The world is measured. Most people never see the measurements.
TheWorldInNumbers is an independent, non-profit statistics platform, edited in Accra, covering the world.
Statistics about growth, prices, energy, health, and work shape government decisions and citizens' lives — yet they usually reach the public garbled, late, or priced for professionals. We close that gap: not new data, but honest, plain, free access to the data that exists.
Why Accra
The view is clearer from here. Ghana is running one of the most instructive macroeconomic stories anywhere — inflation from 23.8% to 3.4% in sixteen months, first-quarter growth of 6.4% — and almost nobody is telling it to the public. An Accra platform covers the world with the perspective of the majority of the world.
How a figure is made
Five stations, one standard. A figure is selected from the briefed calendar or breaking data; verified against its primary source with date, unit, and revision status recorded; written in plain language; charted; and published to the platform and cut for the DayToDayStats feed. Forecasts are always marked. Corrections are always public.
The organisation
We are a company limited by guarantee under Ghana's Companies Act 2019 (Act 992): no shareholders, no dividends, surplus applied solely to the mission. A board approves standards and budgets — never individual figures. Audited accounts and the funder list are published on this site.
The verification standard
Primary sources only
World Bank, IMF, IEA, IRENA, UN agencies, national offices, central banks. Aggregators may lead us to a number — never certify one.
Date everything
Every figure carries its as-of date, and if it's a forecast, the vintage of the forecast.
Mark forecasts
Projections are suffixed 'f' in data, charts, and copy. A forecast presented as fact is a correction waiting to happen.
Public corrections
Errors are corrected on the original page with a dated note, and posted to the feed.
Milestones
The road so far, and next| 2025 | DayToDayStats launches as a daily statistics feed; figures 001–073 published. |
| Jul 2026 | Brand inversion: TheWorldInNumbers becomes the flagship platform; DayToDayStats becomes its daily feed. The country table, topics taxonomy, and BI data pack launch. |
| Q3 2026 | Ten-slot daily feed cadence begins; funder dossier in circulation; first grant submissions; figure 100 special edition. |
| Q4 2026 | First embedded BI dashboards; board seats filled; first training cohort; GhanainNumbers edition launches. |
| 2027 | Country table grows toward all economies via the IMF/World Bank API pipeline; year-one audited accounts and impact report published. |
Questions we get
Who pays for this?
Foundation grants and reader donations — nothing else. We sell nothing, run no advertising, and no funder touches editorial decisions.
Why should I trust your numbers?
You shouldn't trust us — you should check us. Every figure names its primary source and date, and the data pack lets you rebuild every chart yourself.
Can I republish a chart?
Yes — anyone may republish figures, charts, and datasets with the credit "TheWorldInNumbers" and a link. That includes commercial publications; attribution is the only condition.
Why do numbers sometimes change?
Statistics get revised at the source. When a source revises, we update, mark the vintage, and note the change — that's the system working, not failing.