insights

Exports as a Share of GDP measures the scale of a country’s goods-and-services exports relative to the size of its

GDP per capita growth tells a different story from either total GDP growth or the level of GDP per person.

Domestic credit to the private sector measures how large financial claims on private-sector borrowers are relative to the size of

How important are agriculture, forestry, and fishing within an economy? World Bank indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS answers that question by expressing the

What share of tertiary graduates complete programmes in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, or veterinary studies? World Bank indicator SE.TER.GRAD.AG.ZS measures the

The Food Production Index is easy to misread as a ranking of how much food countries produce in absolute terms.

Bank concentration asks a structural question: how much of a country’s commercial-banking assets are controlled by its largest banks? World

Whether firms adopt energy-management measures is different from the question of how a country generates electricity. World Bank Enterprise Surveys

A stock market can be large without trading frequently, and a smaller market can be very active relative to its