LibGuides: Data and Statistics: International Statistics

Key Comparative Data

World DataBank
Provides access to multiple World Bank databases, including the World Development Indicators (WDI), and Gender, Education, Health, Nutrition, Population Statistics.
OECD Statistics
Indicator and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Microdata

World Values Survey
national surveys about values and beliefs
Uppsala Conflict Database
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) which continuously collects data on armed conflicts.
CIRI Human Rights Dataset
CIRI includes information about 202 countries, for the years 1981 to 2011

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR contains more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences, including many microdata datasets. Access to some restricted datasets require users to create an account using their Dalhousie email address and to authenticate themselves by logging into ICPSR from an on-campus computer once every 6 months

IPUMS International
Free anonymized and harmonized census microdata from 94 countries. Requires (free) registration.
Chinese General Social Survey (China GSS)
"CGSS is aimed to systematically monitor the changing relationship between social structure and quality of life in both urban and rural China."

Free Comparative Statistics

OECD Factbook
offers free statistical tables on a wide array of topics.
International Comparison Program
"A worldwide statistical initiative to collect comparative price data and detailed GDP expenditures to produce purchasing power parities (PPP) for the world's economies."
UNdata
Portal to the many UN databases.
World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
interactive database bringing together core health statistics for the 193 WHO Member States.
Human Development Index and Human Development Data
The UNDP measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living.
ILOSTAT
International Labour Organization
Adam Carr's Election Archive
"The largest, most comprehensive and most up-to-date archive of electoral information in the world, with election statistics from 176 countries."
World dataBank
World Development Indicators (WDI) and other data from the World Bank, now available in STATA format!
LIS (formerly the Luxembourg Income Study
cross-national data centre in Luxembourg, providing access to harmonized income, wealth, employment, and demographic data from a large number of countries,
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The "official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication."
CIRI Human Rights Dataset
CIRI includes information about 202 countries, for the years 1981 to 2011
Pacific Exchange Rate Service
A service for academic research and teaching provided by Prof. Werner Antweiler at UBC's Sauder School of Business
Penn World Tables
The PWT 9.1 provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 182 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2017.
Purchasing Power Parities (OECD)
includes a historical series back to 1980.
Social Expenditure Data (OECD)
program level data back to 1980.
Stata module to access World Bank databases
wbopendata allows Stata users to download over 3,000 series of indicators from the World Bank databases, from over 256 countries and regions, since 1960.
Global Repository of Income Dynamics
"Open-access international database that provides a wealth of micro statistics on income inequality and income dynamics at the individual level."
Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
"More than 200 years of annual data from 1815 onward. 196 demographic, political, legislative, economic and social science variables."
Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
"Set of basic statistics on the economic, sociodemographic and environmental situation of the region during a specific time period. "
WomanStats Project
"The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status ofwomen in the world. "
Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)
reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996–2022

Historical Stats in the Killam

International Historical Statistics: the Americas, 1750-2000 by Mitchell
Call Number: HA 175 M55 2003 (Killam Library Reference Collection)

Publication Date: 2003
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000 by Mitchell
Call Number: HA 1107 M5 2003 (Killam Library Reference Collection)

Publication Date: 2003
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000 by Mitchell
Call Number: HA 4675 M552 2003 (Killam Library Reference Collection)

Publication Date: 2003

Energy

Country Analysis Briefs
Official Energy Statistics from the US DOE
International Energy Outlook (USDOE)
"explores long-term energy trends across the world. IEO2023 analyzes long-term world energy markets in 16 regions through 2050."
Monthly Electricity Statistics
archive back to 2000 from the International Energy Administration

Trade

World Tariff Profiles
from the WTO

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