Data - International - Economics Resources - Research Guides at Vanderbilt University

Key International Databases

World Development Indicators | World Bank.
The primary collection of economic & social development indicators for over 200 countries from 1960 to present; Updated quarterly. Includes national, regional and global estimates. *Good resource for social data.*
EIU CountryData.
Annual, quarterly, and/or monthly economic indicators back to 1980 and forecasts on 181 countries.
IMF DATA.
International Financial Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP), Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), and Government Finance Statistics (GFS).
UNdata.
This portal combines 34 databases and covers agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, population, refugees, trade, tourism, and more. *Includes access to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Database.*
World Bank Open Data.
Portal to free and open access to the World Bank's global development data. Covers agriculture & rural development, aid effectiveness, climate change, economy & growth, education, energy & mining, environment, external debt, financial sector, gender, health, infrastructure, poverty, private sector, public sector, science & technology, social development, social protection & labor, and trade.
OECD Data Explorer
The OECD Data Explorer is the organisation's data warehouse, providing access to all OECD statistical data. It is the entry point for figures on a wide range of statistical topics, covering OECD member countries and partner economies.

OECD Publications

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's books, papers and statistics, analysis and data. Includes: OECD Economic Outlook, OECD Economic Surveys, SourceOECD Education and Skills, and the Nuclear Law Bulletin.
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Data archive of research in the social science with sixteen specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields."

Access Note: For off-campus access to the ICPSR archives, please login: http://proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/login?url=http://www.icpsr.umich.edu.
Vendor Tutorials: Videos on finding and using data from ICPSR are available at https://www.youtube.com/@icpsr.
International Historical Statistics
Global statistical data on business, economics, environmental studies, geography, history, politics, sociology, and statistical studies.

Coverage: 1750-2010.

PWT: Penn World Table.
Information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 183 countries between 1950 and 2019.

Sage Data
U.S. and international datasets from governmental, commercial, and private organizations. (Powered by Data Planet)
Statista
Portal to global statistical data on consumer goods, industry, retail & trade, sports & recreation, technology, travel & tourism, and more. Includes reports, market insights, forecasts & surveys, and company insights.

Statistical Offices

National Statistical Offices | UN Statistics Division.
Links to national statistical offices around the world.

More Resources

Better Life Index | OECD.
Users can compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.
Global Consumption Database | World Bank.
Statistics and information about household consumption patterns of low-income people in 92 developing countries. Users can select data from 12 sectors including clothing, education, energy, financial services, food, health, housing, and transport.
Global Food Security Index | EIU.
"The Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 113 countries."
Global Health Observatory Data | World Health Organization.
Health-related statistics for WHO's 194 member states.
NASA Earthdata Search
Repository of over 1.8 billion observations of Earth data supplied by various research organizations, including NASA, ESDIS, and more.
Happy Planet Index | New Economics Foundation.
Innovative measure of the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered around the world." Provides data for 143 countries, some back to 1961.
ILOSTAT | International Labor Organization.
Data on economically active population since 1945, and data on un/employment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries occupational accidents, and strikes & lockouts since 1969.
Social Progress Indexes | Social Progress Imperative.
Measurement of social progress directly, independent of economic development.
Trade and Tariff Data | World Trade Organization.
"The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations."
UN Comtrade Database.
"Free access to detailed global trade data. UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables. All data is accessible through API."
UNCTADstat | UN Conference on Trade and Development.
More than 150 indicators and statistical time series covering international trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment, external financial resources, population and labor force, commodities, information economy, and maritime transport.
WITS: World Integrated Trade Solutions.
Trade, tariff and non-tariff data.