There is no reporter entity called “World” (although “World” is available as a partner), since it would require using estimated values for missing reporters, which so far is not done. Currently, one can aggregate all available reporters (for any given year and classification) by creating a favorite Country Group (you could call it “World aggregate”, for instance).

The easiest way to create your favorite Country Groups is starting from the pre-defined country groups, copying these to your own set of country groups, and then changing these groups as necessary.

When making the Query, use “My Favorite Country Groups” under Reporters to obtain your “World aggregate” data. Similarly, you can use “My favorite Country Groups” under Partners to find any other country groups of your choice.

The Country Groups as Partners will mostly be complete, unless a Reporter did not give the complete Partner breakdown to us.

The Country Groups as Reporters are aggregates of available Reporters (for the given year and classification). Therefore, one has to be very careful in drawing conclusions based on groups of Reporters, since you need to make sure which Reporters actually reported for the given year and classification.