...we have recently updated nearly 70 indicators, including labor, land, GDP, and trade data sets with the most recent statistics available.
A complete list of what's been updated is available below.
Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems
Industrial Water Pollution: Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions
Population, Human Health, and Well-being
Labor: Agricultural labor force as a percent of total labor force
Labor: Agricultural labor force
Labor: Total labor force
Transportation: Passenger cars per 1000 people
Economics, Business and the Environment
Debt: Present value of debt as a percent of GNI
Debt: Total debt service
Debt: Total debt service as a percent of export earnings
Debt: Total external debt
Development Assistance: Aid as a percent of government expenditure
Development Assistance: Aid as a percent of GNI
Development Assistance: Aid per capita
Development Assistance: Aid received
GDP: Currency conversion factors (exchange rate)
GDP: GDP per capita, annual growth rate
GDP: GDP per capita, constant US dollars
GDP: GDP per capita, current US dollars
GDP: GDP per capita, PPP, current international dollars
GDP: GDP, annual growth rate
GDP: GDP, constant US dollars
GDP: GDP, current US dollars
GDP: GDP, PPP, current international dollars
GDP: Percent GDP from agriculture
GDP: Percent GDP from industry
GDP: Percent GDP from manufacturing
GDP: Percent GDP from services
GNI: Atlas method, current US dollars
GNI: PPP, current international dollars
Government Expenditure: General government final consumption expenditure
Government Expenditure: Government cash deficit or surplus as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Military expenditure as a percent of government expenditure
Government Expenditure: Military expenditure as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Public education expenditure as a percent of GDP
Government Expenditure: Public health expenditure as a percent of GDP
Labor: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid
Labor: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received
National Savings: Gross savings as a percent of GNI
Tourism: International tourism expenditures
Tourism: International tourism receipts
Trade in Goods and Services: Current account balance
Trade in Goods and Services: Imports of goods and services
Trade in Goods and Services: Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP
Trade in Goods and Services: Exports of goods and services
Trade in Goods and Services: Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP
Trade in Goods and Services: Net trade in goods and services (balance of trade)
Trade in Goods: Agricultural raw materials exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Agricultural raw materials imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Fuel exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Fuel imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Food exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Food imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Merchandise imports
Trade in Goods: Manufactures exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Manufactures imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Transnational Corporations: Foreign direct investment, net inflows
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural Inputs: Water use intensity
Food Aid: Cereals donated by country
Food Aid: Cereals received by country
Labor: Agricultural labor intensity
Land: Arable land
Land: Irrigated land
Land: Irrigated land as a percent of total agricultural area
Land: Permanent cropland
Land: Permanent pasture
Land: Total area
Nutrition: Grain fed to livestock as a percent of total grain consumed
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