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Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. This section contains research conducted by the Center about various global attitudes and trends.

The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health. There is a link on the main page to country health statistics.

The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.

The WHO Mortality Database is a compilation of mortality data by age, sex and cause of death, as reported annually by Member States from their civil registration systems.

This list includes both countries and dependent territories. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.
Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates (live population clock), historical data, and projected figures.

You can find population information by country including average annual rate of population change, maternal mortality ratio

Indicators are provided in the following areas: population, health, housing, education, work. Please note this page is currently under revision.

The CAF World Giving Index is a leading authority on global generosity and provides a simple picture of charitable behaviour across the world.

Understanding how people are feeling is essential for leaders who strive to create thriving workplaces, institutions, communities and countries. Discover where people were the most positive- or negative- in a year marked by conflict.

The World Happiness Report has become an indispensable resource for satisfying the growing global interest in prioritizing happiness -- or wellbeing -- in government policymaking.

The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas.

The standard of living refers to the level of wealth, comfort, necessities, and material goods available to a certain geographic area. Quality of life is the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by a group.

The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes.

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based poverty measures by capturing the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time with respect to education, health and living standards.

National Center for Education Statistics. This indicator uses material from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to compare countries’ expenditures on education using two measures: expenditures on public and private education institutions per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student and total government and private expenditures on education institutions as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). The OECD is an organization of 36 countries that collects and publishes an array of data on its member countries.

Provides data on government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP across countries and over time. This metric helps assess national priorities on education in relation to economic size. The data is sourced from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and includes tools for analysis, country profiles, and related metadata.

Data for the sustainable development goals concerning education and literacy.

Foundational learning – basic literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills – is critical to ensuring all children can realize their full potential. Countries are taking action on improving foundational learning, including through the RAPID Framework.To monitor countries’ ongoing RAPID efforts for foundational learning, UNICEF and the Hempel Foundation launched the Foundational Learning Action Tracker.