The purpose of this page is to plot data over time for an indicator and country
selected.
Select an indicator from the drop down menu.
Note that the list in the menu is limited to the indicators for which
historical data are available.
Two options are available. The first option is
to select a group of countries by World Bank Regions or World Bank Income Group.
Just select a group from one of the drop down menus. The second option is to
choose one country in the "Select country"
box. Select countries you would like
to graph.
The Selected Dates boxes will automatically
display the range of years available for the country(ies) and indicator
selected. You can choose to modify the start and end dates inside that
range. If no time series are available for the country(ies) or indicator
selected, no dates will appear.
Chart Option: You can choose to have data points displayed as a bar, a point
(or dot), a line, or a dotted line (Point And Line). To smooth out short-term
fluctuations, you can opt for showing the moving average and choosing
between the average for the last 3 years or the last 5 years. Selecting or
unselecting “Bar Width Narrow” will allow you to have narrower or wider
bars. The chart can show the average for
the region and/or
income group the country belongs to. Just tick “Show Income Average”
and/or “Show Region Average”. You can choose to display the range of values for
the income group and/or region by selecting “Show Income Range” and/or “Show Region
Range”. The option is to show the range between the 25th and 75th quintiles or the
range between the maximum and minimum data.
Click “Create Chart” to create/update the chart. The data will be displayed in
a table under the chart.
Click on one of the download options if you want to save the data in Excel
or Word. That way, you can use the data to create your own graphs, charts or
tables.
To save the chart and insert it in reports or documents, place your cursor on
the chart, right click and select Save picture as.
