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POLI 150: Comparative Politics

International Data Sources

United Nations - Demographic and Social Statistics
Topics include, birth and death rates, migrations, marriage and divorce, population stats, time use, and violence against women.
United Nations Data
This data portal combines 34 databases that cover agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, population, refugees, trade, tourism, and more. Includes access to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Database.
United Nations: National Statistical Offices Websites
central repository of country profiles of statistical systems. The country profiles include, among others, a brief history of the country's statistical system, legal basis, the statistical program and much more.
World Bank Open Data
Free access to global development data across a large range of indicators. Use the Databank tool to create data visualizations.
OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaced SourceOECD in July 2010.
Our World in Data
Our World in Data is an online publication from University of Oxford that shows how living conditions are changing. The aim is to give a global overview and to show changes over the very long run, so that we can see where we are coming from and where we are today.
International Monetary Fund Data
National and international financial data from the International Financial Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and more.
IPUMS International
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. Requires registration (free) to obtain full access to data.
International Statistical Agencies: US Census Bureau
Comprehensive list of direct links to international statistics and census agencies.
CIA World Factbook
Detailed country and territory profiles providing information on each country's history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues, as well as maps and photographs.

Regional Collections

Afrobarometer
African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa.
ECA Data & Statistics
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; various economic and social indicators, including population, national accounts, prices, trade, and health.
Open Data for Africa
Portal to African Development Bank data.
AUDA-NEPAD
African Union Development Agency; see data library & resources.
Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Data Dashboard
Dataset measuring African governance, providing specific scores and trends at African continental, regional, and national level, on a whole spectrum of thematic governance dimensions, from security to justice to rights and economic opportunity to health.

Asian Development Bank: Data Library & Dashboards
Browse or search across a range of topics (industry, technology, health, gender, climate change, people, poverty) or by country.
Asian Development Bank (ADB): Key Indicators Database (KIDB)
Macroeconomic and socioeconomic statistics for each of ADB's 49 member economies across Asia and the Pacific. This includes data on national accounts, prices, government finance, trade, balance of payments, money and interest rates, external debt, population, labor force, and social indicators.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Data Gateway
Country-level data related to demography, migration, education, health, poverty, gender, employment, economy, government finance, employment, transport, environment and more.

Eurostat
Economic and business data from the European Commission

CEPALSTAT (ECLAC, United Nations)

gateway to all the statistical information of Latin America and the Caribbean countries collected, systematized and published by ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America)
Inter-American Development Bank

Numbers for Development from the IADB, a source of development funding in Latin America and the Caribbean. Indicators include economic, industry, social data as well as more specialized datasets.
Latinobarómetro

Provides summary level public opinion data for Latin America for the period 1995-2011, excluding 1999
Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (MOxLAD)

Coverage includes population, demographics, labor, industry, transportation, trade, finance, national accounts and more.
Political Database of the Americas

The PDBA offers information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region. Updated to 2006.
Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean

Statistics on poverty, inequality, income and other socio-economic variables for all Latin American countries and several Caribbean
World Bank Data for Latin America and the Caribean

Includes data on GDP, population, school enrollment, C02 emissions, and life expectancy, among other indicators. Use the Data Bank tool to create data visualizations.
Digital Library of the Caribbean

Free, open access resources pertaining to Caribbean cultural, historical, scientific and research materials held in archives, libraries, museums, private collections, and other institutions of memory.