Global Economy Compare: Growth, Inflation, Jobs and Debt for Any Country

Is India growing faster than the United States? Does Germany carry more debt than Japan? Headlines answer these questions one country at a time, using different years and different measures. This dashboard puts any countries you choose side by side on the same five indicators, so the comparison is fair.

All the data comes from open sources: the World Bank and the IMF. Neither needs an API key. The dashboard is free to view here, and the Power BI file is free to download. You only need to send us an email.

What the dashboard shows

Pick the countries you want in the dropdown at the top. The page starts with a scorecard and a key insight, then moves into trend charts and a global view.

The scorecard

The scorecard lists five indicators for every country you selected: GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, government debt and GDP per person. Next to each value is a rank among all countries with data, where #1 is best. Low inflation, low unemployment and low debt rank best, while high growth and high income per person rank best. A column for the World average sits beside the countries, so you can see who is above or below the global level.

The key insight

A dark card under the scorecard writes one plain-language sentence from the data, such as which selected country is growing fastest and which has the lowest debt. It updates whenever you change the countries, so it always matches what is on the screen.

The trend charts

• GDP growth: the annual change in real GDP, one line per country, with the World average for context.
• Size of the economy: GDP in US dollars, so you can see how big each economy is compared with the others.
• Inflation: the annual change in consumer prices.
• Unemployment: the share of the labor force without a job.
• Government debt: debt as a percentage of GDP.

The global view

Two panels at the bottom ignore your country selection and look at every country. The first is a scatter plot of inflation against unemployment, where each dot is a country and bigger dots are larger economies. The second is a ranking of the fastest-growing economies among countries with GDP above US$50 billion. Excluding very small economies keeps tiny countries with one-off jumps from filling the top of the list.

How to read the dashboard

Compare trends, not only the latest number

A single year can mislead. A country with strong growth this year may be recovering from a crash, and a country with low inflation may have had a spike two years ago. Use the trend charts to see the path behind the scorecard.

Growth is not the same as wealth

A country can grow fast and still have a low income per person, because it starts from a lower base. That is why the scorecard shows GDP per person next to growth. Fast growth with low income usually means catching up, and slow growth with high income usually means a mature economy.

Why debt needs care

Government debt is measured differently across sources. Some count only the central government, and others count all levels of government. The dashboard uses the IMF's general government figure where it is available. When you compare countries, compare them on the same measure.

Use the time period selector

The buttons at the top switch the trend charts between 10Y, 25Y and Max. Use 10Y for recent changes, and Max to compare the full period since 1990. The scorecard always shows the latest year available for each country.

A snapshot of what it shows

Here is how a few countries looked when we published the dashboard in October 2026. Your numbers will change as the sources update.

The pattern is the point: India grows far faster than the others but starts from a much lower income per person, while the United States has the highest income of the three. Germany has low inflation and unemployment but almost no growth.

Where the data comes from

Every indicator is pulled from an open data source and refreshes without manual downloads.

Most of these series are published once a year, so the dashboard changes slowly. Because countries report at different speeds, the latest year differs between countries, and the scorecard shows each country's own latest data. The inflation scatter hides values above 60% so a few extreme cases don't flatten the chart.

Download the PBIX file for free

The dashboard file is not a premium feature. To get it, send an email to contact@docynx.com and we will send you the .pbix file. You can open it in the free Power BI Desktop, add your own indicators or use it as a learning project.

No API key needed

Unlike our US dashboards, which use a free FRED key, this one connects to the World Bank and IMF open data services directly. There is no key to create and nothing to replace. Open the file, click Refresh, and Power BI downloads the latest data. If Power BI asks about credentials, choose Anonymous.

A note on interpretation: This dashboard is for learning and general information. It is not financial or investment advice. Official statistics are often revised, countries use different methods, and some countries report late or not at all, so values may change or be missing after a refresh.

Conclusion

Comparing countries is only useful when the comparison is fair: the same indicators, the same years and a clear sense of where each country ranks. Putting five indicators, a ranked scorecard and a global view on one page makes the story easier to see. If you build your own version, start with the World Bank series above and add the indicators that matter to the countries you follow.