Library Guides: INFO Sequence Research Guide (INFO 1010, INFO 2020, etc.): International

Sources for International Statistics

Children

UNICEF Data
Statistics on education and health of children and women from the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Countries

DATA.GOV.UK
A searchable website for publicly available data from the United Kingdom's government.
Dados.gov
This is "a project of the AMA - Agency for Administrative Modernisation, IP, in collaboration with the City of Lisbon and with the participation of numerous agencies of the Central Government, Regional and Local."

Crime

NationMaster
Compare countries on many subjects, such as energy, conflict, health, military, population.

Economics & Finance

Eurostat: Your Key to European Statistics
General, regional, agricultural, economic, environment and energy, industry, science and technology, trade, transport.

International Financial Statistics
Covers the monthly publication International Financial Statistics as well as data found in the annual publication International Financial Statistics Yearbook.

Internet World Stats
"Internet World Stats is an International website that features up to date world Internet Usage, Population Statistics and Internet Market Research Data, for over 233 individual countries and world regions."

OECD iLibrary
Online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

UNdata
This search portal allows one to retrieve information from various United Nations databases, such as Commodity Trade Statistics, Industrial Commodity Statistics (which has energy data), World Development Indicators, UNSD Demographic Statistics.
World Bank Data
This is a catalog of data published by the World Bank.
NationMaster
Compare countries on many subjects, such as energy, conflict, health, military, population.

World Development Indicators
Features time series data on demographics, the economy, education, and the environment, for more than 200 countries from 1960-present. Data can be downloaded and manipulated.

Education

NationMaster
Compare countries on many subjects, such as energy, conflict, health, military, population.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Create custom tables by country, year, and topic of interest

Energy

International Energy Agency
Key World Energy Statistics, World Energy Outlook, and more. Fee based online data services -- datasets.

Environment

United Nations Environment Statistics
Data collection beginning in 1999 resulting in country snapshots, environmental indicators.

Health

FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Agriculture, food, nutrition, forestry, fisheries.
Global Health Observatory (World Health Organization)
Data repository and other statistical reports.
World Health Organization Reports
"Analytical reports on the current situation and trends for priority health issues."

Human Rights

Human Rights Indicators (UN)

Military

CIA World Factbook. Field Listing Military Expenditures.
Country level military expenditures.

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook
Call Number: Online & Hampden Stacks JX974.A1 U557
Publication Date: 1976 - present

United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs. Military Expenditures
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
From the U.S. Department of State, this is a "series of reports is designed to be a convenient reference on annual military expenditures, arms transfers, armed forces, selected economic data, and relative indicators consisting of pertinent military-economic ratios."

Population

UNdata
This search portal allows one to retrieve information from various United Nations databases, such as Commodity Trade Statistics, Industrial Commodity Statistics (which has energy data), World Development Indicators, UNSD Demographic Statistics.

Women

Gender Data Portal (World Bank)
The Gender Data Portal is the World Bank Group’s comprehensive source for the latest sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics covering demography, education, health, access to economic opportunities, public life and decision-making, and agency.

General Sources for International Statistics

World Bank Data
This is a catalog of data published by the World Bank.

UNdata
Features combined sources of data from various UN bodies. This is the first place to go for all UN data. Includes data from UNESCO, ILO, FAO, WHO, ITU, UNHCR, Human Development Report, Demographic Statistics, World Population Prospects, and Commodity Trade Statistics.

Data Catalog from the World Bank
Datasets compiled from research conducted by the World Bank.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators
Data by country on poverty, hunger, health, environment.
OECD.Stat
Publicly available database from the Organisation for Economic and Co-operative Development (OECD). Data provided on topics ranging from Agriculture & Fisheries to Transport.
World and Non-U.S. Data
The site provides links to international economic and statistical sources as well as international organizations and institutions involved with the financial well being of a particular country.

University of Denver

University Libraries

Research Guides

INFO Sequence Research Guide (INFO 1010, INFO 2020, etc.): International

Sources for International Statistics

Children

Countries

Crime

Economics & Finance

Education

Energy

Environment

Health

Human Rights

Military

Population

Women

General Sources for International Statistics