International Statistics
Do you have problems looking for the population
or the gross national product of countries in the world? Listed
here are some of the print and electronic sources you can consult.
The sources are for countries in the world
but sources for an individual country are not included.
Please be aware that compilations of statistics,
especially if it is for many countries, takes time to collate
and the data may not be as current as desired.
Sections on this page:
General and economic
| Business and marketing
| Commerce and trade
| Education
| Industry
| Medical
| Population
| Finance and investment
| Social and environment
| Tourism
| Women and children
| Statistical agencies
Also available:
Statistics on Asia Pacific and
Statistics on Singapore
EIU Country Data. London: Euromonitor.
(Available on Digital Library)
Select and view the indicators available for nearly 200 countries.
Over 200 data series are provided for each country which includes economic structure,
foreign payments, external debt stock, external debt service, external trade, trends
in foreign trade and quarterly indicators.
Global development finance. Washington, DC: World Bank.
HJ8899 Glo (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
CD-ROM edition available from the CL Information Desk.
Provides data and analysis on the external debt and international
capital flows of developing countries. Selected data available at URL:
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gdf2002/index.htm
Global economic prospects and the developing countries. Washington, DC: World Bank. Annual.
HC10 GEP (CL Reference; HL Reference)
Reviews the global economic environment and its implications for the developing countries.
Also available at URL:
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2002/
International financial statistics on CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank.
HG3881 IFS (CL Information Desk)
It gives annual, quarterly and monthly time series of data such as
exchange rates; international liquidity; money and banking; interest rates;
prices and production; government finances; international transactions; national accounts
and population. Data can be exported in Excel format.
International financial statistics yearbook.
Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
HG3881 IMFIFY (CL Information Desk; HL Reference 7)
Updated by: International financial statistics.
Monthly. HG3881 IMFIF (CL Current Periodical)
Has data on exchange rates, international liquidity, monetary sector,
interest rates, total imports and exports, balance of payments,
government finance, national accounts and population.
Monthly bulletin of statistics. New York: United Nations. Monthly.
HC59 UNMBS (CL Current Periodical)
For more current data on population,
manpower, industrial production, manufacturing, trade, transport, wages,
prices and finance. Special features like world shipbuilding and
construction of new buildings are given in different issues. Data given
monthly or quarterly for last two years where possible, with annual
figures given for up to the last ten years. See also
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
Penn world tables. Philadelphia: Center for International Comparisons University of Pennsylvania.
Available at URL:
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/
Gives 27 time series for 150 countries which are comparable across countries.
Statistical yearbook. New York: United Nations. Annual.
HA12.5 SY (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Gives world tables for each country on
population and manpower, national accounts, wages, prices and
consumption, government sector statistics, balance of payments, finance
education, culture (includes libraries, television and radio
broadcasting), development assistance, industrial property (includes
patents, industrial design and trademarks), manufacturing, energy,
construction, wholesale and retail trade, external trade, tourism,
transport and communications. Data given ranges from last five years to
last ten years. See also http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
United Nations Statistics Division. New York: United Nations.
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
Gives links to the various data it collects and publishes.
Includes demographic, energy, environment, national accounts, trade.
Walden's country reports.
Available on Digital Library
Click on Reference, Country Profiles and type the country you want, then select Walden.
It contains key facts, introduction, political structure, political situation, membership of
international organizations, industry, banking and finance, companies, investment, stock exchange,
natural resources, energy, agriculture, transport, communications and the media, armed forces,
education, health and welfare, geography and climate
World development indicators. New York: World Bank. Annual.
HC59.15 WDI (CL Information Desk)
Gives a birdseye view with comparable data
for many countries arranged in broad categories of World View, People,
Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links; reflecting
attainment of key international development goals. Also available at URL:
http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2002/index.htm
World development indicators on CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank.
HC59.15 Wor (CL Information Desk)
More than 500 indicators for 210 countries
plus regional and income groups; convenient thematic presentation in six sections:
World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
World development report. New York:
Oxford University Press for World Bank. Annual.
HG3881 IBRDW (CL RBR; CL Bound Periodical; HL Reference)
Includes tables on income distribution,
purchasing power parity estimates of GNP. Also has tables on basic
indicators, production, energy production and consumption, government
expenditure and revenue, balance of payments, money and interest rates,
external debt, demography, infrastructure, health and education.
Also available at
http://econ.worldbank.org/wdr/
World economic and social survey. New York : United Nations. Annual.
HC59 UN.WSS (CL Reference 3; CL Bound Periodical)
Review of macroeconomic and financial situation, including Asia.
Includes statistical data on GDP, population, inflation, investment, saving, trade and
financial indicators.
World economic factbook. London: Euromonitor. Annual.
HC59.15 WEF (CL Reference 3)
Compiles political and economic information on over 200 countries.
Includes GDP, population, inflation, consumption, number of households, trade and tourism.
Also has comparative world rankings for selected criteria.
Also available at URL:
https://online.nus.edu.sg/library/common/gmarket.html
(for NUS staff and students only)
World economic outlook: a survey by the staff of the International Monetary Fund.
Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
HC59 WEO (CL Reference 3; CL Bound Periodical; HL Current Periodical; HL Bound Periodical)
This survey of prospects and policies of world economic development includes
statistical data on output, inflation, financial policies, foreign trade, current accounts,
balance of payments, external debt and flow of funds.
Also available at URL:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2002/01/index.htm
Data from the survey available at URL:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2002/01/data/index.htm
World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency.
D1 WF (CL Reference 8; CL Bound Periodical)
It gives statistics and other information under sections on geography, people, government,
economy, communications and defense forces, with a map of the country.
Also available at URL:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Also available on Digital Library
Direction of trade yearbook. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
HF1016 DTY (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Updated by: Direction of trade. Quarterly.
HF1016 DT (CL Current Periodical; HL Current Periodical)
For value of total imports and exports of each country,
with breakdown of imports and exports to different countries.
Also has summary tables of imports and exports to industrial and developing countries.
Energy statistics yearbook. New York: United Nations.
HD9502 ESY (CL Reference 3)
Gives statistics on the production and trade of commercial primary and
secondary forms of energy. With productionm trade and consumption figures given for
fuel like coal, petroleum, gas and nuclear fuel. For electricity, gives capacity,
utilization and production figures.
Industrial commodity statistics yearbook. New York: United Nations.
HC59 ICS (HL Bound Periodicals)
It provides statistics on the production of about 530 industrial commodities by country,
geographical region, economic grouping and for the world. The Yearbook includes data for the ten-year
period for approximately 200 countries.
International trade statistics yearbook. New York: United Nations. Annual.
HF1016 YITS (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Gives data on imports and exports for 170 countries and
includes breakdown by SITC and by principal countries. Also has trade by
commodities with breakdown by 3-digit, 4-digit and 5-digit SITC.
Trade and development report. New York: United Nations. Annual.
HF1008 TDR (CL Reference 8, HL Reference 7)
Analyses trends and outlooks for the world economy and focuses on export dynamism
and industrialization in developing countries. Includes some tables for trade in the world,
with a focus on selected countries. Also available at URL:
http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1tdr02.en.htm
UNCTAD handbook of statistics. New York: United Nations.
HF1016 Unc (CL Reference 3)
Gives data on exports and imports in the world, by region and country.
Has breakdown of trade by SITC. Also available at URL:
http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1tdstatd26.en.htm
The UNCTAD Handbook is also available on the Internet. Register first and you can select data
from the list available and create a table to save as a worksheet. Database available at URL:
http://stats.unctad.org/
World commodity survey: markets trends and world economic environment.
New York: United Nations. Annual.
HF1040.7 UCY (CL Reference 3)
Gives data on production, reserves, imports, exports, prices of
various commodities like petroleum, dairy products, gold, automobiles and insurance.
World Trade Organization. Annual report. Geneva: WTO. Annual.
HF1371 WTO (CL Bound Periodical; HL Bound Periodical)
Has data on world trade in merchanise goods
and services by product, country, region, value and volume.
World Trade Organization. Trade statistics.
Available at http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
Has International Trade Statistics in PDF for recent years.
Also has Merchandise trade, merchandise exports and commerical services trade by
region and selected economies for selected years in Excel format.
Demographic yearbook. New York: United Nations. Annual.
HB881 DY (CL Reference 3; MD Reference 4)
For data on population, urban population,
population in capital cities, abortions, nuptiality, natality, foetal,
infant, maternal and general mortality.
World population prospects: the 1998 revision.
New York: United Nations, 1999.
HB848 Psu 177 v.1; HB848 Psu 180 v.2; HB848 Psu 186 v.3 (CL Reference 3)
Gives population estimates for the period 1950-1995 and projected
figures for sex and age distribution for 2000-2050.
World Population Data Sheet. Washington:
Population Reference Bureau. Annual.
HB848 WPDS (CL Information Desk)
Available at the URL:
http://www.prb.org/
Has estimates of population of each country
with aggregate figures on fertility, mortality for the world, more
developed and less developed countries.
Yearbook of labour statistics. Geneva: International Labour Office. Annual.
HD4826 ILO (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Updated by: Bulletin of labour statistics. Quarterly.
HD4811 BLS (CL Current Periodical)
For data on economically active population, employment by
industry and occupation, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost,
consumer prices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts.
International capital markets: developments and prospects.
Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
HG3881 ICM (HL Bound Periodical)
Also available on IMF Web site at
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/icm/2000/01/eng/index.htm
International direct investment statistics yearbook.
Paris: OECD. Annual.
HG4501 IIS (CL Reference 3; CL Bound Periodical)
Gives foreign direct investments by OECD
countries into South East Asia and East Asia.
International financial statistics on CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank.
HG3881 IFS (CL Information Desk)
It gives annual, quarterly and monthly time series of data such as
exchange rates; international liquidity; money and banking; interest rates;
prices and production; government finances; international transactions; national accounts
and population. Data can be exported in Excel format.
International financial statistics yearbook.
Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.
HG3881 IMFIFY (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Updated by: International financial statistics.
Monthly. HG3881 IMFIF (CL Current Periodical)
Has data on exchange rates, international liquidity, monetary sector,
interest rates, total imports and exports, balance of payments,
government finance, national accounts and population.
World investment directory: Asia Pacific. New York: United Nations.
World investment report. New York: United Nations. Annual.
HG4538 WIR (CL Bound Periodical; HL Reference 7)
Gives foreign direct investments inwards
and outwards for about 100 countries, with breakdown by industrial
sector and geographical distribution. Also gives list of largest
foreign corporations in host country and largest host transnational
corporations abroad. Also available at URL:
http://www.unctad.org/wir/contents/wir01content.en.htm
Consumer Asia. London: Euromonitor. Annual.
HD7048 CA (HL Bnd Periodical)
Gives basic information about the country
and sales of selected consumer goods.
Also available at URL:
https://online.nus.edu.sg/library/common/gmarket.html
(for NUS staff and students only)
International marketing data and statistics. London: Euromonitor. Annual.
HA155 IMD (HL Reference 7)
Besides data on demographic, economic,
financial, trade and labour force, it has data on defence,
environment, consumer expenditure, retailing, advertising, consumer
market size, housing and household facilities, health and living
standards, literacy and education, communications, automotives,
transport, and tourism. Also has sales of selected consumer goods.
Also available at URL:
https://online.nus.edu.sg/library/common/gmarket.html
(for NUS staff and students only)
World competiveness yearbook. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Institute for Management Development.
HF1414 WCY (HL Information Desk, HL Bnd Periodical, CL RBR)
Gives ranking of selected countries in the world, focusing on competiveness of
the economy, government, business and infrastructure.
Selected info available at URL:
http://www01.imd.ch/wcy/
BP statistical review of world energy.London: British Petroleum. Annual.
HD9560 BS (CL Reference 3)
Gives oil reserves, production, consumption, prices, stocks,
refining, trade movements. For natural gas and coal, figures for researves, production,
consumption and prices. For nuclear energy and hydroelectricity, consumption is given.
Consumption per capita is also given. Available at URL:
http://www.bp.com/centres/energy/
International yearbook of industrial statistics.
Vienna: United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
HC59 IYI (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
Gives manufacturing value added by country,
with annual growth and per capita MVA. Also gives for each country,
number of establishments, person engaged, wages, output, value added,
gross capital formation by ISIC.
Oil and energy trends: annual statistical review.
Oxford: Blackwell. Annual.
HD9560.4 OETA (CL Reference 3)
Gives data on the world's crude oil and natural gas researves,
production of oil, gas, coal, electricity and other energy.
Also has world oil demand, spot crude oil prices, OPEC and non-OPEC oil sales prices. .
Net imports of crude and products, value of net oil imports, oil and balance of trade
are also given.
World air transport statistics.
Geneva: International Air Transport Association. Annual.
HE9761.1 WAT (CL Reference 3)
Gives data on the top 50 airports with
number of passengers and cargo handled. Also gives IATA members air
transport operations, financial results, operating fleet, number of
employees and safety statistics.
World telecommunication indicators.
Geneva: International Telecommunications Union.
Available at URL: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/
ITU's Web site gives some free statistics on
some key indicators for telecommunications, telephones, mobile phones, Internet.
Disability compendium. New York: United Nations.
HV1568 Dis (CL Reference 3)
Gives data for the number of disabled in many countries.
Note that the data varies for each country and ranges from 1980 to 1997.
Also available at URL:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/disability/
Global environment outlook. New York: United Nations Development Programme. Annual.
GE170 Glo (CL Main Shelves)
Gives data for national, regional and global areas for
atmosphere, biodiversity, coastal and marine, disasters, forests, freshwater
land, socio-economic, urban-areas.
Also available at URL:
http://geocompendium.grid.unep.ch/index.htm
Human development report. New York: United Nations Development Programme. Annual.
HD72 HDR (CL Reference 3; HL Reference)
Gives human development indicators which
include data on literacy, poverty, access to safe water, energy
consumption, juvenile prisoners, divorces. Comparison available
for developing and industrial countries, with regional aggregates for
selected indicators.
Also available at URL:
http://www.undp.org/hdro/
Social indicators. New York: United Nations.
Available at http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/
Gives figures for the latest available years for many countries on
population, youth and elderly, populations,
human settlements, water supply and sanitation, housing, health,
child-bearing, education, lliteracy, income and economic activity, unemployment.
Vital signs. London: Earthscan, 1999.
HC79 Env.Bw (CL Reference 3)
Gives key trends and indicators for the world for
food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economic, transportation, social,
communication and military. Highlights available at
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/vs/2002/highlights.html
Health, Nutrition, and Population Statistics. World Bank, Human Development Network.
Available at URL:
http://devdata.worldbank.org/hnpstats/
SEAMIC health statistics. Tokyo: International Medical Foundation of Japan. Annual.
RA407.5 Asi.S (CL Reference 3; MD Reference)
Gives figures for natality, mortality, life
expectation, morbidity and expenditure of the Ministry of Health. To
measure nutrition, per capita food intake and mean weight and height
of children are given. Also has number of hospitals, hospital beds,
physicians, dentists, pharmacists, midwives and nurses.
Also available at URL:
http://www.seamic-imfj.or.jp/SHS.html
WHO Statistical Information System. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Available at URL: http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Gives links to various statistical data collected by the World Health Organization.
The world health report: report of the Director-General.
Geneva: World Health Organization. Annual.
RA8 Wod (MD Reference 4, MD Main Shelves)
Available at URL:
http://www.who.int/whr/2001/main/en/annex/
Gives basic health indicators for WHO member countries.
Education
Statistical yearbook (Unesco). New York: Unesco. Annual.
HA12.5 USY (CL Reference 3; HL Reference 7)
For data on education enrolment ratios,
number of institutions, teachers and students, expenditure on
education, scientific and technical staff in R&D and expenditure
on R&D. Also includes number of books and newspapers published,
cinema attendance, radio and television receivers, libraries and museums.
Selected tables available on the Web at
http://unescostat.unesco.org/en/stats/stats0.htm
World education report. Paris: Unesco. Biennial.
L10 UER (CL Reference 3)
Has data on education indicators by region and individual countries.
Indicators given includes enrolment in primary, secondary and
tertiary education, teaching staff ratios, expenditure on education.
Also available at URL:
http://www.unesco.org/education/information/wer/index.htm
Tourism
Yearbook of tourism statistics. Madrid: World Tourism Organisation. Annual.
HD9999 Tou.AST (CL Reference 3)
For data on arrivals at frontiers by nationality and
mode of transport, accomodation capacity, tourism receipts and expenditure.
Women and Children
Genderstats : a database of gender statistics. World Bank, Gender and Development Group.
Available at URL:
http://genderstats.worldbank.org/menu.asp
The State of the world's children. Oxford: Oxford University Press for UNICEF. Annual.
HQ792.2 Sta (MD Main Shelves)
Also available at URL: http://www.unicef.org/sowc02/
Reports on the progress that has been made in improving
the lives of children and families since the 1990 World Summit for Children.
Statistical handbook on the world's children / Chandrika Kaul.
Westport, CT: Oryx, 2002.
HQ767.9 Kau 2002 (CL Reference 3)
Gives data on the state of the world's children under categories of demography, education,
health and nutrition, disease, hunger and malnutrition, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
and economics.
World's women 2000: trends and statistics. New York: United Nations.
Available at URL:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/ww2000/index.htm
The statistical tables contain data on population, education, employment,
wages, abuse, childbearing.
WomenWatch: Statistics and indicators. New York: United Nations.
Available at URL:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/resources/stats.htm
Gives links to various sites with statistical data on women.
World Summit for children. New York: UNICEF.
Available at URL:
http://www.childinfo.org/index2.htm
Gives data on the status of children in the world, including health and education.
Statistical agencies
Social Science Data Collection
from University of California at San Diego gives more links to
data (mostly U.S.) available on Internet.
The above are only some of the titles available in the NUS Library. Look in
LINC, the library catalogue under
SUBJECT or SUBJECT KEYWORDS for more titles.
- For statistics on a particular country, type in terms like:
China and Statistics
- For statistics on a particular subject or industry, type in terms like:
Telecommunication and Statistics
Finance and Statistics
Content by: Lim-Yeo Pin Pin
Last updated: 21-10-2002
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