Every World Bank publication, all Global Practices & regions · dated January 2024 onward · People (HD) in context
Downloads by reader country (WB Documents)
Share of geo-located downloads
Across every World Bank publication — all Global Practices and regions, dated January 2024 onward — People (HD), covering Education, Health and Social Protection, draws 2,831,317 downloads across 2141 publications, 19% of the Bank's total, ranking #2 of 8 practice groups.
Every publication is attributed to its owning unit; the 2702 without an owner tag are classified by title and flagged unverified. The LAC region in depth is on the LAC — All Practices page.
Reader region (left) · publication language (right)
Every World Bank publication, grouped into practice groups · dated January 2024 onward · ranked by total downloads.
| Practice group | Publications | Total downloads | Share | Downloads / pub | Top pub | Pubs <1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity | 4392 | 5,779,007 | 38.7% | 1,316 | 216,431 | 3254 |
| People (HD) | 2141 | 2,831,317 | 18.9% | 1,322 | 108,895 | 1421 |
| Planet | 1053 | 1,874,436 | 12.5% | 1,780 | 94,930 | 611 |
| DEC / Research | 191 | 1,282,724 | 8.6% | 6,716 | 220,391 | 92 |
| Infrastructure | 565 | 1,104,965 | 7.4% | 1,956 | 36,135 | 324 |
| Other | 673 | 863,127 | 5.8% | 1,283 | 27,570 | 455 |
| Digital | 148 | 733,730 | 4.9% | 4,958 | 209,560 | 82 |
| Corporate / Other | 378 | 476,468 | 3.2% | 1,260 | 97,175 | 278 |
| All World Bank | 9541 | 14,945,774 | 100% | 1,566 | — | 6517 |
The same output grouped by the owning unit's region · ranked by total downloads.
| Region | Publications | Total downloads | Share | Downloads / pub | Top pub | Pubs <1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global / anchor | 2386 | 5,119,492 | 34.3% | 2,146 | 216,431 | 1502 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 1678 | 2,713,654 | 18.2% | 1,617 | 220,391 | 1193 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 1202 | 2,074,341 | 13.9% | 1,726 | 58,162 | 788 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 1120 | 1,497,449 | 10.0% | 1,337 | 108,895 | 800 |
| Middle East & N. Africa | 699 | 962,784 | 6.4% | 1,377 | 33,945 | 474 |
| Africa (West & Central) | 911 | 877,774 | 5.9% | 964 | 27,273 | 688 |
| Africa (East & Southern) | 963 | 861,978 | 5.8% | 895 | 22,207 | 697 |
| South Asia | 465 | 669,178 | 4.5% | 1,439 | 43,006 | 307 |
| Africa | 117 | 169,124 | 1.1% | 1,446 | 9,515 | 68 |
| All World Bank | 9541 | 14,945,774 | 100% | 1,566 | — | 6517 |
Split into individual practices across the whole Bank · ranked by total downloads.
| Practice | Publications | Total downloads | Share | Downloads / pub | Top pub | Pubs <1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment | 1120 | 3,064,302 | 20.5% | 2,736 | 216,431 | 594 |
| DEC / Research | 191 | 1,282,724 | 8.6% | 6,716 | 220,391 | 92 |
| Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation | 1013 | 1,083,357 | 7.2% | 1,069 | 100,476 | 790 |
| Poverty & Equity | 687 | 1,042,868 | 7.0% | 1,518 | 58,665 | 415 |
| Education | 749 | 949,138 | 6.4% | 1,267 | 77,833 | 580 |
| Other (unclassified) | 673 | 863,127 | 5.8% | 1,283 | 27,570 | 455 |
| Social Protection & Jobs | 542 | 826,605 | 5.5% | 1,525 | 57,958 | 318 |
| Environment, NR & Blue Economy | 447 | 758,781 | 5.1% | 1,697 | 28,699 | 259 |
| Digital Development | 148 | 733,730 | 4.9% | 4,958 | 209,560 | 82 |
| Health, Nutrition & Population | 377 | 561,930 | 3.8% | 1,491 | 108,895 | 244 |
| Transport | 314 | 556,552 | 3.7% | 1,772 | 33,869 | 190 |
| Urban, Resilience & Land | 258 | 552,549 | 3.7% | 2,142 | 94,930 | 157 |
| Human Development (anchor/other) | 473 | 493,644 | 3.3% | 1,044 | 15,925 | 279 |
| Corporate / Independent | 378 | 476,468 | 3.2% | 1,260 | 97,175 | 278 |
| Energy & Extractives | 196 | 424,551 | 2.8% | 2,166 | 36,135 | 102 |
| Governance | 652 | 420,662 | 2.8% | 645 | 45,121 | 564 |
| Agriculture & Food | 137 | 230,740 | 1.5% | 1,684 | 15,287 | 74 |
| Water | 136 | 207,174 | 1.4% | 1,523 | 17,885 | 87 |
| Prosperity (anchor/other) | 920 | 167,818 | 1.1% | 182 | 9,971 | 891 |
| Social Sustainability & Inclusion | 90 | 131,451 | 0.9% | 1,461 | 11,413 | 48 |
| Infrastructure (anchor/other) | 40 | 117,603 | 0.8% | 2,940 | 24,153 | 18 |
| All World Bank | 9541 | 14,945,774 | 100% | 1,566 | — | 6517 |
HD = Human-Development publication (green) · every WB unit · click any title or language to open ↗
Share of downloads from readers inside the producing unit’s own region (WB Documents) · dominant language of the downloaded edition (all readers). Global/anchor units have no single home region and are omitted.
26% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (91%).
1678 publications · 2,713,654 downloads
37% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (84%).
1202 publications · 2,074,341 downloads
26% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (54%).
1120 publications · 1,497,449 downloads
9% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (88%).
699 publications · 962,784 downloads
12% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (79%).
911 publications · 877,774 downloads
13% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (96%).
963 publications · 861,978 downloads
19% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (100%).
465 publications · 669,178 downloads
8% of downloads are from readers within the region.
Mostly the English edition (89%).
117 publications · 169,124 downloads
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Sources. Downloads are read from both World Bank repositories — WB Documents (documentos.bancomundial.org) and the Open Knowledge Repository (openknowledge.worldbank.org) — and summed across every language version of each publication.
Window. Publications with a document date in 2024–2026. Reader geography is from WB Documents (~99% of its downloads are geo-located; OKR downloads are not). “United States & high-income” is the World Bank's residual region grouping, here almost entirely the United States.
Scope is every 2024-onward World Bank publication (Publications & Research), attributed to its owning unit: the practice from the unit's descriptive name, the region from the unit code (e.g. HLCED = LAC Education, EECPV = ECA Poverty). Counts are WB Documents + verified OKR (matched by title and date). Publications with no owner tag are assigned by title and flagged unverified — author affiliation is not used because the search database does not expose individual authors (it returns institutional authorship). Reader geography is WB Documents only. The searchable list shows the 1,500 most-downloaded; every publication feeds the comparisons above.
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Every WB unit, all Global Practices, publications dated January 2024 onward. WB Documents + verified OKR; reader geography = WB Documents only. Blank-owner pubs classified by title (unverified). Refreshes monthly.