This is the 36th edition of this publication which gives an overview of key development indicators relating to social, economic and environmental data for 208 countries in the form of informative colour maps, charts and tables.
The World Bank Atlas (36th edition) will be the last World Bank Atlas in its current format. In 2007, in partnership with Collins, the World Bank will publish the Atlas of Global Development. This new expanded and revised Atlas will present key social, economic, and environmental data for over 200 countries with easy-to-read, and colorful world maps, tables, graphs, text, and photographs.