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.

StatPlanet - mapping software

  • Software for visualizing spatial data through interactive maps, graphs & charts (e.g. country, region, district data).

StatPlanet

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v.2.41 (23 May 2011)

Create fully customizable interactive maps & graphs and publish them online (limit of 7 indicators).

StatPlanet Plus

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v 2.4 (23 May 2011)
Advanced version of StatPlanet with support for ESRI shapefile maps, large datasets, and other features.

StatPlanet Lite

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 Lightweight version of StatPlanet. Supports ESRI shapefile maps (limit of 1 indicator).


 

StatTrends - visualization software

  • Software for visualizing any kind of data through graphs and charts

StatTrends

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v 1.1 (20 Dec 2011)
Create interactive graphs and charts (limit of 7 indicators).

StatTrends Plus

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v 1.1 (20 Dec 2011)

 Advanced version of StatTrends with support for large data sets and other features.


 

World stats

  • Software for exploring world stats through interactive visualizations from various international organizations, including UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank.

StatWorld

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Desktop and web-based version of StatPlanet with over 300 world stats on economy, health, education, gender, population and more. Free educational software.

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:

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:

 

User guide:

The user guide is also available in Bahasa Indonesian courtesy of Yudho Indardjo and in Russian courtesy of Andrey Loschilov)

 

Timeline:

 

StatPlanet releases:

  • StatPlanet 3.0 - early February, 2012 (coming soon)
  • 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

2011

  • January:
    • ​StatPlanet v 3.0 release (coming soon): 
       - Major interface improvements
       - Over 20 new customization options, such as:
           - Copy/share link to currently selected indicator (using the new 'link' icon)
           - 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
           - Set default year for each indicator seperately
       - South Sudan and Kosovo added to world map
       - 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:
       - New google-like search option and other modules
       - Support for multiple data files
       - Add target lines (benchmarks) to graphs, with custom colors and labels
       - Add mouseover country popups at indicator level
       - Improved support for shapefile maps, numerical IDs accepted
       - Embed an exernal logo or image
  • December:
    • 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").
  • November:
    • StatPlanet World Bank 2.1 released
      - Updated interface.
  • August:
    • StatPlanet World Bank 2.0 released
      - Added search, updated interface, new map regions, updated political map boundaries.
  • May:
    • 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.
  • April:
    • ​StatPlanet World Bank wins first prize in the Apps for Development competition.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • December:
    • ​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. 
  • November:
    • ​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.
  • May:
    • ​New data added: Drugs and Crime.
  • April:
    • ​New data added: Language, Political, and Environment (Elevation extremes, Waste).
  • March:
    • ​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).

2009

  • December:
    • New instructional videos added
  • October:
    • ​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.
  • September:
    • ​StatWorld - desktop versoin released. 
      - over 250 world development indicators;
      - modify appearance and settings by editing settings.csv.
  • August:
    • ​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).
  • July:
    • ​StatPlanet Graph Maker released:
      - Visualize any kind of data through interactive graphs.
  • June:
    • ​World stats: new data on the quality of education in Latin America (LLECE), environment (UNDP) and children's health (UNICEF).
  • May:
    • ​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.
  • February:
    • ​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.
  • January:
    • Translated into French, Spanish and Dutch.

2008

  • December:
    • StatPanet Map Maker 1.1 released
      - automatic data importing through the StatPlanet Data Editor
      - customization options added (appearance, settings and text translation).
  • November:
    • 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.
  • October:
    • StatPlanet Map Maker 1.0 released

2007

  • Public demo of StatPlanet beta, Pedagogical Faultlines conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.