Research Guides: Online Sources of International Statistics: Comprehensive Sources

Comprehensive Sources

The following sources (listed in alphabetical order) provide comprehensive statistics.

EIU ViewPoint
EIU ViewPoint (formerly: EIU ViewsWire) is the world's most comprehensive source of global forecasts, market trends, data and analysis, in over 200 countries. The service is relied upon by analysts and strategists across business, government, finance and academia to provide unrivaled insight into how the world's political, economic and policy landscape is changing. Covers different disciplines: Economics, Business, Political Science and Law.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
"An international consortium of more than 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields."
NationMaster
Compiled data from prominent international statistics sources like the CIA, UN and others and presents them graphically to allow easy comparisons of countries.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
From the University of Auckland Library. Browse by country, region, or topic.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Agricultural, development, economic, educational, energy, environmental, financial, health, public sector, science and technology, and social policy statistics.

OECD iLibrary
NOTE: Even though current access to the database ended on August 31, 2018, since we have perpetual access rights to OECD, there will be content available, covering 1998-2018. The online library of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all OECD monographs and reports, most OECD periodicals,
and the OECD statistical databases.

Statistical Resources on the Web
University of Michigan Document Center. Links to sites on Foreign Governments, Military, Political, Economic, Demographic, and Foreign Trade and Economics statistics, etc.
UNData
Keyword searchable database over over 50 million records from the United Nations and its agencies. Includes demographic, economic, education, health, environmental, agricultural, and technology indicators.
United Nations Statistics Division
Free access to selected portions of UN Statistical Publications such as the Demographics Yearbook and Statistics and Indicators on the World's Women.
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau site has links to international population data, foreign trade statistics, and a commodity groupings database.
World Bank Data Catalog
Access to World Bank datasets, databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources. Includes: Africa Development Indicators, Doing Business, Global Development Finance, World Development Indicators and much more.

World Development Indicators Online
World Bank database provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960, where data are available. Data export options in Excel or ASCII.