Research Guides: Country Social Statistics: Statistics

Statistical Sources

Europa World This link opens in a new window
Europa World Year Book, a source of information on world-wide affairs, covers political and economic information in countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

IPUMS
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
The World Factbook
Basic country statistics and demographics from Central Intelligence Agency
World Statistics
Statistical consortium organized into categories

More Specifc Financial and Health Sources

World Development Indicators - World Bank is an excellent tool for finding country statistics.

World Health Organization Health Topics has statistical and news information on the 193 member countries.

United Nations Water UN-Water is the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater and sanitation related matters.

The World’s Water Reports on access to fresh water and sanitation. See the 2011 edition "Data Section" for statistics by country

Britannica.com World Data Analyst is useful for statistical country rankings and direct comparisons as well as quick country overviews

OECD Library and OECD Statistics primarily on the most developed countries with some additional coverage.

Encyclopaedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides information and instructional products used in schools, universities, homes, libraries, and workplaces throughout the world. Britannica is online, in e-books, and on mobile devices.
World Bank DataBank This link opens in a new window
DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness, Climate Change, Economy & Growth, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, External Debt, Financial Sector, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Poverty, Private Sector, Public Sector, Science & Technology, Social Development, Social Protection & Labor, Trade, Urban Development. DataBank includes World Development Indicators (WDI), which is a major source of data on the development of countries and regions.

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