International Statistics & Data

Note: PSU Libraries = resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

• Bureau of Economic Analysis - United States Department of Commerce
  Interactive data tables on national economic, industry economic, international economic and regional economic data

• Foreign Exchange Annual Rates : Federal Reserve Bank
  Tables shows the average rates of exchange for specific year together with comparable figures for other years

• Foreign Exchange Daily Rates : Federal Reserve Bank
  The Federal Reserve Bank buying rates in New York City for cable transfers payable in foreign currencies

• Foreign Trade Information System : Trade Unit of the Organization of American States
  Information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere

• Foreign Trade Statistics : United States Census Bureau
  Country and product trade data, state export data, statistics, and historical series

• International Economics Gateway : Alta Plana Corporation
  Resource pages and data archives, international organization pages, national government pages and corporate servers

• International Trade Administration (ITA) : U.S. Department of Commerce
  Access to international markets and products as required by our trade agreements

• USDA Economics and Statistics System via the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
  Provides nearly 300 reports and data sets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Poverty Monitoring Database (World Bank)

• Statistical Review of World Energy 2005 : British Petroleum Company

• The International Trade Centre (ITC)

• TradePort Facilitates International Trade

• World Development Indicators : The World Bank Group (PSU Libraries)

• Canadian Statistics
  Statistics about Canada: census population, resources, business, economy, society and culture

• CIA : The World Factbook
  Topics include: geography, people, economy, communications, transportation, and the military

• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
  Census microdata for social and economic research

• International Data Base (IDB) : United States Census Bureau
  Data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world

• International Labour Office
  View labor statistics and extract data and metadata for over 200 countries or territories

• Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) : Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) of the World Bank
  Surveys, reports and data for measuring and understanding poverty in developing countries

• NationMaster
  Data sources to graphically compare nations. Compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  Publications and statistics on economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation

• Statistical Agencies (International) : U.S. Census Bureau
  A-Z List of statistical international agencies for respective countries

• Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat)
  Data for general and regional statistics, economy and finance, population/social conditions, industry, trade and services, agriculture and fisheries, external trade, transportation, environment and energy and science and technology

• Statistical Resources on the Web Foreign Government Data Sources
  Comprehensive listing of worldwide countries (A-Z)

• The International Data Base (IDB) : United States Census Bureau
  Computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world

• The State of the World's Children 2006
  Economic and social indicators and data on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children's well-being

• The World Fact Book : The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  Information on counties worldwide

• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
  "Specialized areas of interest: agriculture, the arts, business and economics, communications and media, computing and computer science, education, engineering, humanities and humanistic studies, information and libraries, international affairs, law, natural sciences and mathematics, recreation, regional studies, social and behavioural sciences, and society"

• UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.

• United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
  UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas

• United Nations Population Fund
  Population issues: improving reproductive health, population and development, gender equality, human rights, adolescents and youth, preventing HIV infection, etc.

• United Nations Population Information Network (UNPIN)
  A guide to population information on UN system web sites, data for particular countries and regions

• United Nations Statistics Division
  Economic statistics, demographic and social statistics, environment and energy statistics, and development of national statistical systems

• World Bank Data & Research
  Diverse data sets for research directed toward recognized and emerging policy issues on a long-term issues

• The Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies

• UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication

• The International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
  Federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations

• Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Statistical Databases
  Multilingual database currently containing time-series records covering international statistics

• Foreign Agricultural Service : United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  Data and information on markets and trade, commodities and products, import and export trade

• Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  Topics include: petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable & alternative fuels, international, historical data overview, and environment

• International Atomic Energy Agency
  Databases and scientific services, statistics & forecasts and technical databases & information services

• International : United States Energy Information Administration
  Data for petroleum (oil), natural gas, electricity, coal, total energy, carbon dioxide, population & GDP. Statistical reports, analyses, and forecasts

• EarthTrends : Environmental Information
  EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world

• United Nations Environment Programme / Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID) Spatial Data Clearinghouse
  United Nations Environment Programme / Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID) Spatial Data Clearinghouse and Selected USGS and NASA data sets

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Reports and databases statistics on health care, disease and mortality rates

• Global Health.gov
  Web site of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Global Health Affairs

• Tables by Subject: Health (Statistics Canada)

• Health and Care (National Statistics, United Kingdom)

• Research Guide to International Health Statistics (University of Chicago Libraries)

• GlobalHealthFacts.org
  "GlobalHealthfacts.org, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses. GlobalHealthFacts.org is a companion site to GlobalHealthReporting.org, a project operated by the Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

• International Law: Databases and Statistics via FindLaw

• International Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics)