Global Business Intelligence
Country Market Intelligence Dashboard
Explore country market intelligence using official World Bank and IMF DataMapper public data. Select from countries available through the World Bank Country API and review market size, trade scale, industrial activity, economic stability, GDP, population, inflation, income level and other business-relevant indicators.
Country Market Intelligence Dashboard
Select a country to review market size, economic stability, Trade Scale and Industrial Activity context using World Bank and IMF DataMapper public data.
Select a country and year, then click Load Intelligence Report.
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- Trade Scale: Measures the absolute size of a country’s exports and imports using World Bank export and import value indicators. This better reflects large trading nations such as China, the United States, Germany and Japan.
- Industrial Activity: An internal score based on manufacturing value added, industry value added and trade scale. It is intended to show how industrially active and trade-connected a market is, not whether LAF should enter that market.
About This Dashboard
The Country Market Intelligence Dashboard helps users review the economic profile of countries using official public data from the World Bank and IMF DataMapper. Instead of relying on a small manually selected country list, the dashboard loads available countries from the World Bank Country API, making the tool broader and more flexible for international market research.
The dashboard combines country information, economic indicators, trade-related indicators, industrial indicators and internally calculated business intelligence scores. It is intended to help exporters, importers, manufacturers, logistics providers, procurement teams and business development teams screen overseas markets before conducting deeper commercial research.
How to Use the Dashboard
- Select a country or market from the dropdown list.
- Select the reporting year you want to review.
- Click Load Intelligence Report.
- Review the summary cards for GDP, population and the main internal scores.
- Use the detailed table to understand the source, reporting year and value of each indicator.
- Review the mini trend charts where recent historical data is available.
- Download the report as CSV if you need to use the data in a spreadsheet.
What the Scores Mean
- Overall Score: An internal composite score based on market size, trade scale, industrial activity and economic stability.
- Market Size: Measures the economic size of the country using GDP, population and income indicators.
- Economic Stability: Uses indicators such as inflation, economic growth and external balance to provide a broad stability reference.
- Trade Scale: Measures the absolute size of exports and imports using World Bank export and import value indicators. This is different from trade-to-GDP ratio and better reflects large trading nations such as China, the United States, Germany and Japan.
- Industrial Activity: Uses manufacturing value added, industry value added and trade scale to indicate how industrially active and trade-connected a market is.
Trade Scale vs Trade-to-GDP Ratio
The dashboard uses Trade Scale as the main score because it measures the absolute value of exports and imports. This is more suitable when comparing large economies with smaller open economies.
The detailed table may also show Trade-to-GDP Ratio, which measures exports and imports as a percentage of GDP. This ratio is useful, but it naturally favours smaller highly open economies. A country can have a lower trade-to-GDP ratio while still being one of the largest trading nations in the world.
Official Data Sources
World Bank Open Data
The World Bank provides country-level economic, demographic and development indicators, including GDP, population, GDP per capita, inflation, exports, imports, trade-to-GDP ratio, manufacturing value added, industry value added and country classification data.
World Bank Country API
The country dropdown is generated from the World Bank Country API. This allows the dashboard to include available countries and economies without relying only on a small manually typed list.
IMF DataMapper
IMF DataMapper provides selected macroeconomic indicators such as real GDP growth and current account balance where available. These indicators are used to support the economic stability and macroeconomic context sections of the dashboard.
Business Applications
This dashboard can support export market screening, procurement review, supplier-country monitoring, logistics planning, manufacturing analysis, freight discussion and international business development. It is especially useful when users want to compare countries by size, industrial activity, trade scale and economic conditions.
For LAF’s audience, the dashboard provides useful context before deeper discussions about flexitank, dry bulk liner, paper IBC, IBC liner, international logistics, trade corridors and overseas market conditions. It does not determine whether a country is suitable for any specific product, cargo or shipment.
Official Data Notice
This dashboard retrieves information from the World Bank Open Data API, World Bank Country API and IMF DataMapper API. Data availability, reporting years, methodologies, units, country coverage, revisions and historical depth depend on each respective organisation. Some indicators may display the latest available reporting year if the selected year has not yet been published.
The Overall Score, Market Size Score, Economic Stability Score, Trade Scale Score and Industrial Activity Score are internally calculated for business intelligence reference only. They are not official World Bank, IMF, government, credit, investment, logistics or market-entry ratings.
This dashboard does not provide financial, investment, legal, customs, taxation, shipping, logistics, regulatory or commercial advice. Users should verify important information directly with official data providers and professional advisers before making decisions.