{"id":3933,"date":"2016-12-08T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.wid.world\/?page_id=3933"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:58:45","slug":"graphs-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wid.world\/graphs-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO NAVIGATE WID.WORLD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 24px 20px; background: #f3f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #2a7f89; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We present global inequality data in three different ways on our website:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 14px; margin: 20px auto;\">\n<p><a style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; width: 220px; min-height: 72px; padding: 14px 18px; background: #16717c; color: white; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; border: 1px solid #16717c; border-radius: 6px;\" href=\"\/\/wid.world\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 17px;\">World Page<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-top: 5px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.35; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nCompare inequality across countries on an interactive map<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; width: 220px; min-height: 72px; padding: 14px 18px; background: white; color: #16717c; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; border: 1px solid #16717c; border-radius: 6px;\" href=\"\/\/wid.world\/country\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Country Pages<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-top: 5px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.35; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nExplore how inequality has evolved within a given country<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; width: 220px; min-height: 72px; padding: 14px 18px; background: white; color: #16717c; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; border: 1px solid #16717c; border-radius: 6px;\" href=\"\/\/wid.world\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Data Download Page<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-top: 5px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.35; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nDownload WID.world\u2019s open-access inequality datasets directly from the website<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center;\">Below you will find 2-minute user-friendly tutorials walking through how to navigate each page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"WORLDPAGE\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. WORLD PAGE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The world page allows you to\u00a0compare economic indicators across different countries or world regions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Inequality Database - How to Navigate the World Page\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfiJ5U28LqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"COUNTRYPAGE\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2. COUNTRY\u00a0PAGE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The country pages allow you to browse a country\u2019s various economic indicators in graphs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Inequality Database - How to Navigate the Country Pages\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bMHTCFpcTCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"DATAPAGE\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3. DATA\u00a0PAGE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The data page allows you to view and download time series data\u00a0in a table.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Inequality Database - How to Download Data\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pn-T_oG-f3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0px; padding: 20px; background: #f3f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #2a7f89; border-radius: 4px; text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To make the most of the World Inequality Database, we encourage our users to consult a selection of key resources: the <\/span><a href=\"\/\/wid.world\/document\/distributional-national-accounts-dina-guidelines-2025-methods-and-concepts-used-in-the-world-inequality-database\/\">Distributional National Accounts (DINA) Guidelines<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> which provide our methodological framework; the <\/span><a href=\"\/\/wid.world\/codes-dictionary\/\">Codes Dictionary<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">; the <\/span><a href=\"\/\/wid.world\/data\/\">user-friendly data page<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> for direct data downloads; our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\">GitHub<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> repositories which contain replication packages, commands for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\/wid-stata-tool\">STATA<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\/wid-r-tool\">R<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #333333;\">and our user-friendly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\/wid-bulk-downloader\/\">bulk data downloader<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">;\u00a0and the <\/span><a href=\"\/\/wid.world\/methodology\/\">Methodology page<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> for further resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; margin: 20px 0;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 11px 18px; background: #16717c; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px;\" href=\"\/\/wid.world\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download WID data<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 11px 18px; border: 1px solid #16717c; color: #16717c; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\/wid-r-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use the R package<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 11px 18px; border: 1px solid #16717c; color: #16717c; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/world-inequality-database\/wid-stata-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use the Stata command<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We present global inequality data in three different ways on our website: World Page Compare inequality across countries on an interactive map Country Pages Explore how inequality has evolved within a given country Data Download Page Download WID.world\u2019s open-access inequality datasets directly from the website Below you will find 2-minute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-wid-default-pages.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOW TO NAVIGATE WID.WORLD? - WID - World Inequality Database<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HOW TO NAVIGATE WID.WORLD? 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