Research Guides: Statistical Resources : International

International

Getting Started (Country Descriptions and Statistics)

Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
Covers 2001-2009. Includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
BBC News Country Profiles
History, politics, and economic background; includes audio or video clips from BBC archives.
CIA World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence)
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Profiles of every nation in the world. Each profile includes demographic, political, and economic data.
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Statistical information on each country includes land and water area, boundaries, elevations, population, birth & death rates, life expectancy, ethnic groups, GDP, inflation rate, unemployment rate, exports, imports, transportation, the military and more.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
A private nonprofit organization providing information on population, health and environment pertaining to the United States and the international community.
NationMaster
General statistics on over 300 categories from almost every country in the world. You can compare two countries at a time.

United Nations

Human Development Report
Data on a variety of quality of life (example, access to health care, life expectancy, education) variables are provided.
Least Developed Countries Report
Individual statistical profiles of the 48 Least Developed Countries.
Social Indicators
Includes statistics on: Childbearing, Education, Health, Housing, Human settlements, Literacy, Income and economic activity, Population, Unemployment, Water supply and sanitation, and Youth and elderly populations.
Statistical Yearbook of the United Nations
Statistical data for more than 270 countries/territories on population, labor, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, mining, manufacturing, transportation, communication, tourism, finance, energy, wages and prices, and more. Updated by the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.

World Bank

World Bank Open Data
Free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards and international development indicators.
DataBank (the World Bank)
Provides a comprehensive selection of economic, social and environmental indicators, drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partner agencies. The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

IMF Data
Financial Statistics (International Monetary Fund)
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Publiishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECD Statistics
International statistics covering multiple topics.

League of Nations

Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations (Northwestern University Library)
Coverage from 1926-1944.

United Nations Statistical Authorities
Central repository of country profiles of statistical systems. The country profiles include, among others, a brief history of the country's statistical system, legal basis, the statistical programme and much more.

Africa

UN Economic Commission for Africa
Promotes the economic and social development of Africa. African Statistical Yearbook covers agriculture production, employment, finance, health, population, and trade.
African Development Bank
Statistical data on Africa.
African Development Indicators (World Bank)
The detailed statistical collection containing over 1,600 indicators covering 53 African countries from 1961-2008.
Afrobarometer
Independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa.

Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)
Statistics cover a wide variety of subjects such as agriculture, communication, industry, population and transportation.
Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries (Asian Development Bank)
Provides summary tables for the region and detailed tables for each country. Statistics cover a wide range of subjects such as agriculture, energy, industry, population, national accounts and trade.
Middle East Statistics (UN Economic Commission for Western Asia)
ESCWA comprises 14 Arab countries in Western Asia: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
SESRIC (Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries)
Statistical data on the 57 OIC members.

Europe

EuroStat (European Union)
Official website of the statistical agency of the European Commission with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
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Harmonized data for European Union members.
European Central Bank
Statistics support the monetary policy of the ECB and other tasks of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
Europe (UN Commission for Europe)
Statistical database.
TransMonEE Database (UNICEF)
Data covering economic iand social ssues relevant to the situation and wellbeing of children, young people and women in the 28 countries of Central Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia and others).

Latin America

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC)
Data on an economy, population and social development and welfare.
Statistical Databases (InterAmerican Bank)
Compilation of over 1,000 searchable statistics and indicators for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
CEPALStats (UN Economcio Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Gateway to all the statistical information of Latin America and the Caribbean countries collected, systematized and published by ECLAC.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Statistics on the 28 member countries of CARICOM.

FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization)
AIDS (United Nations)
UNICEF Data
Commodity Prices (International Monetary Fund)
Crime (United Nations)
Culture and Communications (UNESCO)
Demographic Yearbook (United Nations)
Disability Statistics (DISTAT, United Nations Disability Statistics Database)
Disarmament Statistics (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
"The primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories".
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Based on its annual data collection, the UIS produces a range of indicators to track trends in tertiary education at the global, regional and national levels. These data include: enrolment and graduation ratios disaggregated by sex and type of programme; enrolment rates in private and public institutions; and graduates by field of study.
Energy (International Energy Agency)
Environment Statistics (United Nations)
IMF Data
Financial Statistics (International Monetary Fund)
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Publiishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
Gender Data Portal (World Bank)
Health Statistics (World Health Organization)
Legal Drugs World Report (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
International Students (Institute of International Education)
ILOSTAT
Database of labor statitics
Migration (International Organization for Migration)
Migration (United Nations)
Population and Vital Statistics Report (United Nations)
Refugees Statistics (United Nations)
Science and Technology (UNESCO)
Service Trade (United Nations)
Telecommunications (International Telecommunications Union)
Tourism (World Tourism Organization)
Trade (World Trade Organization)
Women Statistics (United Nations)
World Indicators (World Bank)

Our World in Data

Our World in Data
Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.