Statistics and Prices
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Biz/ed
Site aimed at students and teachers of business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport and recreation, and travel and tourism. For economics statistics, click 'Data'. Includes 'Penn World Data', giving 23 key economic variables on all the major world economies, from 1950 onwards
http://www.bized.co.uk/
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006
Annual review of energy statistics and prices, including historical data.
http://www.bp.com/ productlanding.do?categoryId=6842&contentId=7021390
CIA World Factbook
Facts and statistics on every country in the world, from the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
http://www.odci.gov/ cia/ publications/ factbook/ index.html
Country Statistics Sites
A list of official statistics sites for each country, produced by the U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/ bls/ other.htm
EarthTrends
Detailed environmental statistics, including population and economics topics, plus country profiles, maps and features, from the World Resources Institute.
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
Economist Country Briefings
Click a country for a Country Profile from the Economist Intelligence Unit which includes four years of economic data.
http://www.economist.com/ countries/
EH.Net
Economic History Services web site. The 'Databases' section leads to data on this site and to a directory of other databases; the 'Encyclopedia' section has articles, many of which include statistics tables; and 'How much is that?'gives relative values, exchange rates, growth rates, GDP, earnings and financial indicators
http://eh.net/
Eldis Statistics Resource Guide
Links to statistics on many international development, economic and social issues
http://www.eldis.org/ statistics/ index.htm
Energy Information Administration
Huge amount of information from this statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes current and historical international statistics and prices, and data, forecasts and analyses for individual countries.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Food and Agriculture Organisation
Has statistical databases on agriculture, economics, fisheries, forestry, nutrition and sustainable development.
http://www.fao.org
FTSE
Current and recent FTSE indices.
http://www.ftse.com
Global Price and Income History Group
Data and publications from a research team 'measuring prices, income and economic wellbeing around the world before 1950'.
http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/ index.htm
InfoNation
InfoNation is an easy-to-use database that enables you to view and compare statistical data for the member states of the United Nations
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ infonation3/ menu/ advanced.asp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data and Statistics
Includes data on GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices and more
http://www.imf.org/ external/ data.htm
International Trade Centre
Includes international import and export statistics by product group and country.
http://www.intracen.org/ tradstat/ welcome.htm
Internet World Stats
Internet usage statistics for regions and countries, with links to further sources
http://www.internetworldstats.com/
Market Research on the Web
Includes gateway to web sites containing statistics and market data, including sites of trade associations and other industry sources.
http://www.irn-research.com/ mrow.htm
Marketline Business Information Centre
Includes profiles on 50 countries giving macro-economic, demographic and social indicators presented in clear, simple charts and text. Members of Bedfordshire Libraries may access the Marketline service free. If you are not already a member you can join online. Click the link below for details.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ online_business_info.htm
Nationmaster
A vast amount of data compiled from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. The site enables you easily to compare nations and to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics
http://www.nationmaster.com
OECD
A selection of statistics from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), by country and by topic. Topics include national accounts, GDP, unemployment rates, consumer price indices, demography, health, economic growth, employment, agriculture, industry, services and transport.
http://www.oecd.org/ statsportal/ 0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Official Statistics on the Web
Guide to main providers of free statistics from official sources, listed by country, region or topic
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/ subjects/ stats/ offstats/
PopNet
Gateway to many sites giving population and related statistics worldwide. Topics include demography, economics, education, environment, gender, policy and reproductive health.
http://www.popnet.org
Population Reference Bureau
This US official body provides information on international population trends and population trends in the US. Browse this extensive database by topic or by area/region of the world or specific country. At country level you can select from a detailed list of population variables.
http://www.prb.org
RBA Statistics and Market Data
A guide to statistics and market data sites, although almost all market data is priced. Includes a worldwide list of sites, by country.
http://www.rba.co.uk/ sources/ stats.htm
State of the World's Children 2007
Unicef's annual report. Click 'Statistics' tab
http://www.unicef.org/ sowc07/
Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries
You can search statistics for Islamic countries by country, theme, indicator and year, back to 1975. The amount of data available varies for each country.
http://www.sesrtcic.org/
Unesco Institute for Statistics
"Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication"
http://www.uis.unesco.org/ ev_en.php?ID=2867_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Unicef Information By Country
Click a country name, then click 'Statistics' in the menu. Gives basic Indicators, nutrition, health, HIV AIDS, education, demographics, economics, women, child protection and rate of progress
http://www.unicef.org/ infobycountry/ index.html
United Nations Statistics Division
Includes various 'social indicators': population, youth and elderly populations, human settlements, water supply and sanitation, housing, health, child-bearing, education, literacy, income and economic activity, unemployment. Also gives population figures of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants.
http://www.un.org/ Depts/ unsd/ index.html
Websites for Exporters
A searchable database from Trade Partners UK giving links to sites on regions and countries worldwide. Many of these sites include statistics, especially, but not only, economic statistics.
http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/ websites/ web_sites.html
World Bank
Click 'Data' in the menu for key development data and country profiles
http://www.worldbank.org/ data/
World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation's Statistical Information System (Whosis). Includes world population, mortality and disease statistics.
http://www.who.int/ whosis
World Trade Organisation
Current and (at aggregate level) historical statistics on international trade.
http://www.wto.org/ english/ res_e/ statis_e/ statis_e.htm
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