Released maps - Economic Development

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Released maps

Maps of Economic Development are published here once their data rights are cleared and they have been reviewed. Each shows its time and space reference, its sources and its uncertainty.

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Publisher: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field: Economic development, Development finance
Status: In development
Service level: R0: information and enquiries

Economic Development · Map workspaceMap workspace, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

Economic Development released maps are reviewed map views of economic development, published once their data rights are cleared, each with its coordinate reference, date, sources and uncertainty. Layers draw on sources such as Penn World Table (Groningen Growth and Development Centre). A map shows released, rights-cleared evidence, not a live feed or an official warning.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Activity and hazards in World.

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Layers 3

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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For released maps, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, night lights and true-colour imagery with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · GDACS · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
Live: GDACS (EC JRC / UN OCHA) Events are indicative, not official warnings.
Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04What is shown

Released, referenced and rights-cleared.

Time and space reference for every view.
Sources and licence.
Uncertainty and known limits.
Version and date of release.

05Indicators

What a released map in this field would carry.

Indicator	Unit	Cadence	Evidence label	Topic
Labour productivity	output per worker or per hour in constant prices	annual	Official	Inclusive productivity
Total factor productivity	index	annual	Estimated	Inclusive productivity
Productivity dispersion across firms	ratio of top to bottom deciles	per census or survey	Estimated	Inclusive productivity
Labour share of income	percent of GDP	annual	Estimated	Inclusive productivity
Informal employment	percent of employment	annual	Official	Inclusive productivity
Real wage growth	percent change	annual	Official	Inclusive productivity
Manufacturing value added	share of GDP	annual	Official	Industrial policy and upgrading
Export diversification	number of products exported with comparative advantage	annual	Estimated	Industrial policy and upgrading
Medium and high-tech share of manufacturing	percent of manufacturing value added	annual	Official	Industrial policy and upgrading
Industrial policy interventions	count by instrument	annual	Reported	Industrial policy and upgrading
Foreign direct investment inflows by sector	currency units	annual	Official	Industrial policy and upgrading
Support programmes with evaluations	percent of programmes	per review	Reported	Industrial policy and upgrading
Commodity export concentration	share of top commodities in exports	annual	Official	Trade and external shocks
Terms of trade	index	quarterly	Official	Trade and external shocks
International reserves	months of imports	monthly	Official	Trade and external shocks
External debt	percent of GDP	quarterly	Official	Trade and external shocks
Portfolio capital flows	currency units	monthly	Official	Trade and external shocks
Remittance inflows	percent of GDP	annual	Official	Trade and external shocks
GDP per capita by region	currency units	annual	Official	Regional economic development
Regional unemployment rate	percent	quarterly	Official	Regional economic development
Night-time light intensity	radiance	monthly	Observed	Regional economic development
Access to markets	travel time to nearest city	per assessment	Modelled	Regional economic development
Regional poverty rate	percent	per survey	Estimated	Regional economic development
Public investment per capita by region	currency units	annual	Official	Regional economic development
Individuals using the internet	percent of population	annual	Estimated	Digital economy and inclusion
Mobile broadband usage gap	percent of population covered but not using	annual	Estimated	Digital economy and inclusion
Account ownership including mobile money	percent of adults	per survey	Reported	Digital economy and inclusion
Gender gap in mobile internet use	percent difference	annual	Reported	Digital economy and inclusion
Cost of entry-level mobile broadband	percent of monthly income	annual	Official	Digital economy and inclusion
Firms selling online	percent of firms	per survey	Reported	Digital economy and inclusion
General government gross debt	percent of GDP	annual	Official	Public finance and risk
Interest payments	percent of revenue	annual	Official	Public finance and risk
Contingent liabilities disclosed	percent of GDP	annual	Official	Public finance and risk
Disaster risk financing instruments in place	count by type	annual	Declared	Public finance and risk
Tax revenue	percent of GDP	annual	Official	Public finance and risk
Budget credibility	difference between budgeted and actual spending	annual	Official	Public finance and risk
Food inflation	percent change in food consumer prices	monthly	Official	Food energy water economics
Share of food in household spending	percent	per survey	Estimated	Food energy water economics
Energy subsidies	percent of GDP	annual	Estimated	Food energy water economics
Electricity access	percent of population	annual	Estimated	Food energy water economics
Water tariff cost recovery	ratio of revenue to operating cost	annual	Reported	Food energy water economics
Cost of a healthy diet	currency per person per day	annual	Estimated	Food energy water economics
Employment by sector	percent of employment	annual	Official	Employment and technology
Informal employment rate	percent of employment	annual	Official	Employment and technology
Youth not in employment, education or training	percent of youth	annual	Official	Employment and technology
Platform workers	estimated count	per survey	Estimated	Employment and technology
Occupational exposure to automation	percent of employment	per assessment	Estimated	Employment and technology
Workers with social protection coverage	percent	per assessment	Official	Employment and technology

06Reading the maps

Cautions that apply to development maps.

National averages hide regional disparities.
Nightlight proxies need calibration.
Debt maps change with each assessment.

07Status

Releases appear as they are reviewed.

Analysis runs in Nexus Foundry; reviewed releases are listed here.

08Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

Term	Definition
Coordinate reference system	The definition that ties coordinates to locations on Earth, catalogued with EPSG codes.
Modifiable areal unit problem	The change in statistical results that comes from how areas are drawn and aggregated.
Zonal statistics	Statistics of raster values summarised within boundaries such as districts.
Public-safe release	A recorded decision on the detail at which a layer may be published without exposing sensitive sites or people.

09Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

10Questions

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