International Inter-Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations: Statistical Data

Research guides on how to find international and United States statistical data using Data-Planet.

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A research guide by the University of Colorado libraries with links to profiles, government information, articles & databases, and diplomatic relations for over 200 countries.

Hosted by the US Census Bureau. Find demographic indicators, population pyramids, country rankings, HIV/AIDS rates, and much more for countries of the world.

Includes ILO's flagship reports, such as the World Employment and Social Outlook, the Global Wage Report, and the World Social Protection Report, among others.

"The IFS database contains approx. 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas and includes all series appearing on the IFS country pages; exchange rate series for all Fund member countries, plus Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles: major Fund account series; and most other world, area, and country series from the IFS World Tables." Note: Also held in CDROM and in Print.

OECD data on topics such as agriculture, development, finance, health, and many more.

Find demographic, economic, environmental and social data for all OECD member countries as well as selected non-member economies. View data on a table and/or graph and easily compare indicators by country or year.

A reference book for statistical tables produced by international organisations. 1948-present.

The most comprehensive source for world trade data. Choose "database" to access the more than 1.75 billion trade records available. 1962-present

"Brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point."

Internationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.

UNICEF measures the situation of children and women and tracks progress through data collection and analysis. It maintains and updates global databases and promotes dissemination of evidence-based data for planning and advocacy.

System statistics include human resources statistics, linked above and "collected by the CEB Secretariat from the organizations of the United Nations system," as well as statistics about the UN's procurement of goods and services from suppliers around the world, collected as part of the UN's annual statistical report and available here.

"The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, include databases, pre-formatted tables and reports...."

"Provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available." Data is not consistently available at any one time.

237,000 US and international time series from 68 sources. Has extensive U.S. and International data sources, and data is downloadable. By the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Missouri, USA).

Source for European Union statistical datasets.

"Offers extensive, integrated, and sustainable data services to the social sciences, uniting social science data archives across Europe. Its mission is to promote social science research results and support national and international research and cooperation."

A research guide by the UW Libraries. Primary source for the UW Community in finding and managing datasets created at the UW. Also provides help in finding data from external sources.

IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facillitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system.

An international consortium of more than 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 350,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 23 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

A non-governmental site that utilizes government data to explain and make value comparison over time and provide access to important economic aggregates, using both nominal and real measures.

A new guide that utilizes "the leading world wide web resources for discovering new knowledge and leveraging the latest reliable data on the New Economy."

A comprehensive listing of statistics and big data resources and sites on the Internet.