Data Updates

Publication of 7 WBES datasets, 2 panel datasets, an informal survey

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Brunei Darussalam, Comoros, Federal Republic of Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kuwait, and Liberia.

The WBES team has also released panel datasets for 2 economies, namely, Ireland 2020-2024 and Italy 2019-2024.

The WBES team has also released a new Informal Sector Enterprise Survey for the Democratic Republic of Congo, (covering Bukavu, Bunia, Goma, Kananga, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Matadi, and Mbuji-Mayi).

All datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The list of ongoing and upcoming projects can be found on the project schedule page.

Publication of 3 Formal Sector Enterprise Survey (WBES) datasets, 16 panel datasets, an Informal Sector Enterprise Survey, an updated WBES, and a Micro Enterprise Survey dataset

October 2025

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Burundi, Malawi, and Nigeria.

The WBES team has also released panel datasets for 16 economies, namely, Bhutan 2009-2015-2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009-2013-2019-2023, Bulgaria 2009-2013-2019-2023, Cyprus 2019-2024, Ecuador 2003-2006-2010-2017-2024, Hungary 2009-2013-2019-2023, Malta 2019-2024, Montenegro 2009-2013-2019-2023, Poland 2009-2013-2019-2024, Serbia 2009-2013-2019-2024, Slovak Republic 2009-2013-2019-2024, Slovenia 2009-2013-2019-2024, Spain 2021-2024, Sweden 2014-2020-2024, Tonga 2009-2024, and Uruguay 2006-2010-2017-2024.

The WBES team has also released a new Informal Sector Enterprise Survey for Nepal, (covering Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Dhankuta, Janakpur, Birgunj, Pokhara, Butwal, Nepalgunji), and a Micro Enterprise Survey for Nepal.

An updated survey to the baseline WBES in Latvia has been released.

All datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The list of ongoing and upcoming projects can be found on the project schedule page.

Publication of 25 WBES datasets + 4 panel datasets + 6 follow-up surveys

April 2025

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Angola, Armenia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Czechia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Taiwan, China; Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan.

Panel data from Costa Rica 2010-2023, El Salvador 2006-2010-2016-2023, Pakistan 2007-2013-2022, and Peru 2017-2023 have also been added to the data portal.

The WBES team has also relesead new follow-up surveys to baseline WBES in six economies: Botswana, Georgia, Ghana, Peru, Singapore and Viet Nam. These surveys collect information on Transactional Governance Structures of firms, and have been made possible by the Knowledge of Change Program IV, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Government of Japan, and the European Union.

All our datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing and future WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 13 WBES datasets

April 2025

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Azerbaijan, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Iceland, Jordan, Lao PDR, Mali, Malta, Sweden, Tunisia, and Türkiye.

All our datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing and future WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 6 WBES datasets

March 2025

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Bahrain, Ireland, Israel, Italy, South Sudan, and Tajikistan.

All our datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing and future WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 6 WBES datasets, 1 Informal Sector dataset, 1 Microenterprise Survey, and 3 panel WBES datasets

February 2025

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Cabo Verde, Cyprus, Eswatini, Serbia, Slovenia, and Tonga. 

The WBES team has also released a new Informal Sector Enterprise Survey for Cambodia, (covering Battambang, Phnom Penh, Siemreap, and Sihanoukville), and a Micro Enterprise Survey for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Furthermore, the WBES team has released panel datasets for Morocco 2013-2019-2023, Paraguay 2010-2017-2023, and West Bank and Gaza 2006-2013-2019-2023.

All our datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing and future WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 3 WBES datasets and 2 Informal Sector datasets

November 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new Enterprise Survey data for Bhutan, Moldova, and the Republic of the Congo.

The WBES team has also released new Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys for Indonesia (covering Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Medan, Pontianak, and Makassar), and Tanzania (covering Dar es Salaam).

All datasets and the corresponding documentation are available on the data portal.The status of the ongoing and future WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 1 WBES dataset

May 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for the Slovak Republic.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 1 WBES dataset

May 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for the Slovak Republic.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 1 WBES dataset

April 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Vanuatu.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 22 datasets

March 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Estonia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, and Togo.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 12 datasets

January 2024

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Barbados, Cambodia, Chad, Costa Rica, the Gambia, Hong Kong SAR China, Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Seychelles, Singapore, Tanzania, and Viet Nam.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 2 datasets and 3 follow-up surveys

December 2023

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Mexico and Peru.

The WBES team has also released new follow-up survey data for Bangladesh, Iraq, and Timor-Leste. The previously published WBES were updated to include additional questions asked during the follow-up surveys, with the corresponding sampling weights.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 4 datasets and a follow-up survey

November 2023

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Georgia, Indonesia, Nepal, and West Bank and Gaza.

The WBES team has also released new follow-up survey data for Madagascar. The previously published WBES was updated to include additional questions asked during the follow-up survey, with the corresponding sampling weights.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current and future WBES projects page.

Publication of 3 WBES datasets, a follow-up survey, an Informal, and a Micro dataset

August 2023

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Central African Republic (ES, Micro, Informal), El Salvador, and Montenegro. In addition to the questions included in all standard WBES, these surveys have additional questions on infrastructure, trade, government regulations, finance, labor, and other topics.

The Informal Sector Enterprise Survey in Central African Republic covers 2 cities, Bangui and Berberati.

The WBES team has also released new follow-up survey data for Pakistan. The previously published WBES were updated to include additional questions, with the corresponding sampling weights.

Panel data for Sierra Leone 2009-2017-2023 is also available on the data portal.

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current projects page.

Publication of 1 WBES dataset and new credit constraints indicators

July 2023

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) team has released new survey data for Sierra Leone. Along with the questions included in all standard WBES, the survey has additional questions on infrastructure, trade, government regulations, finance, labor, and other topics.

The WBES team has also released new indicators on credit constraints covering 109 economies. The indicators are based on Islam and Rodriguez Meza (2023, forthcoming).

All datasets are available on the data portal. The status of the ongoing WBES can be found on the current projects page.