Name: Enterprise Surveys
Creator: World Bank Group
Published: 2010-07-21

The BOOST initiative is a Bank-wide collaborative effort launched in 2010 to facilitate access to budget data and promote effective use for improved decision-making processes, transparency and accountability.

BOOST - Public Expenditure Database

This collection contains datasets that may be useful for analysis, response or modelling for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Datasets

The Data360 initiative aims to integrate high-value data and knowledge curated in the Bank’s verticals into a user-centered data platform. 

Data 360

The Development Data Partnership platform facilitates formation of public-private partnerships for solving development challenges with technology. Specifically, the Development Data Partnership Working Group organizes opportunities for WBG staff to work with technology companies who offer pro-bono data and resources.

Development Data Partnership

This collection contains discrepancy indexes for UN COMTRADE data that aims to capture both the frequency of missed reporting and its impact on overall recorded trade value

Discrepancy Index

A collection of datasets produced through partnership between the World Bank and the European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) initiative.

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development

Open data and analytics for a sustainable energy future.

Energy Data Info

This collection features datasets to support building policies, institutions and investments for inclusive and sustainable growth.

Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions

Project Page: https://worldbank.github.io/GEEST/README.html 

As part of the “Geospatial Assessment of Women Employment and Business Opportunities in the Energy Sector” project, open-source Gender-related spatial data was collected for 31 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) across the globe, resulting in curated and thoroughly documented geodatabases (GDBs) that are now ready to be explored! 
Fifty-nine spatial layers were identified and then researched for each country, covering the following categories: Demographics and Population | Renewable Energy | Energy Access | Education | Jobs and Finance | Digital Inclusion | Transportation | Safety | Amenities | Climate/Earth | Law/Policy/Government. 


However, not every country GDB contains all 59 data layers, as this was dependent on the availability of open-source data in each SIDS. Users are encouraged to check the accompanying metadata excel file for more information on the datasets in each GDB, the vintage, and the

Gender Spatial Data - Small Island States

A collection of datasets that contain geospatial data. These datasets have one or more resources in a geospatial data format.

Geospatial Datasets

Collection of useful datasets from IMF made available to Bank staff via <a href=http://mydatabank.worldbank.org>myDataBank</a>

IMF Dataset

A collection of datasets to help finance the global infrastructure gap.

Infrastructure Finance Datasets

Data and dataset subscriptions managed by the Library Network on agriculture, business, economics, energy, finance, health, risk, water, and more..

Library Databases

The LinkedIn-World Bank partnership offers data to help governments and researchers understand rapidly evolving labor markets with detailed and dynamic data. It allows leaders to benchmark and compare labor markets across the world; analyze skills, occupations, migration, and industries; and leverage real-time data to make policy changes.Visualizations for many of these data are available at <a href=https://linkedindata.worldbank.org/>linkedindata.worldbank.org</a>

LinkedIn Data for Development

Collection of merchandise trade data available to World Bank staff.

Merchandise Trade Data

This collection includes datasets associated with research organized under the Bank, <a href=http://prwp.worldbank.org target='_blank' title='Opens in a new window'>Policy Research Working Papers</a>.

Policy Research Working Papers

This collection contains data on disaster and climate risk assessments curated by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).

Risk Data Library

This collection presents software tools and models developed by the World Bank to support monitoring, planning, programming and the economic evaluation of roads and highways works.

Road Software Tools

This spatial database, a product of the South Asia Region Chief Economist's (SARCE) Office, presents data collected from official sources and harmonized into different spatial levels. Data includes economic and environmental data across 12 topic areas, and includes data from four countries in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal) for both 2001 and 2011.

SARCE Spatial Database

A collection of country Small Area Estimation (SAE) and Poverty Mapping that contains papers, shapefiles, and datasets produced through partnerships between the World Bank and country statistics offices.

Small area estimates / Poverty mapping

This collection consists of datasets compiled and created by the World Bank Data Lab in response to a request by the Syria Economic Monitor Team to explore alternative data sources to better understand changing trends in trade and economic activity, focusing on: surface cross-border transport routes, changes in observed agricultural production, observed nighttime lights, and reported conflict.

Syria Economic Monitor

A collection of relevant datasets to support operations in Ukraine.

Ukraine datasets

Catalogue lists all the data produced under the partnership contracts between the World Bank Group and the European Space Agency

World Bank (WBG) - European Space Agency (ESA) Database

A collection of datasets to help achieve universal access to reliable and fast internet services for all.

World Bank Digital Development Data

A collection of datasets to help achieve sustainable energy for all.

World Bank Energy Datasets

A collection of datasets to help achieve sustainable mobility for all.

World Bank Transport Data

From Data to a Water-Secure World for All. World Bank Water Data surrounding the three pillars of Sustain Water Resources, Deliver Services and Build Resilience.

World Bank Water Data

The World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives explores the tremendous potential of the changing data landscape to improve the lives of poor people, while also acknowledging its potential to open back doors that can harm individuals, businesses, and societies. To address this tension between the helpful and harmful potential of data, this Report calls for a new social contract that enables the use and reuse of data to create economic and social value, ensures equitable access to that value, and fosters trust that data will not be misused in harmful ways. The data used in the WDR2021 are curated as a collection here.

World Development Report 2021

The World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery examines the central role of finance in the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it looks into the consequences of the crisis most likely to affect emerging economies and proposes a set of policies to mitigate the interconnected financial risks stemming from the pandemic and to steer economies toward a sustainable and equitable recovery. The data used in the WDR2022 are curated as a collection here.

World Development Report 2022

The World Settlement Footprint Collection includes country datasets describing the evolution of the built-area across the globe at a ~30m resolution.

World Settlement Footprint

Can mobile money help firms mitigate the problem of access to finance in Eastern sub-Saharan Africa?

The next frontier of mobile money adoption

Percent of firms identifying tax rates as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Percent of firms identifying tax rates as a major constraint

Number of days to clear direct exports through customs.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Days to clear direct exports through customs

Percent of firms that use material inputs and/or supplies of foreign origin.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Percent of firms using material inputs and/or supplies of foreign origin

Percentage of total annual sales that are exported directly.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Proportion of total sales that are exported directly (%)

Percent of firms that identifying customs and trade regulations as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Percent of firms identifying customs and trade regulations as a major constraint

Percent of firms offering formal training programs for its permanent, full-time employees.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/workforce).

Percent of firms offering formal training

Percentage of permanent, full-time employees that have received formal training.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/workforce).

Proportion of workers offered formal training (%)

Percent of firms that chose practices of the informal sector as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing practices of the informal sector as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose tax rates as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing tax rates as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose business licensing and permits as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing business licensing and permits as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose corruption as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing corruption as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose electricity as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing electricity as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose inadequately educated workforce as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing inadequately educated workforce as their biggest obstacle

The wait, in days, experienced to obtain an import license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Days to obtain an import license

The wait, in days, experienced to obtain an operating license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Days to obtain an operating license

If a generator is used, the average proportion of electricity from a generator.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

If a generator is used, average proportion of electricity from a generator (%)

Percent of firms identifying transportation as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Percent of firms identifying transportation as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying electricity as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Percent of firms identifying electricity as a major constraint

Products lost to breakage or spoilage during shipping to domestic markets, as a percentage of total product value.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Proportion of products lost to breakage or spoilage during shipping to domestic markets (%)

Number of power outages in a typical month.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Number of electrical outages in a typical month

Percent of firms owning or sharing a generator.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Percent of firms owning or sharing a generator

Percent of firms having an internationally-recognized quality certification, i.e. ISO 9000, 9002 or 14000.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Percent of firms with an internationally-recognized quality certification

Percent of firms with an annual financial statement reviewed by external auditors.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Percent of firms with an annual financial statement reviewed by external auditors

Capacity utilization based on the comparison of the current output with the maximum output possible using all the resources available.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Capacity utilization (%)

Percent of firms using e-mail to interact with clients/suppliers.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Percent of firms using e-mail to interact with clients/suppliers

Percent of firms that chose political instability as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing political instability as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that did not apply for a loan in the last fiscal year because they did not need a loan.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Percent of firms not needing a loan

Percent of firms whose recent loan application was rejected.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Percent of firms whose recent loan application was rejected

Percent of firms with female participation in ownership.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/gender).

Percent of firms with female participation in ownership

Percentage of permanent full-time workers that are female.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/gender).

Proportion of permanent full-time workers that are female (%)

Percent of firms with a female top manager.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/gender).

Percent of firms with a female top manager

Percent of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/informality).

Percent of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms

Percent of firms identifying practices of competitors in the informal sector as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/informality).

Percent of firms identifying practices of competitors in the informal sector as a major constraint

Percent of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/informality).

Percent of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country

The wait, in days, experienced to obtain electrical connection from the day this establishment applied for it to the day it received the service.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Days to obtain an electrical connection (upon application)

Proportion of loans requiring collateral in order to get the financing.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Proportion of loans requiring collateral (%)

Percent of firms using banks to finance working capital.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Percent of firms using banks to finance working capital

Percent of firms with a bank loan/line of credit.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Percent of firms with a bank loan/line of credit

Percent of firms with a checking or savings account.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Percent of firms with a checking or savings account

Proportion of purchases of fixed assets that was financed from bank loans.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Proportion of investment financed by banks (%)

Percent of firms identifying labor regulations as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/workforce).

Percent of firms identifying labor regulations as a major constraint

Percent of firms expected to give gifts or an informal payment to get a water connection.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/corruption).

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get a water connection

If the establishment pays for security, for example equipment, personnel, or professional security services, the average security costs as a percentage of total annual sales.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/crime).

If the establishment pays for security, average security costs (% of annual sales)

If there were losses, average losses as a result of theft, robbery, vandalism or arson that occurred on the establishment’s premises calculated as a percentage of annual sales.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/crime).

If there were losses, average losses due to theft and vandalism (% of annual sales)

Products shipped to supply domestic markets that were lost due to theft, as a percentage of total product value.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/crime).

Products shipped to supply domestic markets that were lost due to theft (% of product value)

Percent of firms identifying crime, theft and disorder as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/crime).

Percent of firms identifying crime, theft and disorder as a major constraint

Percentage of private domestic ownership in a firm.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Proportion of private domestic ownership in a firm (%)

Percent of firms with legal status of Sole Proprietorship   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms with legal status of Sole Proprietorship

Proportion of purchases of fixed assets that was financed from internal funds/retained earnings.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/finance).

Proportion of investment financed internally (%)

The wait, in days, experienced to obtain a construction-related permit from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Days to obtain a construction-related permit

Percent of firms identifying business licensing and permits as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Percent of firms identifying business licensing and permits as a major constraint

Proportion of senior management’s time, in a typical week, that is spent dealing with the requirements imposed by government regulations (e.g. taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration, including dealings with officials, and completing forms).   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Senior management time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulation (%)

If there were visits, average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

If there were visits, average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials

Percent of firms identifying tax administration as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/regulations-and-taxes).

Percent of firms identifying tax administration as a major constraint

Number of days to clear imports from customs.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Days to clear imports from customs

Percentage of material inputs and/or supplies that are of foreign origin.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/trade).

Proportion of total inputs that are of foreign origin (%)

Percent of firms identifying an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint. The computation of the indicator is based on the rating of the obstacle as a potential constraint to the current operations of the establishment.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/workforce).

Percent of firms identifying an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint

Years of the top manager's experience working in the firm's sector.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/workforce).

Years of the top manager's experience working in the firm's sector

If there were outages, duration of a typical power outage, in hours.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

If there were outages, average duration of a typical electrical outage (hours)

Number of water shortages in a typical month.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/infrastructure).

Number of water insufficiencies in a typical month

Percent of firms using technology licensed from foreign companies.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Percent of firms using technology licensed from foreign companies

Percent of firms having their own Web site.   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Data/ExploreTopics/innovation-and-technology).

Percent of firms having their own Web site

Percent of firms that chose access to finance as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing access to finance as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose labor regulations as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing labor regulations as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose tax administration as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing tax administration as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose transportation as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing transportation as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose access to land as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing access to land as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose courts as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing courts as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose crime, theft and disorder as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Percent of firms choosing crime, theft and disorder as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms that chose customs and trade regulations as the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.  (Survey respondents were presented with a list of 15 potential obstacles.)   Source:World Bank, Enterprise Surveys Project(http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/CustomQuery).

Enterprise Surveys

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