Subject guides: Data & Statistics guide at the University of Manchester: International data

General international statistics

AidData: Open Data for International Development
AidData attempts to capture the universe of development finance, increase the value of data by providing more descriptive information about development activities, provide data in an accessible format, and strengthen efforts to improve donor and recipient strategic planning and coordination.
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The core of the AidData database currently encompasses multilateral and bilateral donor projects spanning the years 1945-present.
Easydata - Quantec
An online collection of analytical databases of South African socio-economic indicators. You can sign up to an account and gain access to their free data offer.
FAOSTAT
United Nations Statisitics division - food and agriculture.
Gapminder World
Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Google Public Data
The Google Public Data Explorer takes large data sets and makes them palatable for public consumption, taking numbers, figures and other data and turning them into bar graphs, line graphs, maps and bubbles.
IMF statistical databases
The IMF Statistical Databases include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Balance of Payments Statistics.
Information on National Statistical Systems
The United Nations Statistics Division, in its mission to promote the development of national statistical systems, has developed a 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.
International Energy Agency
Energy Statistics by Country/Region
International Monetary Fund
"The IMF works to foster global growth and economic stability. It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty."
International Trade Centre
Firms scanning the world market for opportunities to diversify products, markets and suppliers, and TSIs setting priorities in terms of trade promotion, sectoral performance, partner countries and trade development strategies must have detailed statistical information on international trade flows in order to utilize resources effectively.
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) grants unrestricted world-wide access to the AmericasBarometer surveys (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016/17) in Stata or SPSS format. LAPOP includes targeted national surveys for 34 countries with impact evaluation studies and reports on individual attitudes, evaluations and experiences.
National statistics office websites across the world
OECD Statistics Databases
This database includes Monthly Statistics of International Trade, International Trade by Commodity, International Direct Investment, Statistics on International Trade in Services and Statistics on Measuring Globalisation.
OFFSTATS - official stats on the web
The OFFSTATS database provides access to free statistics from official sources on the web. Web links are arranged by country, region or subject.
Researching Regional Intelligence: European/International Regional Data
Statista
Statista provides users with access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics and a wide variety of other areas of interest on markets. For each statistic meta data, including but not limited to source, release date, number of respondents and any other relevant details to facilitate verification is made available.
Statistics Finland
This section provides lists of links to the Internet pages of all the producers of Official Statistics of Finland as well as to the Internet pages of 60 other public administration agencies and institutes which publish statistics.
UNESCO
Primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.
United Nations - Social Indicators
Contains statistical tables for key social topics with each listing the most recently available indicators for countries world-wide.
United Nations - UNdata
More than 60 million records in 33 databases for data on countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics.
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Descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data are included. Sources: UN, FAO, ILO,IMF, ITU, OECD, UNESCO, UNWTO, WHO, WIPO, and World Tourism Organization, plus other international agencies.
United Nations - UNdata Explorer
Compiles over 30 databases produced by United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions and other UN agencies under one interface.
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While time period and geographic coverage vary for each dataset, data are generally current and far-reaching—covering a broad range of international measures related to the UN’s mission to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and promote social progress, better living standards and human rights.
United Nations Statistics Division - Country Profiles of Statistical Systems
The United Nations Statistics Division, in its mission to promote the development of national statistical systems, has developed a central repository of country profiles of statistical systems.
United Status Census Bureau
Offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more.
World Bank - Open Data
"The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalog. The Data Catalog provides download access to over 7,000 indicators from World Bank data sets. You can also browse data by country, topic, or indicator."
World DataBank
"World dataBank is a comprehensive database on development data covering 1157 indicators, 228 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators for more than forty-five years (1960 to the present, where data are available)."
World databank - world development indicators
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
World Fact Book CIA
Statistical information on countries worldwide, collected by the CIA.
World Health Organization
The Global Health Observatory (GHO) database is the WHO's main health statistics repository. You can find a range of health topics like mortality, the burden of disease, infectious diseases, risk factors and health expenditures.
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.

U.S.A.

AEA - American Economic Association
A wide range of resources for economic data.
Explore Census Data (America)
The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions
FedStats
FedStats provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government.
Google Public Data Explorer
The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate.
USA.gov
Search tool that assists with finding U.S. data and statistics.
US Department of labor
Bureau of labor statistics

China

China Data Online
This service provides access to:

Yearly Macro-economy Statistics (1949-)
Monthly Macro-economic Statistics (1998-)
Monthly Reports on Economic Development (2002-)
City Statistics (1996-)
County Statistics (1997-)
Industrial Statistics (2001-)
Various statistical yearbooks (2002-)

India

IndiaStat
This is a cluster of India-specific, sector-specific and state-specific sites which includes a comprehensive compilation of secondary level socio-economic statistical data about India and its states.

South East Asian statistics

ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations - trade and macroeconomic statistics data.

Worldwide Statistics

National Statistics Offices : Links to National Statistics websites for each country

OFFSTATS: Official statistics on the web : Access to free statistics from official sources on the web.
Web links are arranged by country, region or subject. Some specialised databases are only available to the University of Auckland staff and students

unData : Single entry point for United Nations statistical databases

International Monetary Fund : Organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

OECD Data

CIA World Factbook : The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Registry of Open Data on AWS: This registry exists to help people discover and share datasets that are available via Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. It includes over 250 datasets from Digital Earth Africa, Facebook Data for Good, NASA Space Act Agreement, NIH STRIDES, NOAA Big Data Program, Space Telescope Science Institute, and Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative.