In 2025, Luxembourg was the country with the highest gross domestic product per capita in the world. Of the 20 listed countries, 13 are in Europe and four are in Asia, alongside the U.S., Canada, and Australia. There are no African or Latin American countries among the top 20. Correlation with high living standards While GDP is a useful indicator for measuring the size or strength of an economy, GDP per capita is much more reflective of living standards. For example, when compared to life expectancy or indices such as the Human Development Index or the World Happiness Report, there is a strong overlap - 14 of the 20 countries on this list are also ranked among the 20 happiest countries in 2024, and all 20 have "very high" HDIs. Misleading metrics? GDP per capita figures, however, can be misleading, and to paint a fuller picture of a country's living standards then one must look at multiple metrics. GDP per capita figures can be skewed by inequalities in wealth distribution, and in countries such as those in the Middle East, a relatively large share of the population lives in poverty while a smaller number live affluent lifestyles.

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

United States Trade Balance on Services data was reported at 247.714 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 261.410 USD bn for 2015. United States Trade Balance on Services data is updated yearly, averaging 119.793 USD bn from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2016, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 261.410 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of 47.754 USD bn in 2003. United States Trade Balance on Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.JA020: Trade Statistics: Services: By Country.

As of 2023, India had 1.24 billion internet users, more than any other country in the world. China ranked second, with 1.13 billion Indians accessing the internet via any device. The United States followed with approximately 319 million online users.

Continuous Register Statistics: Population and Average Age by nationality and sex. Annual. Provinces.

Migration Statistic: Immigration flow from abroad by year, country of origin and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. National.

Context

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. The World Bank's stated goal is the reduction of poverty. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank

Content

This dataset combines key education statistics from a variety of sources to provide a look at global literacy, spending, and access.

For more information, see the World Bank website.

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Acknowledgements

https://bigquery.cloud.google.com/dataset/bigquery-public-data:world_bank_health_population

http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/ed-stats

https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/world-bank-education

Citation: The World Bank: Education Statistics

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Inspiration

Of total government spending, what percentage is spent on education?

United States Imports of Services: Korea data was reported at 10.974 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.237 USD bn for 2015. United States Imports of Services: Korea data is updated yearly, averaging 8.168 USD bn from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2016, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.237 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of 5.171 USD bn in 1999. United States Imports of Services: Korea data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.JA020: Trade Statistics: Services: By Country.

United States Exports of Services: Canada data was reported at 58.446 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 54.360 USD bn for 2016. United States Exports of Services: Canada data is updated yearly, averaging 43.463 USD bn from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.850 USD bn in 2013 and a record low of 22.868 USD bn in 1999. United States Exports of Services: Canada data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.JA020: Trade Statistics: Services: By Country.

Series Name: Proportion of countries that have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years (percent)Series Code: SG_REG_CENSUSRelease Version: 2020.Q2.G.03 This dataset is the part of the Global SDG Indicator Database compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General's annual report on Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registrationTarget 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countriesGoal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable DevelopmentFor more information on the compilation methodology of this dataset, see https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/

In 2024, Brazil and Mexico were expected to be the countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean. In that year, Brazil's GDP could reach an estimated value of 2.4 trillion U.S. dollars, whereas Mexico's amounted to almost two trillion U.S. dollars. GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year. It measures the economic strength of a country and a positive change indicates economic growth.

Import: Services: North American Countries data was reported at 2.920 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.586 USD bn for 2021. Import: Services: North American Countries data is updated yearly, averaging 2.269 USD bn from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2022, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.920 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of 1.950 USD bn in 2020. Import: Services: North American Countries data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Statistical Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.JA074: Trade Statistics: Services: by Country Group.

Statistics on Affiliates of Spanish Companies Abroad: Main variables by country. National.

Explore the world's best import markets for polystyrene with key statistics and data. Discover the leading countries and their import values of polystyrene. Gain insights from the IndexBox market intelligence platform.

This statistic shows the size of the untaxed "shadow" economy in selected countries in 2010, as a share of GDP. The shadow economy in Russia is estimated to be worth about 44 percent of the nation's GDP.

Tourist Expenditure Survey: International tourist expenditure by country of residence. Annual. National.

This layer contains the latest 14 months of unemployment statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The data is offered at the nationwide, state, and county geography levels. Puerto Rico is included. These are not seasonally adjusted values.The layer is updated monthly with the newest unemployment statistics available from BLS. There are attributes in the layer that specify which month is associated to each statistic. Most current month: November 2024 (preliminary values at the county level)The attributes included for each month are:Unemployment rate (%)Count of unemployed populationCount of employed population in the labor forceCount of people in the labor forceData obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data downloaded: February 3, 2025Local Area Unemployment Statistics table download: https://www.bls.gov/lau/#tablesLocal Area Unemployment FTP downloads:State and CountyNationData Notes:This layer is updated automatically when the BLS releases their most current monthly statistics. The layer always contains the most recent estimates. It is updated within days of the BLS's county release schedule. BLS releases their county statistics roughly 2 months after-the-fact. The data is joined to 2021 TIGER boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau.Monthly values are subject to revision over time.For national values, employed plus unemployed may not sum to total labor force due to rounding.As of the January 2022 estimates released on March 18th, 2022, BLS is reporting new data for the two new census areas in Alaska - Copper River and Chugach - and historical data for the previous census area - Valdez Cordova.To better understand the different labor force statistics included in this map, see the diagram below from BLS:

Turkey Export: Services: Unspecified Countries & Regions data was reported at 184.975 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 169.132 USD mn for 2021. Turkey Export: Services: Unspecified Countries & Regions data is updated yearly, averaging 183.517 USD mn from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2022, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 494.614 USD mn in 2018 and a record low of 162.907 USD mn in 2019. Turkey Export: Services: Unspecified Countries & Regions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Statistical Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.JA074: Trade Statistics: Services: by Country Group.

This is a subset of Sustainable Development Goals (all)

Contains available data on Pacific Sustainable Development Indicators selected by the region and endorsed by Forum Leaders in the Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development. Data is collated from a number of sources, including national household collections, civil registry data, education management information systems, health information systems, treasury papers, and published reports from countries and development partners.

Average weekly household expenditure on goods and services in the UK. Data are shown by region, age, income (including equivalised) group (deciles and quintiles), economic status, socio-economic class, housing tenure, output area classification, urban and rural areas (Great Britain only), place of purchase and household composition.