— Country Profiles
193 Countries.
One world to understand.
Every country is a story. Behind the statistics lie histories of struggle, progress, and inequality.
These pages make those stories legible — for students, researchers, and development professionals.
193
UN Member States profiled
1945
Year the UN was founded
17
Sustainable Development Goals tracked
RYB countries
Country Data
Regions
Why country data matters
Global development looks different from every capital. A country’s progress on poverty reduction tells only part of the story. Aid budgets rise and fall with elections. Tax havens drain public budgets thousands of miles away. Climate commitments compete with fossil fuel revenue. Trade policy increasingly doubles as geopolitical leverage. Each of these forces shows up differently in different countries, and each shifted more in 2025 and 2026 than in most of the preceding decade.
Official statistics often smooth over these tensions. Governments present their best numbers. International rankings rarely capture the full picture. RYB country pages dig deeper. They combine official data with critical analysis, tracking how aid, tax, climate, and trade policy interact within a single country, not as separate stories.
Together, the 193 country profiles form a comparative lens. They let you ask: why did Norway raise its aid budget while Sweden, Finland, and the UK cut theirs? Which countries rank as tax havens despite reputations for transparency? Where does a country’s climate ambition collide with its own fossil fuel exports? The answers matter, for policy, for advocacy, and for understanding our world.
Country pages are research tools. They support students writing assignments, professionals preparing reports, and advocates making the case for change. Each page links to primary sources, OECD and UN data, and related RYB content on ODA, tax havens, financial secrecy, and corruption.
What each country page covers
Country pages are not encyclopaedias. They focus on the themes that matter most for global development. Each page brings together data, history, and critical context under the following areas.
Most visited: Women’s Right to Vote
The most visited pages on this site track when women in each country gained the right to vote. These dates are not just historical footnotes. They reveal the depth of political resistance to equality — and the courage of those who overcame it.
Some countries granted women suffrage as early as 1893. Others held out until 2015. The dates carry enormous meaning. They mark when women became full citizens in the eyes of their state.
The global picture. As of 2025, women have held the right to vote in all 193 UN member states. Yet political representation remains deeply unequal. Women hold only 27.2% of parliamentary seats worldwide. Voting rights were the beginning — not the end — of the struggle for equality.
The obstacles countries face
Development is not just about growth. It is also about the forces that hold progress back. RYB country pages document these obstacles honestly. They do not repeat government talking points. They connect each country to the global systems that shape its outcomes.
Three challenges appear across almost every country profile.
Tax evasion and financial secrecy. Illicit financial flows cost developing countries an estimated USD 1 trillion per year. This money leaves communities that need schools, hospitals, and infrastructure. RYB country pages link each country to the Financial Secrecy Index and track which jurisdictions enable these flows. Follow the money at redyellowblue.org/finance/financial-secrecy
Gender inequality. No country has achieved full gender equality. Some are far behind. Gender data shows where gaps are widest — in education, labour markets, political power, and personal safety. Country profiles link directly to gender indicators and the WCP framework. Explore gender data at redyellowblue.org/organizations/gender-data
Conflict and fragility. Over 50 countries today experience active conflict or post-conflict fragility. This disrupts every other development goal. Culture and social cohesion are often the first casualties — and frequently the most powerful tools for rebuilding. Explore peace and culture at redyellowblue.org/culture-of-peace
Nothing is inevitable. Countries that faced the same starting conditions have diverged dramatically. Policy choices, governance quality, and civil society strength all matter. The data shows both the obstacles and the paths through them.
Browse all countries
Select a country to open its full profile. Pages marked with a dot include additional subpages on topics like women’s suffrage, gender data, or economic development.
Our country pages methodology
Each country in the RYB network is built around five core pages: Global Development, Sustainable Development Goals, Culture Women’s Day, Gender Gap, and VAWG. Not every country has all five yet — we build them step by step, in public, one country at a time. Our methodology page explains what each page covers, which sources and reports we use, and how visitors, students, and researchers can contribute.