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.

Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

read at 2024 · 2 years old

Share of the population who have used the internet in the last three months, from any device or location.

World median

82.1% of population

Countries reporting

182/ 217

Observations, all years

6.2k

The median is computed across the 182 countries reporting in 2024 — arithmetic over real values, not a published figure. Higher is better for this indicator.

How the world is spread · 2024

2 countries between 8.6 and 11.9 % of population2 countries between 11.9 and 15.1 % of population3 countries between 15.1 and 18.4 % of population5 countries between 18.4 and 21.7 % of population1 country between 21.7 and 24.9 % of population2 countries between 24.9 and 28.2 % of population4 countries between 28.2 and 31.4 % of population5 countries between 31.4 and 34.7 % of population2 countries between 34.7 and 38.0 % of population4 countries between 38.0 and 41.2 % of population2 countries between 41.2 and 44.5 % of population4 countries between 44.5 and 47.8 % of population2 countries between 47.8 and 51.0 % of population2 countries between 51.0 and 54.3 % of population4 countries between 54.3 and 57.6 % of population4 countries between 57.6 and 60.8 % of population3 countries between 60.8 and 64.1 % of population7 countries between 64.1 and 67.4 % of population7 countries between 67.4 and 70.6 % of population5 countries between 70.6 and 73.9 % of population7 countries between 73.9 and 77.1 % of population7 countries between 77.1 and 80.4 % of population14 countries between 80.4 and 83.7 % of population11 countries between 83.7 and 86.9 % of population19 countries between 86.9 and 90.2 % of population14 countries between 90.2 and 93.5 % of population23 countries between 93.5 and 96.7 % of population17 countries between 96.7 and 100.0 % of populationMEDIAN8.6100.0
182 countries reporting · each bar is a count of countries, not a value

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How much of the world was measured

ALL 2171990: 208 of 217 countries reported1991: 39 of 217 countries reported1992: 50 of 217 countries reported1993: 65 of 217 countries reported1994: 91 of 217 countries reported1995: 138 of 217 countries reported1996: 171 of 217 countries reported1997: 181 of 217 countries reported1998: 187 of 217 countries reported1999: 194 of 217 countries reported2000: 196 of 217 countries reported2001: 199 of 217 countries reported2002: 202 of 217 countries reported2003: 195 of 217 countries reported2004: 198 of 217 countries reported2005: 199 of 217 countries reported2006: 200 of 217 countries reported2007: 203 of 217 countries reported2008: 202 of 217 countries reported2009: 202 of 217 countries reported2010: 201 of 217 countries reported2011: 204 of 217 countries reported2012: 203 of 217 countries reported2013: 201 of 217 countries reported2014: 201 of 217 countries reported2015: 201 of 217 countries reported2016: 203 of 217 countries reported2017: 200 of 217 countries reported2018: 182 of 217 countries reported2019: 189 of 217 countries reported2020: 184 of 217 countries reported2021: 180 of 217 countries reported2022: 182 of 217 countries reported2023: 181 of 217 countries reported2024: 182 of 217 countries reported2025: 10 of 217 countries reported19902025
Best year 1990 with 208 of 217 · most recent 2025 with 10. A short bar means the world did not measure, not that the value fell.

Highest · 2024

Bahrain100.0
Saudi Arabia100.0
United Arab Emirates100.0
Denmark99.8
Kuwait99.7
Monaco99.0
Norway99.0
Luxembourg98.8

Lowest · 2024

Burundi8.6
Uganda8.9
Chad12.6
Central African Republic13.8
Niger15.6
Afghanistan16.1
Zambia17.1
Madagascar18.7

Read with care

  • · Definitions of 'use' vary between national surveys, and some figures are operator-derived rather than survey-based.
  • · Says nothing about connection speed, cost, or whether access is shared.

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 →