Compendia
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International Historical Statistics: 1750- 2010
Provides economic and social indicators for the last 250 years (where available) covering Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. To download spreadsheets, open chapter links and look for “Electronic Supplementary Material." The introductions to each region also include the to major statistical sources used for each country.
Indexes and Portals
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Global Open Data Index"The Global Open Data Index provides the most comprehensive snapshot available of the state of open government data publication"
Select Datasets to search by dataset type or Places to search by country.
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Inter-American Development Bank"The Bank has compiled and organized over 1,000 searchable statistics and indicators for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, creating a comprehensive dataset for the region."
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The Macro Data GuideCaptured by the Internet Archive. No longer being updated.
Originally, curated by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data, the MacroData Guide lists sites for aggregated data as well as "system-level" data of political indicators, such as institutional variables and regime indices. -
OECD Data ExplorerOECD Data Explorer contains all the datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). It replaces OECD.stat
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UN MBS - Monthly Bulletin of Statistics OnlineFrom 2000 to current, presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Provides monthly, quarterly and annual data on a variety of subjects, including population, industrial production indices, price indices, employment and earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport, construction, international merchandise trade, finance and national accounts.
Prior to 2000, the library has many of the earlier publications. Search the catalog for "United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics" and follow the "Continues" and "Continued by" title information in the library records to find all iterations of the title.