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

StatTrends - visualization software

World stats

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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:

• StatPlanet Plus 2.4
• StatPlanet 2.4
• StatPlanet 2.3

2012

February:

• ​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

• 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.