority, sex and age. More detailed information on the methods used to generate the mid-year population estimates can be found here.For further information on the usefulness of the data and guidance on small area geographies please see here.The currency of this data is 2021.MethodologyThe total and 5-year breakdown population counts are reproduced directly from the source data. The age range estimates have been calculated from the published estimates by single year of age. The percentages are calculated using the gender specific (total, female or male) total population count as a denominator except in the case of the male and female total population where the total population is used to give female and male proportions.This dataset will be updated annually, in two releases.Creator: Office for National Statistics. Aggregated age groupings and percentages calculated by Esri UK._The data services available from this page are derived from the National Data Service. The NDS delivers thousands of open national statistical indicators for the UK as data-as-a-service. Data are sourced from major providers such as the Office for National Statistics, Public Health England and Police UK and made available for your area at standard geographies such as counties, districts and wards and census output areas. This premium service can be consumed as online web services or on-premise for use throughout the ArcGIS system.Read more about the NDS.

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Abstract

The World Bank Group is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Costa Rica or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The following survey will give the World Bank Group's team that works in Costa Rica, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank Group uses to assess the views of its stakeholders, and to develop more effective strategies that support development in Costa Rica. A local independent firm was hired to oversee the logistics of this survey.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank Group in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Costa Rica perceive the Bank Group; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Costa Rica regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Costa Rica; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank Group in Costa Rica; · Overall impressions of the World Bank Group's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Costa Rica; · Perceptions of the World Bank Group's future role in Costa Rica. - Use data to help inform Costa Rica country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

Greater Metropolitan Area North South

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In April - June 2014, 310 stakeholders of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica 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; office of a minister; office of a parliamentarian; ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/contractors working on WBG-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 sections:

A. General Issues Facing Costa Rica: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Costa Rica is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Costa Rica, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank Group (WBG): Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the WBG and other regional development banks, their effectiveness in Costa Rica, WBG staff preparedness to help Costa Rica solve its development challenges, WBG's local presence, WBG's capacity building in Costa Rica, their agreement with various statements regarding the WBG's work, and the extent to which the WBG is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the WBG's greatest values and weaknesses, the most effective instruments in helping reduce poverty in Costa Rica, in which sectoral areas the WBG should focus most of its resources (financial and knowledge services), and to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts. Respondents were also asked to respond to a few questions about capacity building and whether they believe the World Bank Group should have more or less local presence.

C. World Bank Group's Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the WBG's work helps achieve development results in Costa Rica, the extent to which the WBG meets Costa Rica's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, the importance for the WBG to be involved in twenty nine development areas, and the WBG's level of effectiveness across twenty one of these areas, such as transport, economic growth, public sector governance/reform, poverty reduction, and trade and exports.

D. The World Bank Group's Knowledge Work and Activities: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult WBG's knowledge work and activities and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the WBG's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality. Respondents were also asked about the WBG reports, including which of them are the most useful, whether they raised substantive new information, and whether they provided them with useful information in terms of work they do.

E. Working with the World Bank Group: Respondents were asked to rate WBG's technical assistance/advisory work's contribution to solving development challenges and their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the WBG, such as the WBG's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the WBG's speed in disbursing funds, and whether the WBG is risk-averse.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank Group in Costa Rica: Respondents were asked to indicate what the WBG should do to make itself of greater value in Costa Rica, and which services the Bank should offer more of in the country. They were asked whether WBG has moved to the right direction, and the future role international development cooperation should play in Costa Rica.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the WBG, and their usage and evaluation of the WBG's websites. Respondents were also asked about their awareness of the WBG's Access to Information policy, were asked to rate WBG's responsiveness to information requests, value of its social media channels, and levels of easiness to find information they needed.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the WBG, their exposure to the WBG in Costa Rica, which WBG agencies they work with, whether IFC and the Bank work well together, and their geographic location.

Questionnaires were in English and Spanish.

Response rate

A total of 127 stakeholders participated in the survey (41% response rate).

Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Montenegro or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Montenegro, more in-depth insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Montenegro.

The survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Montenegro perceive the Bank; - Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Montenegro regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Montenegro; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Montenegro; · Overall impressions of the World Bank's effectiveness and results, knowledge and research, and communication and information sharing in Montenegro; and · Perceptions of the World Bank's future role in Montenegro. - Use data to help inform the Montenegro country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Montenegro

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In April-May 2013, 201 stakeholders of the World Bank in Montenegro were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's assistance to the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from among the office of the President; the office of the Prime Minister; the office of a Minister; the office of a Parliamentarian; employees of a ministry, ministerial department, or implementation agency; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local government officials or staff; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community-based organizations (CBOs); the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; faith-based groups; academia/research institutes/think tanks; and the judiciary branch.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues Facing Montenegro: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Montenegro is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three most important development priorities in the country, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth in Montenegro, and how "shared prosperity" would be best achieved in Montenegro.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, the Bank's effectiveness in Montenegro, Bank staff preparedness to help Montenegro solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were also asked to indicate the sectoral areas on which it would be most productive for the Bank to focus its resources, the Bank's greatest values and greatest weaknesses in its work, the most effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in Montenegro, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more, to what reasons respondents attributed failed or slow reform efforts, and to what extent the Bank should seek to influence the global development agenda.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results in Montenegro, the extent to which the Bank meets Montenegro's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across twenty-two development areas, such as tourism, public sector governance/reform, economic growth, domestic private sector development.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts, and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank's conditions on its lending being reasonable, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Montenegro's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Montenegro: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role the Bank should play in Montenegro's development in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, past information requests from the Bank, and their level of agreement that they use more data from the World Bank as a result of the Bank's Open Data policy. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they know how to find information from the Bank, that the Bank is responsive to information requests, that they find the information on the Bank's websites useful, and that they find the Bank's websites easy to navigate.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in Montenegro, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 110 stakeholders participated in the country survey (55% response rate).

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Abstract

The World Bank is interested in gauging the views of clients and partners who are either involved in development in Panama or who observe activities related to social and economic development. The World Bank Country Assessment Survey is meant to give the World Bank's team that works in Panama, greater insight into how the Bank's work is perceived. This is one tool the World Bank uses to assess the views of its critical stakeholders. With this understanding, the World Bank hopes to develop more effective strategies, outreach and programs that support development in Panama. The World Bank commissioned an independent firm to oversee the logistics of this effort in Panama.

This survey was designed to achieve the following objectives: - Assist the World Bank in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Panama perceive the Bank;

• Obtain systematic feedback from stakeholders in Panama regarding: · Their views regarding the general environment in Panama; · Their overall attitudes toward the World Bank in Panama; · Overall impressions of the World Bank's effectiveness and results, knowledge and research, and communication and information sharing in Panama; and · Perceptions of the World Bank's future role in Panama.

• Use data to help inform the Panama country team's strategy.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Stakeholder

Universe

Stakeholders of the World Bank in Panama

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

From June to September 2013, 281 stakeholders of the World Bank in Panama were invited to provide their opinions on the Bank's work in the country by participating in a country survey. Participants in the survey were drawn from the office of the President/Minister, office of a parliamentarian, ministries, ministerial departments, or implementation agencies; consultants/ contractors working on World Bank-supported projects/programs; project management units (PMUs) overseeing implementation of a project; local governments; bilateral and multilateral agencies; private sector organizations; private foundations; the financial sector/private banks; NGOs; community-based organizations; the media; independent government institutions; trade unions; academia/research institutes/think tanks; the judiciary branch; and other organizations.

Mode of data collection

Internet [int]

Research instrument

The Questionnaire consists of 8 Sections:

A. General Issues facing Panama: Respondents were asked to indicate whether Panama is headed in the right direction, what they thought were the top three development priorities in Panama, which areas would contribute most to reducing poverty and generating economic growth, and which best illustrates how the idea of "shared prosperity" would be achieved.

B. Overall Attitudes toward the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Latin American Development Bank, and the International Finance Corporation and their perceived effectiveness of these organizations in Panama. They were asked to rate the Bank staff's preparedness to help Panama solve its development challenges, their agreement with various statements regarding the Bank's work, and the extent to which the Bank is an effective development partner. Respondents were asked to indicate the Bank's greatest values, the most effective instruments in helping to reduce poverty in Panama, with which stakeholder groups the Bank should collaborate more.

C. World Bank Effectiveness and Results: Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which the Bank's work helps achieve development results, the extent to which the Bank meets Panama's needs for knowledge services and financial instruments, and the Bank's level of effectiveness across twenty-two development areas, such as quality of education/skills development, poverty reduction, anti-corruption, social inclusion, and water and sanitation.

D. The World Bank's Knowledge: Respondents were asked to indicate how frequently they consult the World Bank knowledge work and activities, the areas on which the Bank should focus its research efforts and to rate the effectiveness and quality of the Bank's knowledge work and activities, including how significant of a contribution it makes to development results and its technical quality.

E. Working with the World Bank: Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements regarding working with the Bank, such as the World Bank's "Safeguard Policy" requirements being reasonable, the Bank imposing reasonable conditions on its lending, disbursing funds promptly, increasing Panama's institutional capacity, and providing effective implementation support.

F. The Future Role of the World Bank in Panama: Respondents were asked to rate how significant a role international cooperation and the World Bank should play respectively in Panama in the near future and to indicate what the Bank should do to make itself of greater value.

G. Communication and Information Sharing: Respondents were asked to indicate how they get information about economic and social development issues, how they prefer to receive information from the Bank, and their usage and evaluation of the Bank's websites. Respondents were asked about their awareness of the Bank's Access to Information policy, and whether they used/had used the World Bank website. Respondents were also asked about their level of agreement that they use/consult World Bank data more often they did a few years ago, that they find the World Bank websites easy to navigate, that they know how to find information from the Bank, and that they find the information on the World Bank's websites useful.

H. Background Information: Respondents were asked to indicate their current position, specialization, whether they professionally collaborate with the World Bank, their exposure to the Bank in Panama, and their geographic location.

Response rate

A total of 51 stakeholders participated in the survey (18% response rate).

1. Search for a list of economic status by country/region: Search for a list of economic status by country/region using Korean country name or ISO country code - Public data API service that provides information on the economic status of each country/region

This dataset contains statistics on names (first names of women, first names of men, and last names) by country of birth. In total, there are 231,505 names by 202 countries. The data comes from Statistics Sweden's population statistics (name register) and refers to persons registered in Sweden on December 31st, 2020. However, some names are excluded due to confidentiality, such as names with fewer than five carriers. The data is licensed with Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) and may be used as long as Statistics Sweden is stated as the source. In this dataset, you will also find (in addition to the original data from Statistics Sweden) tidied data where the ISO code for each country has been added, as well as data in so-called wide format and long format to facilitate easier data processing. Please see the Swedish version of the post and the README file for more information about the data.

Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851 with reference to Third country nationals:

• refused entry at the external border;
• found to be illegally present;
• ordered to leave;
• returned following an order to leave.

The national framework has an important impact on the resulted figures (the data comparability between the Member States is limited due to the national specific rules and procedures).

EIL data are based on administrative sources and are provided mainly by the Ministries of Interior or related Immigration Agencies. All of the data collected are disaggregated by citizenship.

Legal framework

The EIL statistics based on Article 5 and 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851.

Some category of data is collected on voluntary basis.

Recent change in EIL data collection

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" target="_blank">Regulation 2020/851 amending Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007 introduced several changes such as increasing the frequency of the data collection on returns and collecting more breakdowns for the statistics on third country nationals found to be illegally present and third country nationals returned. 2021 year is the first reference period for the amendments (E.G., 1st quarter of 2021 represent the first reference period affected by the introduced by the Regulation 2020/851 for quarterly staistics on returns).

More details on the changes see Annex 5, 2021 EIL Technical Guidelines (see below).

Several member States applied for derogations regarding the new requirements mentioned by the https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" target="_blank">Regulation 2020/851. See list of the derogation granted are in the Commission implementing Decision (EU) 2021/431 of 10 March 2021 granting https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021D0431&from=EN" target="_blank">derogations to certain Member States from Regulation (EC) No 862/2007

Data disemination

The dissemination of the annual statistics is mainly in March of each year for the previous reference year, depending on the data availability. The dissemination of the quarterly data is mainly in March, June, September and December, of each year for the previous reference quarter, depending on the data availability.

Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 while the EU aggregate is computed using the unrounded figures, which may trigger inconsistencies between the aggregate and the sum of the values.

Newer EIL statistics

I. Starting with first reference year 2014 new statistics on third country nationals returned were collected by Eurostat on voluntary basis:

• Third-country nationals who have left the territory by type of return and citizenship (migr_eirt_vol)
• Third-country nationals who have left the territory by type of assistance received and citizenship (migr_eirt_ass)
• Third-country nationals who have left the territory to a third country by type of agreement procedure and citizenship (migr_eirt_agr)
• Third-country nationals who have left the territory to a third country by destination country and citizenship (migr_eirt_des)

These new statistics is the result of a pilot data collection; clarifications and improvement is being pursued with the data providers. Technical and methodological limitations exist for some data providers and some figures might be estimated. As a result some inconsistency might exist between these statistics and the statistics provided for table 'Third country nationals returned following an order to leave (migr_eiord and migr_eirtn). In those cases where inconsistency between tables exists, data revision is expected.

II. Starting with first quarter of 2018 new quartely statistics on third country returned were as well collected by Eurostat on voluntary basis:

• Third country nationals returned following an order to leave by citizenship age and sex - quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eirtn1)
• Third country nationals ordered to leave by citizenship, age and sex - quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eiord1)

These new statistics were initially the result of a pilot data collection;

III. Starting with first quarter of 2018 age and sex categories are collected for the statistics on thirst country nationals subject of return procedure (ordered to leave and returned persons), annual and quarterly data, for the following tables:

• Third country nationals ordered to leave - annual data (rounded) (migr_eiord)
• Third country nationals ordered to leave by citizenship, age and sex - quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eiord1)
• Third country nationals returned following an order to leave - annual data (rounded) (migr_eirtn)
• Third-country nationals returned following an order to leave, by type of return, citizenship, country of destination, age and and sex – quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eirtn1)

IV. Starting with first quarter of 2021 the quarterly statistics on returns is becoming mandatory for all the Member States. Third country nationals unacompanied minors subject of return procedure are also collected following the https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" target="_blank">Regulation 2020/851. The following tables are collected under this framework in 2021:

• Third country nationals ordered to leave by citizenship, age and sex - quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eiord1)
• Third-country unaccompanied minors ordered to leave, by citizenship, age and sex of the minor – quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eiord2)
• Third-country nationals returned following an order to leave, by type of return, citizenship, country of destination, age and and sex – quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eirtn1)
• Third-country unaccompanied minors returned following an order to leave, by type of return, citizenship, country of destination, age and sex of the minor – quarterly data (rounded) (migr_eirtn2)

Theese quality statistics are expected to meet the minimum requirements as stated in 2021 EIL Technical guidelines. However, the data availability is affected by the derogations granted to several countries, especially for the statistics on returns of unaccompanied minors. See list of the derogation granted are in the Commission implementing Decision (EU) 2021/431 of 10 March 2021 granting https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021D0431&from=EN" target="_blank">derogations to certain Member States from Regulation (EC) No 862/2007

Annex 4 present the data quality assessment done in June 2021 for the EIL quarterly statistics provided under the new framework refering to the https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.198.01.0001.01.ENG" target="_blank">Regulation 2020/851.

International Merchandise Trade Statistics for the Pacific island countries and territories since 2000, per year, primary partner area, trade flow, mode of transport to the border and type of commodity.

Find more Pacific data on PDH.stat.

Comprehensive YouTube channel statistics for Counting Countries, featuring 307,000 subscribers and 82,543,876 total views. This dataset includes detailed performance metrics such as subscriber growth, video views, engagement rates, and estimated revenue. The channel operates in the Travel category and is based in US. Track 332 videos with daily and monthly performance data, including view counts, subscriber changes, and earnings estimates. Analyze growth trends, engagement patterns, and compare performance against similar channels in the same category.

As of April 2024, Facebook had an addressable ad audience reach 131.1 percent in Libya, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 120.5 percent and Mongolia with 116 percent. Additionally, the Philippines and Qatar had addressable ad audiences of 114.5 percent and 111.7 percent.