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.

GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)

read at 2025 · 1 year old

GDP per capita converted at purchasing-power-parity rates, which adjust for how much a dollar actually buys locally.

World median

20,204international $

Countries reporting

185/ 217

Observations, all years

7.0k

The median is computed across the 185 countries reporting in 2025 — arithmetic over real values, not a published figure. Higher is better for this indicator.

How the world is spread · 2025

44 countries between 1,248 and 7,038 international $23 countries between 7,038 and 12,827 international $18 countries between 12,827 and 18,617 international $19 countries between 18,617 and 24,406 international $13 countries between 24,406 and 30,196 international $8 countries between 30,196 and 35,985 international $5 countries between 35,985 and 41,775 international $7 countries between 41,775 and 47,564 international $8 countries between 47,564 and 53,354 international $6 countries between 53,354 and 59,143 international $9 countries between 59,143 and 64,933 international $2 countries between 64,933 and 70,722 international $7 countries between 70,722 and 76,512 international $3 countries between 76,512 and 82,301 international $3 countries between 82,301 and 88,091 international $2 countries between 88,091 and 93,880 international $1 country between 93,880 and 99,670 international $2 countries between 99,670 and 105,459 international $1 country between 128,617 and 134,407 international $1 country between 134,407 and 140,196 international $2 countries between 151,775 and 157,564 international $1 country between 157,564 and 163,354 international $MEDIAN1,248163,354
185 countries reporting · each bar is a count of countries, not a value · Pakistan 6,573 international $

How much of the world was measured

ALL 2171990: 186 of 217 countries reported1991: 186 of 217 countries reported1992: 187 of 217 countries reported1993: 187 of 217 countries reported1994: 188 of 217 countries reported1995: 190 of 217 countries reported1996: 190 of 217 countries reported1997: 192 of 217 countries reported1998: 192 of 217 countries reported1999: 192 of 217 countries reported2000: 194 of 217 countries reported2001: 194 of 217 countries reported2002: 195 of 217 countries reported2003: 195 of 217 countries reported2004: 195 of 217 countries reported2005: 195 of 217 countries reported2006: 196 of 217 countries reported2007: 197 of 217 countries reported2008: 200 of 217 countries reported2009: 201 of 217 countries reported2010: 201 of 217 countries reported2011: 201 of 217 countries reported2012: 199 of 217 countries reported2013: 200 of 217 countries reported2014: 199 of 217 countries reported2015: 199 of 217 countries reported2016: 198 of 217 countries reported2017: 199 of 217 countries reported2018: 199 of 217 countries reported2019: 199 of 217 countries reported2020: 199 of 217 countries reported2021: 199 of 217 countries reported2022: 199 of 217 countries reported2023: 197 of 217 countries reported2024: 195 of 217 countries reported2025: 185 of 217 countries reported19902025
Best year 2009 with 201 of 217 · most recent 2025 with 185. A short bar means the world did not measure, not that the value fell.

Highest · 2025

Singapore163,354
Luxembourg156,542
Ireland155,089
Macao SAR, China137,031
Qatar128,883
Norway104,044
Switzerland102,513
Guyana97,899

Lowest · 2025

Burundi1,248
Central African Republic1,314
Somalia, Fed. Rep.1,643
Mozambique1,698
Malawi1,899
Congo, Dem. Rep.1,920
Madagascar1,952
Liberia1,981

Read with care

  • · PPP conversion factors are themselves modelled estimates, revised periodically — figures can shift when the base year is rebased.
  • · Better than market-rate GDP for comparing living costs across countries; worse for comparing a country to its own past.

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 →