APEC Key Indicators of Members Economies
gives data on GDP and trade on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries.
Asia Pacific in Figures
has a wide range of statistics for each country. Maintained by United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Asia Development Outlook
is produced by the Asian Development Bank.
ARIC Indicators
has performance, policy, market indicators for the countries affected by the Asian crisis. Maintained by
Asia Recovery Information Center of the Asian Development Bank.
Background Notes and Country Reports
on Economic Policy and Trade Practices by the US Dept of State Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
It gives some economic indicators and background information about the economic and trade policies of the country.
Eurostat has selected statistics
on the European Community available.
Global Urban Observatory and Statistics Unit
provides data on urban population, economics, environment, infrastructure, services, housing and local authorities.
Maintained by United Nations Center for Human Settlements.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics
maintained by the US Central Intelligence Agency, provides economic profiles, GDP, foreign trade,
energy use, environment, agricultural and manufacturing data for over 100 countries.
IMF Publications features
selected publications like World Economic Outlook and International Capital Markets
which contain many statistical tables.
International Relations Data Site
has links to many Web sites with statistical information. Maintained by Paul Hensel of the
Department of Political Science at Florida State University.
OECD Statistics has data on
the economy, public management, education, labour, science, technology,
industry and health in OECD countries.
Info Nation
is a database of statistics and indicators from the United Nations publications;
World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook.
Office of Population Research's Data
Archive has data on fertility surveys in America, Europe, China
and developing countries. The data has to be downloaded via ftp.
Penn World Tables
gives 27 time series for 150 countries which are comparable across countries.
Social Indicators
is made available by the United Nations Statistics Division and gives data on
population, health, housing, education, literacy, income and economic activity.
Social Science Data Collection
from University of California at San Diego gives more links to
data (mostly U.S.) available on Internet.
Statistical Abstract of US
has selected tables in HTML and PDF.
Trade and Development Report
comes with highlights of the report and selected chapters in PDF.
2000 edition also available.
Produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Unesco Statistics
has selected data on education from its statistical database, indicators
and Unesco Statistical Yearbook.
Unicef Statistics gives statistics on
child mortality, immunization, nutrition, education and sanitation.
United
Nations Crime and Justice Information Network Statistics
includes its Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems
and also points to other crime statistics.
World Bank's Data and Maps
has the selected data from some of World Bank publications.
World Competiveness Yearbook
has the rankings from the report by the International Institute for Management Development.
World Development Indicators
has the text and selected tables from the report by the World Bank.
World Economic and Social Survey
is United Nations analysis of current developments in the world economy and emerging policy issues.
Selected full text available.
World Economic Outlook
is produced by the International Monetary Fund with some chapters and tables available in PDF.
World
Factbook by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of
America gives a map of the country with statistics and other information
on geography, people, government, economy, communications and defense forces.
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
by the Bureau of Arms Control.
World Population Data Sheet
is produced by the Population Reference Bureau and gives some
demographic indicators for the world.
World
Population Information list the statistics as compiled by US Census Bureau.
World Resources is
produced by the World Resources Institute and has selected data on atmosphere and
climate, biodiverity, energy and materials, forest and land cover, economic indicators.
World's Women 2000:
Trends and Statistics has the important findings and statistical tables from the report
published by the United Nations.
