International Comparison Program

ICP Videos and Infographics provide links to ICP presentations made at events around the world covering ICP data, uses, and history, as well as video tutorials and infographics.

ICP Posters and Brochures provide printable promotional material on the ICP and its history, uses, and impact, as well as an overview of purchasing power parities (PPPs).

The FAQs cover ICP governance and organization, concepts and definitions, data and metadata, methodology, and uses and applications. 

Articles on the ICP cover the program partnership and collaboration and reviews of the program's results and methodology

Global and regional reports provide results for each ICP reference year and interim results for a selection of regions. Historical reports date back to 1975.

Manuals and Guides provide a comprehensive overview of ICP methodology and guidance on ICP operational modalities, as well as guidelines on integrating CPI and ICP production activities and estimation of subnational PPPs, in addition to guidance notes on conducting ICP surveys in light of COVID-19.

Purchasing power parities for policy making: a visual guide to using data from the International Comparison Program provides an overview of how PPPs, price levels and other ICP results enable a wealth of indicators across the socioeconomic spectrum.

This eLearning course on the World Bank’s Open Learning Campus platform introduces the concepts, data requirements, methodology, uses, and applications of purchasing power parities (PPPs) as well as an overview of the ICP. 

The periodical ICP Highlights newsletter covers recent ICP events, governance meetings, results, publications, blogs, and uses of ICP data and purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Conferences and seminars featuring presentations and discussions of the ICP and PPPs and related topics.

Events, booths and sessions by national, regional, and global agencies showcasing the ICP and its data.