WORLD PULSE
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World Pulse · dashboard

The world, indicator by indicator

21 indicators · 217 countries · 156,366 observations. Each indicator is read at the most recent year that still has near-complete coverage. Neither rule works alone: child stunting's newest year has six reporters, and internet use is best covered in 1990, when nearly every country reported it as zero.

Access to electricity (% of population)

read at 2024 · 2 years old

Share of the population with access to electricity.

World median

100.0% of population

Countries reporting

215/ 217

Observations, all years

6.7k

The median is computed across the 215 countries reporting in 2024 — arithmetic over real values, not a published figure. Higher is better for this indicator.

How the world is spread · 2024

1 country between 5.4 and 8.8 % of population1 country between 12.2 and 15.5 % of population2 countries between 15.5 and 18.9 % of population2 countries between 18.9 and 22.3 % of population1 country between 22.3 and 25.7 % of population2 countries between 32.4 and 35.8 % of population1 country between 35.8 and 39.2 % of population2 countries between 39.2 and 42.6 % of population2 countries between 42.6 and 45.9 % of population3 countries between 49.3 and 52.7 % of population8 countries between 52.7 and 56.1 % of population3 countries between 56.1 and 59.5 % of population5 countries between 59.5 and 62.8 % of population3 countries between 62.8 and 66.2 % of population2 countries between 66.2 and 69.6 % of population3 countries between 69.6 and 73.0 % of population3 countries between 76.4 and 79.7 % of population4 countries between 79.7 and 83.1 % of population1 country between 83.1 and 86.5 % of population5 countries between 86.5 and 89.9 % of population5 countries between 89.9 and 93.2 % of population11 countries between 93.2 and 96.6 % of population145 countries between 96.6 and 100.0 % of populationMEDIAN5.4100.0
215 countries reporting · each bar is a count of countries, not a value · Pakistan 95.7 % of population

How much of the world was measured

ALL 2171990: 98 of 217 countries reported1991: 109 of 217 countries reported1992: 123 of 217 countries reported1993: 132 of 217 countries reported1994: 138 of 217 countries reported1995: 145 of 217 countries reported1996: 154 of 217 countries reported1997: 160 of 217 countries reported1998: 166 of 217 countries reported1999: 172 of 217 countries reported2000: 211 of 217 countries reported2001: 211 of 217 countries reported2002: 212 of 217 countries reported2003: 212 of 217 countries reported2004: 212 of 217 countries reported2005: 212 of 217 countries reported2006: 212 of 217 countries reported2007: 214 of 217 countries reported2008: 214 of 217 countries reported2009: 215 of 217 countries reported2010: 215 of 217 countries reported2011: 215 of 217 countries reported2012: 215 of 217 countries reported2013: 215 of 217 countries reported2014: 215 of 217 countries reported2015: 215 of 217 countries reported2016: 215 of 217 countries reported2017: 215 of 217 countries reported2018: 215 of 217 countries reported2019: 215 of 217 countries reported2020: 215 of 217 countries reported2021: 215 of 217 countries reported2022: 215 of 217 countries reported2023: 215 of 217 countries reported2024: 215 of 217 countries reported19902024
Best year 2009 with 215 of 217 · most recent 2024 with 215. A short bar means the world did not measure, not that the value fell.

Highest · 2024

Albania100.0
Algeria100.0
Andorra100.0
Antigua and Barbuda100.0
Armenia100.0
Aruba100.0
Australia100.0
Austria100.0

Lowest · 2024

South Sudan5.4
Chad13.4
Malawi15.6
Central African Republic18.2
Burundi20.1
Niger21.3
Congo, Dem. Rep.22.5
Burkina Faso34.0

Read with care

  • · Access means a connection exists — not that supply is reliable, affordable, or available for more than a few hours a day.

What we can actually see

Coverage is wildly uneven, and that unevenness is a finding rather than a footnote. Life expectancy is near-universal; the survey-based indicators are not. Sorted by how much of the world reports at all.

IndicatorCountriesYearsRead atObservations
Life expectancy217 / 2171960–20242024 (217)14,071
Fertility rate217 / 2171960–20242024 (217)14,073
Population217 / 2171960–20252025 (217)14,292
Electricity access216 / 2171990–20242024 (215)6,747
GDP per capita214 / 2171960–20252025 (186)11,764
Internet use213 / 2171990–20252024 (182)6,224
Primary enrolment209 / 2171970–20252023 (166)7,495
GDP per capita (PPP)203 / 2171990–20252025 (185)7,020
Education spending203 / 2171970–20252022 (164)5,124
CO₂ per person203 / 2171970–20242024 (203)11,165
Under-5 mortality196 / 2171960–20242024 (196)11,861
Maternal mortality194 / 2171985–20232023 (194)7,566
Inflation193 / 2171960–20252025 (165)9,136
Health spending193 / 2172000–20242023 (192)4,562
Unemployment187 / 2171991–20252025 (182)6,531
Extreme poverty171 / 2171963–20252021 (81)2,430
Income inequality (Gini)171 / 2171963–20252021 (81)2,430
Adult literacy170 / 2171970–20242022 (45)1,121
Military spending164 / 2171960–20242024 (147)7,909
Child stunting163 / 2171983–20242018 (48)1,129
Safe drinking water151 / 2172000–20242024 (148)3,716

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Nothing here is interpolated — where a country never reported, it is absent rather than estimated. Browse every country →