Research Guides: Data & Statistics: Data & Statistics Sources (International)

General Indexes and Compendium for International Data

Sage Data This link opens in a new window
This database is primarily U.S. statistics, but it is increasingly including statistics form international organizations.
Language: English
Keywords: Data Planet Insight
Statista This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Explore quantitative data and statistics from a wide range of international sources on a variety of industry and social topics.
Content type: Statistics, data, industry reports, reports, graphs
Coverage dates: 2008-present
Statista also provides a variety of reports and graphs about popular and current topics.
Language: English

WWW Virtual Library of International Affairs
Links to some esoteric resources relating to International Affairs.
NationMaster
This site provides comparative national statistics on a variety of topics. In many cases, statistics can also be displayed as bar graphs, charts, or maps.
DataZoa
Access the world's data: dataZoa is a universal translator for data series on the Web.

CountryData This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Explore downloadable political and economic data and risk ratings on over 140 countries.
Content type: Data, statistics
Coverage dates: 1984-present
Language: English
Keywords: Country Data CountryData.com PRS
ICPSR Data Archive This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Access data in various downloadable formats from a broad range of social science fields.
Content type: Data
Special Note: Some content requires an individual user account.
Language: English
Keywords: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
China Data Online This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Good for census data and most recent statistics at county, city, provincial and national level.
Content type: Data, statistics
Our subscription does not include access to spatial data.
Language: English, Chinese
China Statistical Yearbook Database This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Explore the most comprehensive and up-to-date data and statistics published by the Chinese government, covering all areas and industries of China.
Content type: Data, statistics, books, government reports
Coverage dates: 1949-present
Our subscription does not include statistical yearbooks in General Survey (综合) category. Includes topics such as living conditions and price indices, finance, energy and the environment; political and public administration, transportation and telecommunication, domestic and foreign trade, tourism, education, technology, culture, sports and public health.
Language: Chinese, English
Keywords: CSYD

Google Datasets

International Organization Database Links

Europa Data & Statistics (in English)
Link to Europa;"The Gateway to the European Union". Most of the information is free.

UNdata This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Good for simultaneously searching major United Nations and other international statistical databases to access some of the oldest socioeconomic data available.
Content type: Data, economic data, statistics
Coverage dates: 1950-present
Includes current information on populations, trade, standard of living, and the environment.
Language: English
Keywords: UN Data

World Health Organization Data
The GHO data repository provides access to over 50 datasets on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health,
UNESCO Institute For Statistics
(UIS) - the primary source for internationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.
International Historical Statistics
Compendium of national and international socio-economic data from 1750 to 2010, available in both Excel and PDF formats.

IMF Data This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Good for bank and government financial data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Content type: Data
Includes International Financial Statistics (1948-present), Government Finance Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics (1948-present) and Direction of Trade Statistics (1980-present).
Language: English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish