Creating maps with Stata

Stunting Prevalence

Here you can learn how to create the map shown above using Stata. All material necessary to reproduce the map is available for download.

Want to learn more?

Check out this blog post by Asjad Naqvi, which also explains more in detail the basics of creating maps in Stata, including some tips and a FAQ on maps: https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/making-visually-appealing-maps-stata-guest-post-asjad-naqvi

You can find a more detailed description of working with the command spmap here: https://www.stata.com/meeting/italy14/abstracts/materials/it14_pisati.pdf

Material for creating maps in Stata

countries.dbf countries.shp data_prevalence_stunting.dta Maps in Stata/FYI_maps in Stata.do stunting_prevalence.png

Attribution: Shape files (World Bank Official Boundaries) are from the Data Catalog of the World Bank Group.
World Bank Official Boundaries is a public dataset, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0