We are pleased to announce the launch of a World Bank data module on EconData. This dataset was ingested by Aidan Horn.
In this post, Aidan summarises the number of data series available from the World Bank for different countries as a proxy for macroeconomic and social data availability. South Africa compares favourably to wealthy countries and other emerging markets in terms of the volume of indicators available. However, South Africa’s indicators are available on a less timely basis than for many major economies. So, while South Africa does not lag on data volumes, this data source suggests that policymakers and firms in South Africa have to make decisions with less up-to-date information than in peer economies.
EconData makes it possible to download time series of millions of public domain time series and their real-time vintages in modeling-ready format. You can automate models and dashboards, whether you work in excel or using R or Python, without having to manually copy data from individual data release documents. The user guide that describes the dataset is available publicly here.
