The Open Data Observatory is live on Drupal 11, with reports, datasets, news and site search. It is a demonstration project built to show content management, data publishing and web operations practice.
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Forest area (% of land area) across 8 countries: Brazil has the highest latest value (58.5) and Egypt, Arab Rep. the lowest (0.0).
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Access to electricity (% of population) across 8 countries: Lebanon has the highest latest value (100.0) and Nigeria the lowest (62.5).
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GDP per capita (current US$) across 8 countries: Germany has the highest latest value (60,496) and Nigeria the lowest (1,224).
TypeReport
Population, total across 8 countries: India has the highest latest value (1,463,865,525) and Lebanon the lowest (5,849,421).
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Built and operates this site: Drupal configuration, the custom PHP importer, theme, SEO, analytics and deployment.
TypeReport
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) across 8 countries: Germany has the highest latest value (80.8) and Nigeria the lowest (54.6).
TypeNews
The site now holds 40 datasets: five World Bank indicators for eight countries. A custom Drupal module imports them and retries when the World Bank API is slow, so updates can be re-run safely.
TypeNews
Each dataset page now shows a line chart of its yearly values. The same figures are published in a data table, so the information is available to screen reader and keyboard users.
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GDP per capita (current US$) for India, 1990 to 2025. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Forest area (% of land area) for Kenya, 1990 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Access to electricity (% of population) for Kenya, 1993 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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GDP per capita (current US$) for Nigeria, 1990 to 2025. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Population, total for Nigeria, 1990 to 2025. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Forest area (% of land area) for Egypt, Arab Rep., 1990 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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GDP per capita (current US$) for Lebanon, 1990 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Life expectancy at birth, total (years) for Lebanon, 1990 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
TypeDataset
GDP per capita (current US$) for Brazil, 1990 to 2025. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Population, total for India, 1990 to 2025. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).
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Access to electricity (% of population) for Nigeria, 1990 to 2024. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).