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B2B Articles - Nov 13, 2009 1:17:50 PM - By Ironpaper

World Bank Data Added To Google Results

Google recently added World Bank data to their search results. Now, you can compare the US to other countries using an interactive chart and specific figures. The goal of Google's effort is to make public information more usable and findable.

Web search data - internation statistics - World Bank

The data provided by the World Bank displays 17 key indicators, including population growth, gross national product, fertility rate, and energy use.

One obvious implementation of the World Bank data will appear at the top of search results of certain topics and displayed in a chart format with some text information.