Cable television subscribers (per 1,000 people)

Cable television subscribers per 1,000 people. For more information, see Tables: WDI 5.11.

Capital expenditure (% of total expenditure)

Capital expenditure is spending to acquire fixed capital assets, land, intangible assets, government stocks, and nonmilitary, nonfinancial assets. Also included are capital grants. Data are shown for central government only. For more information, see Tabl es: WDI 4.13.

Capital expenditure (current LCU)

Capital expenditure is spending to acquire fixed capital assets, land, intangible assets, government stocks, and nonmilitary, nonfinancial assets. Also included are capital grants. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local curre ncy. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.13.

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Total debt is the entire stock of direct, government, fixed term contractual obligations to others outstanding at a particular date. It includes domestic debt (such as debt held by monetary authorities, deposit money banks, nonfinancial public enterprises , and households) and foreign debt (such as debt to international development institutions and foreign governments). It is the gross amount of government liabilities not reduced by the amount of government claims against others. Because debt is a stock ra ther than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Data are shown for central government only. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.12.

Cereal production (metric tons)

Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data (in metric tons) on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed , or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.3.

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harveste d for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.3.

Change in inventories (constant 1987 LCU)

Change in inventories comprises net changes in the level of stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales. Data are in constant 1987 local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.8.

Change in inventories (constant 1987 US$)

Change in inventories comprises net changes in the level of stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales. Data are in constant 1987 U.S. dollars. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.8.

Change in inventories (constant LCU)

Change in inventories comprises net changes in the level of stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales. Data are in constant local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.8.

Change in inventories (current LCU)

Change in inventories comprises net changes in the level of stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales. Data are in current local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.8.

Change in inventories (current US$)

Change in inventories comprises net changes in the level of stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales. Data are in current U.S. dollars. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.8.

Changes in net reserves (BoP, current US$)

Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, re serve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)

Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Chemicals comprise ISIC groups 351 and 352. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.3.

Claims on governments and other public entities (current LCU)

Claims on governments and other public entities (IFS line 32an + 32b + 32bx + 32c) usually comprise direct credit for specific purposes such as financing of the government budget deficit or loans to state enterprises, advances against future credit author izations, and purchases of treasury bills and bonds. Public sector deposits with the banking system also include sinking funds for the service of debt and temporary deposits of government revenues. Data are in current local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.15.

Claims on governments, etc. (annual growth as % of M2)

Claims on governments and other public entities (IFS line 32an + 32b + 32bx + 32c) usually comprise direct credit for specific purposes such as financing of the government budget deficit or loans to state enterprises, advances against future credit author izations, and purchases of treasury bills and bonds. Public sector deposits with the banking system also include sinking funds for the service of debt and temporary deposits of government revenues. Money and quasi money (M2) comprise the sum of currency o utside banks, demand deposits other than those of the central government, and the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.15.

Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of M2)

Claims on private sector (IFS line 32d) include gross credit from the financial system to individuals, enterprises, nonfinancial public entities not included under net domestic credit, and financial institutions not included elsewhere. Money and quasi mon ey (M2) comprise the sum of currency outside banks, demand deposits other than those of the central government, and the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government. For more information, see Tables: W DI 4.15.

Claims on private sector (current LCU)

Claims on private sector (IFS line 32d) include gross credit from the financial system to individuals, enterprises, nonfinancial public entities not included under net domestic credit, and financial institutions not included elsewhere. Data are in current local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.15.

CO2 emissions, industrial (kg per 1987 US$ of GDP)

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include contributions to the carbon dioxide flux from solid fuels, liquid fuels, gas fuels, and gas flaring. For mor e information, see Tables: WDI 3.8.

CO2 emissions, industrial (kt)

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include contributions to the carbon dioxide flux from solid fuels, liquid fuels, gas fuels, and gas flaring. For mor e information, see Tables: WDI 3.8.

CO2 emissions, industrial (metric tons per capita)

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include contributions to the carbon dioxide flux from solid fuels, liquid fuels, gas fuels, and gas flaring. For mor e information, see Tables: WDI 3.8.

Commercial energy production (kt of oil equivalent)

Commercial energy production refers to commercial forms of primary energy petroleum (crude oil, natural gas liquids, and oil from nonconventional sources), natural gas, solid fuels (coal, lignite, and other derived fuels), and primary electricity all conv erted into oil equivalents. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.7.

Commercial energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Commercial energy use refers to apparent consumption, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transportation. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.7.

Commercial energy use (kt of oil equivalent)

Commercial energy use refers to apparent consumption, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transportation. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.7.

Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports)

Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and lic ense fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; and government services not included elsewhere. Service exports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced , transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.6.

Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports)

Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and lic ense fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; and government services not included elsewhere. Services imports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produce d, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies. For more infor mation, see Tables: WDI 4.7.

Consumer price index (1987 = 100)

Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a fixed basket of goods and services. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.15.

Contraceptive prevalence (% of women 15-49)

Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women age 15-49 only. For more information, see Tables: WDI 2.15.

Contributing family workers, female (% of econ active female pop)

Contributing family workers (previously referred to as unpaid family workers) work without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person living in the same household and cannot be regarded as a partner because their commitment in terms of wor king time or other factors is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. In countries where it is customary for young people to work without pay in an enterprise operated by a related person, the requirement of living in the same household is often eliminated. For more information, see Tables: WDI 2.4.

Contributing family workers, male (% of econ active male pop)

Contributing family workers (previously referred to as unpaid family workers) work without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person living in the same household and cannot be regarded as a partner because their commitment in terms of wor king time or other factors is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. In countries where it is customary for young people to work without pay in an enterprise operated by a related person, the requirement of living in the same household is often eliminated. For more information, see Tables: WDI 2.4.

Credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector-such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable-that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. For more information, see Tables: WDI 5.1.

Crop production index (1989-91 = 100)

Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1989-91. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying valu es in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1989-91. For more information, see Tables: WDI 3.3.

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, income, and current transfers. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.16.

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, income, and current transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.16.

Current expenditure (current LCU)

Total current expenditure includes requited payments other than for capital assets or for goods or services to be used in the production of capital assets, and unrequited payments for purposes other than permitting the recipients to acquire capital assets , compensating the recipients for damage or destruction of capital assets, or increasing the financial capital of the recipients. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.13.

Current revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Current revenue includes all revenue from taxes and nonrepayable receipts (other than grants) from the sale of land, intangible assets, government stocks, or fixed capital assets, or from capital transfers from nongovernmental sources. It also includes fi nes, fees, recoveries, inheritance taxes, and nonrecurrent levies on capital. Data are shown for central government only. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.12.

Current revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)

Current revenue includes all revenue from taxes and nonrepayable receipts (other than grants) from the sale of land, intangible assets, government stocks, or fixed capital assets, or from capital transfers from nongovernmental sources. It also includes fi nes, fees, recoveries, inheritance taxes, and nonrecurrent levies on capital. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency. For more information, see Tables: WDI 4.12.

Current transfers, receipts (BoP US$)

Current transfers comprise transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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