Database of Databases

 We are compiling a Database of Databases that will be drawn upon to create data-rich interactive Dymaxion™ maps and graphics that reveal the key drivers of global systems interactions and trends. The sources of data are all in the public domain and available online. They will be clearly cited when used. The synthesis of data and trend recognition employed in World Game™ Workshop simulations disclose synergetic (“doing-more-with-less”) problem-solving options often obscured by linear analysis.

Examples of the kinds of data contained in an Inventory of World Resources include: global population and its distribution; location of metal resources; conflict minerals; population movement and disease spread; global solar and wind energy resource; income inequality; global soil biodiversity; state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture - to name but a few.

The following sampling of data sources we have identified provides a sense of the comprehensiveness of gameplay we are ultimately aiming for.

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals

The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 presents maps, charts, and stories related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.  It discusses trends, comparisons, and measurement issues using accessible and shareable data visualizations. The data draw on the World Development Indicators the World Bank's compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of people's lives. For each of the SDGs, relevant indicators have been chosen to illustrate important ideas.

CIA World Factbook

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. It includes a variety of world, regional, country, ocean, and time zone maps; Flags of the World; and a Country Comparison function that ranks the country information and data in more than 75 Factbook fields.

DARPA Open Catalog

The DARPA Open Catalog contains citations of DARPA-sponsored software, peer-reviewed publications, and data. DARPA sponsors fundamental and applied research in a variety of areas that may lead to experimental results and reusable technology designed to benefit multiple government domains. DARPA has an open strategy to help increase the impact of government investments, as well as an interest in building communities around government-funded research.

Critical Minerals Data Explorer

As demand for metals and minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, copper, aluminium, and rare earth elements soar, this interactive tool makes quantitative data and projections on these critical materials available to the public and policymakers. In its first release, the tool provides demand projection results under various energy scenarios and technology evolution trends.

Fragile States Index

The Fragile States Index (FSI) produced by The Fund for Peace (FFP), is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are outweighing a states’ capacity to manage those pressures. By highlighting pertinent vulnerabilities which contribute to the risk of state fragility, the Index — and the social science framework and the data analysis tools upon which it is built — makes political risk assessment and early warning of conflict accessible to policy-makers and the public at large.

Global Climate Risk Index

The Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

Global Design Database

WIPO is the world's most comprehensive source of data on the intellectual property (IP) system, as well as of empirical studies, reports and factual information on IP. Whether you are seeking statistical, legal or technical information, this page is a gateway to our unique collections of resources and reference material. We make all our publications and data collections freely available online.

Global Health Observatory

The World Health Organization’s gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1,000 indicators for its 194 Member States. Data are organized to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) including indicators to track equity in health indicators, and specific SDG health-related targets.

Global Infrastructure Hub

The Global Infrastructure Hub is the only organization dedicated solely to infrastructure in both developed and emerging markets.We focus on collaborating with governments, the private sector, multilateral development banks and other international organizations to promote the enabling environment that will allow the identification and development of infrastructure projects that are high-quality, resilient, sustainable and needed, in a rapidly-evolving world.

Global Slavery Index

The Global Slavery Index provides a country by country ranking of the number of people in modern slavery, as well as an analysis of the actions governments are taking to respond, and the factors that make people vulnerable. This year, so that we might better understand the problem, we have also included an analysis of trade flows and data on state imposed forced labour in North Korea, risk factors in the fishing industry, and the prevalence of forced labour in the cocoa sector.

Global Wind Atlas

The Global Wind Atlas is a free, web-based application developed to help policymakers and investors identify potential high-wind areas for wind power generation virtually anywhere in the world, and perform preliminary calculations. This new tool facilitates online queries and provides freely downloadable datasets based on the latest input data and modeling methodologies. Users can additionally download high-resolution maps showing global, regional, and country wind resource potential in the Downloads section. Information on the datasets and methodology used to create the Global Wind Atlas can be found in the Methodology and Datasets sections.

IMA Database of Mineral Properties

The IMA (International Mineralogical Association) mineral database is a comprehensive resource created and maintained by the RRUFF Project in partnership with the IMA. It is an interactive database that lists all the IMA approved mineral species, providing details on their properties, classifications, and more. This database serves as a definitive resource for mineral nomenclature and classification, ensuring a standardized approach to mineral identification.

ISRIC Soil Geographic Databases

Providing information on the soils of the world is an enormous task and continuing challenge for ISRIC — World Soil information. ISRIC collects, harmonizes and publishes global soil geographic information, whereas many national, regional, local and NGO organizations provide soil information specific to their area and according to their procedures and standards.

Minerals Commodity Summaries

Published on an annual basis by the United States Geological Survey, this report is the earliest Government publication to furnish estimates covering nonfuel mineral industry data. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for over 90 individual minerals and materials.

Our World In Data

To work towards a better future, we all need to understand how and why the world has changed up to now. We must carefully measure what we care about, and let the facts and research inform our worldview.

We cannot know what is happening in the world from the daily news alone. The news media focuses on single events, too often missing the long-lasting, forceful changes that reshape the world we live in.

Our World in Data is a non-profit website that brings together the data and research on the powerful, long-run trends reshaping our world: Through interactive data visualizations we show how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we explain why.

Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown® is a nonprofit organization and coalition of scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, and advocates from across the globe that is mapping, measuring, modeling, and communicating about a collective array of substantive solutions to global warming, with the goal of reaching drawdown. Drawdown is the point in time when the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere begins to decline on a year-to-year basis. Project Drawdown has developed realistic, solution-specific models, technical assessments, and policy memos projecting the financial and climate impacts of existing solutions deployed at scale over the next thirty years.

United Nations World Population Prospects

The 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth round of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The main results are presented in a series of Excel files displaying key demographic indicators for each UN development group, World Bank income group, geographic region, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) region, subregion and country or area for selected periods or dates within 1950-2100.