World Bank
Thirty-five rankings sourced from World Bank data, spanning GDP, population, life expectancy, fertility, unemployment, education, health, infrastructure and the environment. The underlying originals vary by indicator — IMF balance of payments statistics, UNESCO, WHO, UN IGME, SIPRI.
Watch for gaps caused by late reporting. Many indicators thin out towards the latest year: education spending has 27 countries with a value in 2020 but only 9 in 2024. In those cases the latest-year ranking is not a ranking of the top 30 but of the handful of countries that had reported by then.
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Economy
GDP per Capita by Country (1960–2024)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “GDP per capita (current US$)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Values in USD, rounded to integers. Aggregates…
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Economy
GDP by Country (1960–2024)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “GDP (current US$)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Values in billions of USD, rounded to two decimals.…
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Nature
Freshwater Withdrawal by Country (1970–2022)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Observation years are sparse for…
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Nature
Forest Area Share by Country (1990–2023)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “Forest area (% of land area)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Coverage starts in 1990. Aggregates (region.id…
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Fertility Rate by Country (1960–2024)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “Fertility rate, total (births per woman)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Aggregates (region.id === “NA”) excluded. About…
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Crude Death Rate by Country (1960–2024)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Use caution comparing across countries due…
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Crude Birth Rate by Country (1960–2024)
Sovereign and dependent territory rows of the World Bank “Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)” indicator (top 30 by most recent year). Aggregates (region.id === “NA”) excluded. About…