WBOPENDATA
Access over 29,000 indicators from 51 World Bank databases directly from Stata, covering 296 countries and regions from 1960 to present.
Installation
Stata
ssc install wbopendataDescription
WBOPENDATA provides direct access to the World Bank’s Open Data platform from within Stata. Query over 29,000 indicators across 51 databases, covering 296 countries and regions from 1960 to present.
Key features:
- Five download modes: indicator, country, topic, region, and source
- Multilingual metadata in English, Spanish, and French
- Output in wide or long format
- Built-in caching for faster repeated queries
Examples
Basic usage: GDP per capita
wbopendata, indicator(NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) long clear
line ny_gdp_pcap_cd year if countrycode == "BRA", ///
title("GDP per capita — Brazil") ///
ytitle("Current US$")
Multiple countries comparison
wbopendata, indicator(SE.PRM.NENR) long clear
keep if inlist(countrycode, "BRA", "IND", "NGA", "IDN")
twoway (line se_prm_nenr year if countrycode == "BRA") ///
(line se_prm_nenr year if countrycode == "IND") ///
(line se_prm_nenr year if countrycode == "NGA") ///
(line se_prm_nenr year if countrycode == "IDN"), ///
legend(order(1 "Brazil" 2 "India" 3 "Nigeria" 4 "Indonesia")) ///
title("Net primary enrollment rate")