Correlations
Compare any two indicators Pick a country and two indicators to see whether one tends to lead the other — built for a government sizing up policy trade-offs, a business scouting a market, a city planner, or a person deciding where to move. Real data, computed live, shown as-is.
Compare two indicators over time Build a question below, using one country's own real history, live from the World Bank: does the first indicator line up with the second, in the same year or some years later?
CountryAfghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR, China Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Naoero Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (US) Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia, Fed. Rep. South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Martin (French part) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkiye Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Viet Nam Virgin Islands (U.S.) Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe Does GDP per capita (current US$) GDP growth (annual %) Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) Unemployment rate Total reserves (incl. gold) Life expectancy at birth Health expenditure Adult literacy rate Population Government debt Oil rents Total natural resources rents Employment-to-population ratio GNI per capita (Atlas method) Infant mortality rate Physicians Military expenditure Armed forces personnel Exports of goods and services Imports of goods and services Average tariff rate Net migration GDP (current US$) Lending interest rate Foreign direct investment, net inflows Tax revenue Gini index (income inequality) Poverty headcount ratio ($2.15/day) Access to electricity Internet users Mobile cellular subscriptions CO2 emissions per capita Forest area Primary school enrollment Secondary school enrollment Government expenditure on education Maternal mortality ratio Access to basic drinking water Urban population Fertility rate Intentional homicides line up with GDP per capita (current US$) GDP growth (annual %) Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) Unemployment rate Total reserves (incl. gold) Life expectancy at birth Health expenditure Adult literacy rate Population Government debt Oil rents Total natural resources rents Employment-to-population ratio GNI per capita (Atlas method) Infant mortality rate Physicians Military expenditure Armed forces personnel Exports of goods and services Imports of goods and services Average tariff rate Net migration GDP (current US$) Lending interest rate Foreign direct investment, net inflows Tax revenue Gini index (income inequality) Poverty headcount ratio ($2.15/day) Access to electricity Internet users Mobile cellular subscriptions CO2 emissions per capita Forest area Primary school enrollment Secondary school enrollment Government expenditure on education Maternal mortality ratio Access to basic drinking water Urban population Fertility rate Intentional homicides in the same year 1 year later 2 years later 3 years later 4 years later 5 years later ?
Run analysis Project one indicator forward Pick a country, an indicator, and how far ahead — this fits a straight line through its real history and extends it. A mechanical baseline, not a researched forecast; treat it as a starting guess, not a call we'd stake a prediction on.
CountryAfghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR, China Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Naoero Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (US) Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia, Fed. Rep. South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Martin (French part) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkiye Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Viet Nam Virgin Islands (U.S.) Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe IndicatorGDP per capita (current US$) GDP growth (annual %) Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) Unemployment rate Total reserves (incl. gold) Life expectancy at birth Health expenditure Adult literacy rate Population Government debt Oil rents Total natural resources rents Employment-to-population ratio GNI per capita (Atlas method) Infant mortality rate Physicians Military expenditure Armed forces personnel Exports of goods and services Imports of goods and services Average tariff rate Net migration GDP (current US$) Lending interest rate Foreign direct investment, net inflows Tax revenue Gini index (income inequality) Poverty headcount ratio ($2.15/day) Access to electricity Internet users Mobile cellular subscriptions CO2 emissions per capita Forest area Primary school enrollment Secondary school enrollment Government expenditure on education Maternal mortality ratio Access to basic drinking water Urban population Fertility rate Intentional homicides Horizon+1 year +2 years +3 years +5 years +10 years Project
Scenario: nudge one indicator, see the propagated effect Pick a country, then one of its strongest real historical links between two indicators — found by the same engine as the calculator above, run automatically across every pair. Nudge the leading indicator and see what the link implies for the other.
Correlation, not causation. A real statistical pattern in a limited historical sample — not proof one indicator drives the other, and not a guarantee the pattern holds going forward. Treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a forecast.
Pakistan United Kingdom United States
This is a very strong link — the two tend to move together, based on 23 years of real history.
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