Downloads
All StatSilk software except for StatPlanet Plus & StatTrends Plus are free downloads, and can be freely used, distributed and published on the web. The desktop versions of StatPlanet Plus & StatTrends Plus can also be downloaded for free for use by non-commercial entities. The web version of StatPlanet Plus & StatTrends Plus require a license for both commercial and non-commercial entities.
February 2012 update: StatPlanet 3.0 released | Release notes
StatPlanet - mapping software
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StatPlanet |
Create fully customizable interactive maps & graphs and publish them online (limit of 5 indicators). |
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StatPlanet Plus |
Advanced version of StatPlanet with support for ESRI shapefile maps, large datasets, and other features.
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StatPlanet Lite |
Lightweight version of StatPlanet without the graphs and charts and a 1 indicator limit. Includes support for ESRI shapefile maps. | |
StatTrends - visualization software
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StatTrends |
Create interactive graphs and charts (limit of 7 indicators).
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StatTrends Plus |
Advanced version of StatTrends with support for large data sets and other features. | |
World stats
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StatWorld |
Desktop and web-based version of StatPlanet with over 300 world stats on economy, health, education, gender, population and more. Free educational software.
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StatPlanet World Bank |
Explore | Explore world stats (3000+ indicators) through the World Bank's Open Data Intiative - first prize winner in the World Bank Apps for Development competition. Loading is slower than in StatWorld as all data is retrieved live from the World Bank database. |
*Instructions for opening and extracting the files.
Languages:
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StatPlanet and StatTrends are available in Bahasa Indonesia, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The language can be set in the StatPlanet Data Editor - for more details please see the User Guide. StatPlanet Plus and StatTrends Plus also have support for international character sets (such as Arabic and Chinese). |
Maps:
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User guide:
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The user guide is also available in Bahasa Indonesian courtesy of Yudho Indardjo and in Russian courtesy of Andrey Loschilov. |
Timeline and release notes:
StatPlanet releases:
Click on the link below to download the previous version of StatPlanet.
- StatPlanet 3.0 - February, 2012
- StatPlanet 2.4 - May, 2011
- StatPlanet 2.3 - December, 2010
- StatPlanet 2.2 - March, 2010
- StatPlanet 2.1 - October, 2009
- StatPlanet 2.0 - August, 2009
- StatPlanet 1.3 - May, 2009
- StatPlanet 1.2 - February, 2009
- StatPlanet 1.1 - December, 2008
- StatPlanet 1.0 - October, 2008
StatTrends releases:
- StatTrends 1.1 - December, 2011
- StatTrends 1.0 - December, 2011
Download previous version:
2012
February:
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StatPlanet v 3.0 released:
- Major interface improvements
- Optional help screen on startup
- Over 20 new customization options, such as:
- Show/hide indicator bars and options using the new appearance options;
- Pre-select indicator as well as bookmarked indicator on startup;
- Categorize regions in region menu;
- Add comment popups to map areas for each indicator;
- Set default year for each indicator seperately.
- South Sudan and Kosovo added to world map.
- Automatically import data & settings from a previous StatPlanet project into the new version.
- New graph type for categorical (non-quantitative) maps.
- Maximum map legend categories increased from 9 to 15.
- Changes to data file: "GLOBAL" column removed, "YEAR" column changed to "TIME" column, but with backwards compatibility for the old data file structure. -
StatPlanet Plus v 3.0 additional features:
- Copy/share link to currently selected indicator (using the new 'link' icon).
- Auto-generate a complete categorized list of links to all indicators in StatPlanet (produces HTML code for embedding in a web-page). See example.
- New google-like search option and other modules.
- Support for multiple data files.
- Add target lines (benchmarks) to graphs, with custom colors and labels.- Improved support for shapefile maps, numerical IDs accepted.
- Embed an exernal logo or image. -
StatPanet Data Editor 1.5 released:
- New data tools in the sheet 'settings', such as for importing data & settings from a previous version;
- New customization and translation settings.
2011
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December:
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StatTrends and StatTrends Plus 1.1 released
- Optimized version for mobile included
- Export options added to StatTrends plus
- Fixed bubble graph scale text issue - StatTrends and StatTrends Plus released (formerly "Graph Maker").
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StatTrends and StatTrends Plus 1.1 released
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November:
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StatPlanet World Bank 2.1 released
- Updated interface.
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StatPlanet World Bank 2.1 released
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August:
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StatPlanet World Bank 2.0 released
- Added search, updated interface, new map regions, updated political map boundaries.
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StatPlanet World Bank 2.0 released
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May:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.4 released
- Support added for alternate time units (e.g. months, weeks, quarters);
- Support for multiple map layers, e.g. to show changing boundaries over time;
- Indicator popup can include mean, standard deviation, range, country/map region with highest/lowest value;
- Data sources can be specified by indicator as well as by category;
- New customization options (map title, add 'mean' to indicator bars, graph label size, "txt" data format option);
- Updated interface. -
StatPlanet Plus 2.4 additional features:
- Drag-and-drop cities and other points of interest onto your map;
- Custom Flash map version added;
- Shapefile version now also supports proportional symbol maps. -
New language translations:
- Russian translation, courtesy of Andrey Loschilov.
- Danish translation, courtesy of Peter Erbs-Maibing, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark.
- Greek translation.
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.4 released
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April:
- StatPlanet World Bank wins first prize in the Apps for Development competition.
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February:
- StatPlanet Plus updated: added USA version, fixed problem with loading some shapefile maps, as well as an issue in displaying international character sets. Added new international character sets.
- Portuguese (Brazilian) translation added, courtesy of the Instituto Centro de Vida.
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January:
- StatPlanet World Bank released - explore over 3000 World Bank indicators.
- International character sets added to StatPlanet Plus.
- World stats: new data added on out of school children and PISA reading, math & science scores.
2010
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December:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.3 released*
- Easier map legend customization: copy/paste map customizations from StatPlanet into the StatPlanet Data Editor;
- Visualization: animated time-series graph; bullet graph option;
- Text labels added automatically for custom maps with drag-and-drop positioning in StatPlanet;
- Simplified data structure (data.csv), with settings in a separate file (settings.csv). -
StatPanet Data Editor 1.4 released:
- New customization options;
- Improved data importing. - IFPRI's Food Security Case Maps released in partnership with StatPlanet: Mapping Food Security & Climate Change Scenarios.
- GDX2StatPlanet released. (GDX = GAMS Data Exchange). GAMS is a high-level modeling system. Read more.
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.3 released*
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November:
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StatPlanet Plus released
- an advanced version of StatPlanet for visualizing large data sets.
- Shapefile maps with over 250 regions supported. - UNDP Human Development Report 2010 released with StatPlanet.
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StatPlanet Plus released
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May:
- New data added: Drugs and Crime.
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April:
- New data added: Language, Political, and Environment (Elevation extremes, Waste).
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March:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.2 released
- new graph types: bullet graph and scatterplot trails graph;
- USA map added;
- various interface improvements. -
StatPlanet Lite released:
- support for loading GIS shapefiles
- world and USA maps included; -
StatPanet Data Editor 1.3 released:
- additional customization options (see sheet 'Settings');
- scatterplot bubble colors can now be defined in the custom regions section - New data added (Agriculture, Digital Divide and Health).
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.2 released
2009
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December:
- New instructional videos added
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October:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.1 released:
- customizable map legend:
- create qualitative maps;
- set custom map values, labels and colors for each indicator.
- new customization options. -
StatPanet Data Editor 1.2 released:
- improved interface for easier editing;
- improved detection and reporting of errors.
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.1 released:
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September:
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StatWorld - desktop versoin released.
- over 250 world development indicators;
- modify appearance and settings by editing settings.csv.
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StatWorld - desktop versoin released.
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August:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.0 released:
- option to insert your own Flash map using the included template (.FLA);
- added time slider - animate changes over time;
- updated interface, including new graph panel interface. - New data added (economy and education enrolment indicators).
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StatPlanet Map Maker 2.0 released:
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July:
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StatPlanet Graph Maker released:
- Visualize any kind of data through interactive graphs.
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StatPlanet Graph Maker released:
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June:
- World stats: new data on the quality of education in Latin America (LLECE), environment (UNDP) and children's health (UNICEF).
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May:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 1.3 released:
- new graph options (time series graph, scale scatter plot bubbles according to a third indicator);
- added country selection window;
- various interface improvements. -
StatPanet Data Editor 1.1 released:
- improved data import function, including automatic recognition of data structure, improved detection of country names;
- new customization options (interface colors);
- fixed incompatibility issue with older versions of Excel.
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StatPlanet Map Maker 1.3 released:
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February:
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StatPlanet Map Maker 1.2 released
- various interface improvements (e.g. category selection, bar chart auto-resizing, placement of country names in the scatter plot). - World stats: new data from UNDP, UNAIDS, UNSTATS and IMF.
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StatPlanet Map Maker 1.2 released
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January:
- Translated into French, Spanish and Dutch.
2008
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December:
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StatPanet Map Maker 1.1 released
- automatic data importing through the StatPlanet Data Editor
- customization options added (appearance, settings and text translation).
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StatPanet Map Maker 1.1 released
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November:
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StatPlanet updated (web version):
- save the current map as an image (PNG or JPG, select image size in the options window);
- export the data as a CSV file.
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StatPlanet updated (web version):
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October:
- StatPlanet Map Maker 1.0 released
2007
- Public demo of StatPlanet beta, Pedagogical Faultlines conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.




