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Comparative International Statistics | Regional Statistics | National Statistics

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• Business & Economics Statistics
• International Business Management
• International Economics
• International Trade

Comparative International Statistics

Databases

Global Development Finance Online / World Bank.
Business Library, Reference:  HJ8899.W672

• 136 countries, with series data since 1970
• External debt stocks and flows
• Major economic aggregates
• Key debt ratios

International Data Base / U.S. Census Bureau

• Demographic and socioeconomic data
• Most data compiled by Census Bureau on behalf of other countries
• 227 countries and areas of the world.

International Financial Statistics Online / International Monetary Fund

• Balance of payments
• National accounts
• Exchange rates
• Fund position
• Interest rates
• Some additional time series begin with 1945

SourceOECD / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• ITCS International Trade Data
• Main Economic Indicators
• National Accounts Data
• OECD Economic Outlook
• OECD Economic Surveys
• STAN (Structural Analysis) Database - industry data

UNSTATS, United Nations Common Database / United Nations

• 280 countries, with series data beginning with 1970
• Statistics derived from 30 international data sources produced by organisations such as
  • FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization
  • UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade & Developement
  • UNSD (UN Statistics Division)
  • WHO (World Health Organization
  • World Bank
  • UNAIDS (Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
  • ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
• Economics, social and demographic characteristics, environmental measures and energy data.

World Development Indicators / World Bank

• Population, social and demographic characteristics
• Environmental aspects
• Development economics
• Financial markets and policy metrics
• International trade
  

General Reports

Demographic Yearbook = Annuaire Démographique / United Nations

Foreign Labor Trends / U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Global Competitiveness Report / World Economic Forum
Business Library, Reference:  HF1414.G559

International Economic Trends
International Economic Trends, Annual Edition / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

• Money supply, GDP, prices, account balances, government budgets, interest rates, and exchange rates.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / United Nations
Business Library, Reference: HC57.U66

World Competitiveness Yearbook / International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Business Library, Reference: HF1414.W67

World Development Report / World Bank

World Economic and Social Survey / United Nations

World Economic Outlook / International Monetary Fund
Business Library, Reference: HC10.W7979

The World Economy: Historical Statistics / OECD
Business Library, Reference: HF1359.M333

World Population Prospects / United Nations Population Division

Trade Data

Balance of Payments Statistics. Yearbook / International Monetary Fund
Business Library, Reference:  HF1014.I501

• Values for each nation's total imports and exports of goods, services and capital with all other countries.

Direction of Trade Statistics. Yearbook / International Monetary Fund
Business Library, Reference: HF91.I62202

• Value of imports and exports between individual countries

International Trade Centre / UNCTAD & WTO

• Country analysis market profiles: trade performance, exports, imports, etc.

International Trade Statistics Yearbook / United Nations
Business Library, Reference: HF91.U47301 [print only - data not available online]

• Commodity data by country
• Country data by commodity

National Accounts Statistics. Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables / United Nations

• Measures of total production of goods and services in a nation’s economy.
• Gross Domestic Product
• Gross National Income
• Exchange rates
• Time series from 1970

UN Comtrade, United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database / United Nations

• Imports and exports by country
• Detailed by commodity and trading partner
• Commodities classified by
  • Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), and
  • Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics On-line / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

• International merchandise trade
• Trade and commodity price indices
• Structure of international trade by region
• Structure of international trade by product
• International trade in services
• International finance
• Indicators of development
• Special surveys
  

Regional Statistics

Countries & Regions / World Bank Group

GlobalEDGE - Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University

Africa

African Statistical Yearbook = Annuaire Statistique pour l'Afrique / United Nations
Business Library, Reference:  HA1955.U5

COMESA (Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa)

UN Economic Commission for Africa

Asia-Pacific

Statistics / Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asian Development Bank

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific = Annuaire Statistique pour l'Asia et le Pacifique / United Nations
Business Library, Reference: HA1664.U4

Europe

Eurostat / Statistical Office of the European Communities

Eurostat Yearbook / Statistical Office of the European Communities
Social Sciences Library, Reference: HA1107.5.E976

Labour Market Trends / Great Britain. Central Statistical Office
Business Library, Periodicals: HD4805.G74

Yearbook of Nordic Statistics = Nordisk Statistisk Årsbok / Nordic Council
3rd Floor Paterno: HA1465.Y4

Middle East

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region/ United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Medea / European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation

North America

Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (INEGI) / Mexico

Statistics Canada

United States of America (see Business & Economics Statistics Resource Guide )

South & Central America

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / United Nations
Social Sciences Library, Reference: HA931.A3201

DATAINTAL Web / Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL)

• Trade statistics system for the western hemisphere
• Interactive data querying, graphing, printing and downloading
• Data compiled by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Requires MacroMedia Shockwave (link provided for free download)

Statistical Abstract of Latin America / UCLA
Social Sciences Library, Reference: HA931.C3

National Statistics

Countries & Regions / World Bank Group

GlobalEDGE - Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University

Statistical Agencies (International) / U.S. Census Bureau

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