Economic development (including trend over the past 10 years)
• GDP/GNI: for the economy as a whole but also by major sector i.e. primary, industry, services. Preferably expressed in PPP per capita (for comparisons between countries) and at constant prices (for comparisons over time).
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD.Stat | |
| (Structure) |
Economic Policy and Debt > National accounts > US $ at Constant prices >> * |
National accounts > Nominal and Real (note not suitable), see below |
General Statistics > Country Statistical Profiles > * |
| GDP | * Aggregate Indicators |
World Outlook Database, Oct 2015, Download Excel table, e.g., Table R1 covers GDP in PPP ... and detailed tables |
Production and Productivity > Size of GDP > GDP per capita |
| GNI | * Aggregate Indicators | ||
| PPP |
PPP's and the Real Size of World Economies (pdf) Economic Policy and Debt > Purchasing Power Parity |
* Prices > Purchasing power parities and exchange rates > Rates of conversion | |
| BY SECTOR | * Value added |
Yes | * Economic structure > Value added by activity & Real value added by activity |
• GINI (index). A Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality." (World Bank)
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | ||
| (Structure) | Poverty > Income distribution | Household income and wealth > Income inequality and poverty > Income inequality | ||
| GINI | Yes | Yes |
• Employment: for the economy as a whole but also by sector i.e. primary, industry, services, unemployment and/or underemployment and/or informal employment, labor productivity
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Social Protection and Labor > Economic activity > * | Price, Production and Labor > * | Labour > Employment and hours worked > * |
| Employment | * Employment to population ratio ... | * Not percentages | * Employment rates |
| Employment by sector | * Employment in ... | -- | -- |
| Unemployment | Social Protection and Labor > Unemployment | * Unemployment rates | * Unemployment rates |
• Inflation: Consumer Price Index (CPI) and/or GDP deflator
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Financial structure > Exchange rates and prices > Inflation (CPI and deflator) |
Price, Production and Labor > Consumer Price Index |
Prices > Prices and Interest rates > Inflation (CPI) |
• Government's fiscal position: budget (especially deficit but also total budget) and debt. All preferably expressed as a % of GDP.
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Public sector > Government finance | Government Finance | Government > Government deficits and debt ... as well as General government and Public expenditure |
| (includes % of GDP) | very detailed | (includes % of GDP) | |
• Balance of payments: current & capital account deficits. All preferably expressed as a % of GDP or some other benchmark.
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Economic Policy and Debt > Balance of payments | Globalisation > FDI and Balance of payments ... | |
| (includes % of GDP) | (includes % of GDP for current account balance) | ||
• Financial sector: interest rate (%), interest spread (percentage points i.e. difference between the borrowing and lending rate), savings rate (%).
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Financial Sector > Interest rates |
Interest rates |
(Household income and wealth)>household savings |
| National accounts > Income, savings and investment > Savings, nominal | |||
• Trade: trade balance, main exports / imports. Monetary amounts should preferably be expressed as a % of GDP and/or some other benchmark (share of total exports / imports).
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Private sector and trade > * | Trade of goods | Globalisation > Trade > * |
| * Imports ...(good detail) | quite general | *International trade in goods | |
| * Exports (good detail) | *International trade in services ... |
• Foreign Direct Investment: amounts, from whom & for what type of economic activities. Monetary amounts should preferably be expressed as a % of GDP and/or some other benchmark (share of total FDI).
| World Bank WDI Indicators | IMF - IFS indicators | OECD Country Statistcs | |
| (Structure) | Globalisation > FDI and Balance of payments ... | ||