| aneki.com |
"Country Information, Regional & World
Rankings," organized by region or category |
| Asia & the
Pacific in Figures 2000 |
UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the
Pacific (ESCAP) Statistics Division: data "available for all
57 regional members & associate members of ESCAP" |
 Asian Development
Bank: Economics & Statistics |
Key indicators; Asian Development
Outlook; Asian Development Review; reference materials
on economic analysis of operations; country economic reviews |
| Asian
Historical Statistics Project |
Collaborative project aiming to compile & make
available economic statistics on modern Asia (excluding Japan) since
1850 |
| AsiaPROFILES |
Asia Society's tool for statistical comparisons
across countries |
| Atlapedia Online |
"full color physical & political maps
as well as key facts & statistics on countries of the world" |
| Basic
Sources of Economic Statistics |
Princeton University Library's
guide to economic statistics in electronic & print media |
| The
Big Mac Index: Food for Thought |
The Economist's index measuring countries'
differing costs of living based on local costs of a Big Mac, and
implying purchasing-power parities (PPP) that can be used in place
of market exchange rates to adjust national GDPs (May 27, 2004) |
| Center
for International Development at Harvard University (CID) : CID
Data |
Repository for datasets developed through research
at the CID on challenges of sustainable development |
| City
Population - the Largest Cities in the World |
A comprehensive collection of "statistics & maps
about the population of the major agglomerations of the world" |
| CountryReports.org |
"Country information from around the world.
Over 23,000 pages on over 260 countries" |
| Corruption
Database |
World Bank research on governance indicators
of "of bureaucratic quality, rule of law, & graft" |
| Country
Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) |
Carleton University's database containing "statistical
data measures for over hundred performance indicators for 196 countries,
spanning fifteen years"; including "country rankings, on-line
presentations & a mapping component" (Registration required) |
| Deininger & Squire
Data Set: Measuring Income Inequality |
Downloadable datasets from the World Bank's
Research Group |
| Digital
Chart of the World |
Pennsylvania State University's server allowing
visitors "to download the boundaries & layers of different
countries, in Arc/INFO export format, from ESRI's Digital Chart of
the World data set" |
| Economic
Freedom Network Data |
Downloadable data from the annual report Economic
Freedom of the World (Excel format) |
| Economic
Performance & Environmental Quality (EPEQ) |
From the University of Guelph, "a comprehensive
data base showing indicators of aggregate economic activity matched
with data on a wide variety of environmental quality indicators ...[&]
links to sites ... giving information about all types of pollution
policies" |
| Economy
Country Ranks |
From geographic.org: Rankings of countries by
various economic indicators, based on data from The CIA World Factbook & other
sources |
| Eldis
Statistics Guide |
"selection of key websites providing access
to statistical data" by Eldis Gateway to Development Information:
main collections of wide-ranging development statistics; subject-focused
statistics sites; country-focused statisitics sites; directories
of statistics; recent research |
| Environmental
Sustainability Index (ESI) |
"An Initiative of the Global Leaders for
Tomorrow Environment Task Force, World Economic Forum," allowing "cross-national
comparisons of environmental progress in a systematic and quantitative
fashion": report; index; rankings; map viewer |
| FAOSTAT Home Page |
FAO's multilingual database covering international
statistics in: Production ; Trade ; Food Balance Sheets; Food Aid
Shipments; Fertilizer and Pesticides; Land Use & Irrigation;
Forest Products; Fishery Products ; Population; Agricultural Machinery |
| Financial
Data & Resource Locators |
Nanyang Technological University's guide to
Singapore & international financial data resources |
| Finfacts
Worldwide Cost of Living Survey |
Finfact's annual comparison of the cost of
living in major cities of the world |
| Finfacts
Worldwide Quality of Life City Rankings Survey 2002 |
Finfact's survey of cities worldwide: environmental
rankings & overall rankings |
| Foreign Labor
Statistics |
Bureau of Labor Statistics "program provide[ing]
international comparisons of hourly compensation costs; productivity
and unit labor costs; labor force, employment and unemployment rates;
and consumer prices" |
| Global
Development Network Growth Database |
Downloadable datasets from the World Bank |
| Globastat |
"where you can view country rankings based
on the CIA World Factbook data ... how different countries compare
to each other in more than 140 categories ranging from population
size to electricity consumption per person" |
| Guide
to the International Banking Statistics |
Guide by the Bank for International Settlements: "to
provide reporting countries with definitions & guidelines for
the reporting of data; secondly, to give a detailed account of current
country practices" |
| Handbook of International
Economic Statistics: 1998 |
CIA handbook with basic worldwide statistics,
maps & charts in PDF format, & tables in Excel format |
| The
Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom |
Annual index: "country-by-country
analyses & the
most up-to-date data available on foreign investment codes, taxes,
tariffs, banking regulations, monetary policy, black markets, & more" |
| IDB
Population Pyramids |
Generation of population pyramids for a country
up to year 2050 |
| IMF
World Economic Outlook (WEO), October 1999 |
A survey by the staff of the IMF with statistical
appendix |
| Indicators
on Illiteracy |
Table with notes from United Nations Statistics
Division |
| Infonation |
UN database allowing the user to "to
view & compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member
States" |
| Interactive
Country Comparisons |
NationMaster.com: interactive country comparisons
by over 300 statistical categories, some graphable |
| International
Data Base (IDB) |
U. S. Census Bureau's data bank containing "statistical
tables of demographic, & socio-economic data for all countries
of the world" |
| International
Institute for Management Development (IMD): World Competitiveness
Yearbook |
Annual competiveness scorecard for countries
and regional economies; past rankings; executive
summary |
| International
Trade Centre |
Agency operated by UN & WTO
to promote trade of developing economies: infobases including trade
statistics |
| International Trade Statistics |
The International Trade Center's data for
174 member countries of the U.N., Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan & Switizerland,
organized by product group & country & by country & product
group |
| Joint
BIS-IMF-OECD World Bank Statistics on External Debt |
Data on 176 developing & transition countries
from 1996 to the present |
| League
of Nations: Statistical and Disarmament Documents |
Northwestern University Library's digital collection
containing "the full text of 260 League of Nations documents," including Statistical
Yearbook of the League of Nations 1926-44 |
| National
Publications & Statistical Yearbooks, Current Statistics & Internet
Sites |
A compilation by the Statistics Division of
the United Nations |
| nationmaster.com
- Everything About Everywhere |
"a handy way to graphically compare nations
... on all kinds of statistics" |
| OFFSTATS:
Official Statistics on the Web |
Compiled by the University of Auckland Library: "Free
and easily accessible statistics from official sources," searchable
by country, region, & topic |
| OECD
in Figures: Statistics on the Member Countries, 2003 Edition |
Statistics in numerous categories for member
countries of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
including Japan & South Korea (PDF format) |
| OECD
Statistics |
Links to an extensive set of social & economic
statistics of OECD member countries & selected transition economies,
many in downloadable PDF format |
| Penn World Data
Homepage |
Online statistics covering 23 key
variables on all the major world economies from 1950 to 2000, with
interactive graphing facility |
| Population
Reference Bureau Datafinder |
"data on 95 demographic variables for
more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world
as a whole, the United States as a whole, and the U.S. states |
| Ranking
the Rich 2004 |
"The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to
Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade,
investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies
help poor countries" (Foreign Policy May/June 2004) |
| Regional
Data at a Glance: East Asia & Pacific |
A World Bank factsheet |
| Social
Indicators of Development |
Search interface for the World
Bank's most extensive database |
| Social
Science Data Archives |
A list organized by region and country and
compiled by Albert Benschop of the University of Amsterdam |
| Social
Science Data on the Internet |
UCSD's "collection of 784
Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs,
data libraries, social science gateways, addresses & more" |
| Statistical
Agencies (International) |
A list compiled by U.S. Census Bureau |
| Statistical
Data Locators |
Nanyang Technological University's
guide to statistical resources for all regions of the world |
| Statistical
Resources |
From Univ. of Michigan's Documents Center,
collection of statistics sites organized by topic |
| Statistics
Sources |
Extensive list of online statistical resources
organized by topic & by country |
| Transparency
International: 1999 Corruption Poll |
Bribe Payers Perceptions Index (BPI) & Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI) |
| UNCTAD:
Least Developed Countries Report |
"a comprehensive and authoritative source
of socio-economic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished
countries," issued regularly by the United Nations Conference
on Trade & Development |
| UNESCAP:
Data Centre |
Data sets & publications from Statistical
Division of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific |
| UNESCAP:
Population Data Sheets |
Annual data sheets providing "population
and development indicators of countries in the Asian and Pacific
region" |
| UNESCO Institute
for Statistics |
Activities, news, & publications of the
Institute; country & regional statistics on education, science & technology,
culture & communication -- downloadable for spreadsheets |
 UNU/WIDER
World Income Inequality Database (WIID) |
United Nations University & World Institute
for Development Economics Research's collection of "information
on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries":
database with documentation |
| United Nations Cartographic
Section |
Maps & geographic information resources,
including general & peacekeeping maps in PDF format |
| United
Nations Global Statistics |
International & national statistics on
health care, economics, politics, environment, demography, etc. |
| United
Nations Statistics Division (UNSD): Population Density & Urbanization |
Demographic & social data for capital cities & cities
of 100,000 & more inhabitants |
| United Nations Statistics
Division (UNSD): Social Indicators |
Data on a wide range of subject-matter fields |
| U.S.
International Trade Commission (USITC) Trade Database |
U.S. imports & exports by customized list
of products; tariff database; overall U.S. imports by trading partner;
summary trade tables for selected countries & country groupings;
overall U.S. trade by trade partner; detailed ITC trade database
tables |
| WHO
Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System: Statistics & Graphics |
Global data on immunization coverage and incidence
of vaccine-preventable diseases |
| World
Bank Group: Data and Statistics |
Data by country & by topic; online databases;
classification of economies; quick reference tables; interactive
maps; data publications |
| World
Development Indicators: 2005;
2004; 2003 |
"World Bank's premier annual compilation of
data about development" including approx.
800 indicators & organized in six sections: World View,
People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links |
| World Flag Database |
National & state flags, ensigns, & sub-national
flags; basic country information |
| World Health
Report |
Latest WHO annual report with basic indicators & statistics
in PDF format, with links to previous years' reports |
| World
in Figures |
"Statistics about all countries & direct
access to an online analyzer ... a wide range of updated business,
economic, social, political, opinion and environmental data and time
series" |
| World
Population Prospects: the 2002 Revision - Population Database |
U.N. Population Division database with basic
& detailed data, country profiles, sources & glossary |
| World
Trade Organization: Trade Statistics |
World merchandise trade & world trade of
commercial services by region & selected economies; trade developments;
technical notes |
| Your Nation |
Comparison of data of any 2 countries, summary
of data for 1 country, & top or bottom 5 rankings |
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