Country Data Compare
Compare a few countries with public World Bank indicators and turn the latest available data into a readable side-by-side card.
Country Data Compare
Compare a few countries with public World Bank indicators and turn the latest available data into a readable side-by-side card.
About Country Data Compare
A small comparison, not a full data portal
The tool intentionally limits each view to 2–4 countries and curated indicator packs. It is made for quick background checks, travel or relocation research, school notes, and shareable context cards rather than advanced data analysis.
Latest available year per value
World Bank indicators can lag by topic and country. The table keeps each value's year visible instead of forcing every country into the same year or filling missing values with zero.
Public country-level data only
The browser sends country codes and indicator codes to a same-origin route, which requests the public World Bank API. No uploaded files, personal notes, accounts or location history are stored.
FAQ
Common questions and answers about this topic.
Where does the data come from?
The values come from selected World Bank Open Data indicators. The tool requests only allow-listed country and indicator codes through a same-origin route, then shows the latest numeric value returned for each country.
Why are the years different across countries?
Public indicators are reported at different speeds. One country may already have a newer value while another still has an older latest value. This tool keeps the year beside each value so you can see that boundary directly.
What does a blank value mean?
It means the selected indicator did not return a numeric value for that country in the latest-value lookup. The tool does not estimate, interpolate or treat missing data as zero.
Can I use this for a report?
It is useful for quick context and first-pass comparison. For formal work, cite the original World Bank indicator, check the dataset license and metadata, and confirm definitions because indicators can have methodological notes.