The World Bank Enterprise Surveys offer an expansive array of economic data on more than 219,000 firms in 159 economies. The data is collected and published for the use of researchers, policymakers, and the general public. Explore over 350 WBES, 12 Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys in 38 cities, Micro-Enterprise surveys, other surveys, and cross-economy databases in the data portal.
Note that data users should exercise caution when comparing raw data and point estimates between surveys that did and did not adhere to the Enterprise Surveys Global Methodology.
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Access all publicly available microdata
Access the detailed list of all publicly available data collected since 2002 - Excel file
