Research Guides: United Nations and International Documents Collections: Statistics

United Nations Statistics

Social Indicators
Covers a wide range of social data compiled by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, and international sources. The indicators consist mainly of data on children, population and development, social development and women.
Statistical Database of the Economic Commission for Europe
This database is maintained by the Statistical Division of the UNECE Secretariat and is organized by subject or policy areas. Multi-dimensional tables present data by country, by various socio-economic classifications related to the context, and by time period.

NYU Statistical Databases

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IMF Data This link opens in a new window
International Financial Statistics – all aspects of international and domestic finance, with history to 1948.
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OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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OECD iLibrary is the online portal for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The iLibrary includes book collections, policy reports, statistical abstracts, and the OECD.Stat tool, with which users can create custom extracts from the OECD data warehouse.
Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Indexes the publications of state and private agencies, and the statistical publications of such IGO's (Intergovernmental Organizations) as the IMF, UN, OECD, World Bank and more.
UN Comtrade: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics This link opens in a new window
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The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries or areas. It concerns annual trade data from 1962 to the most recent year. UN Comtrade is considered the most comprehensive trade database available with more than 1 billion records.
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UNdata This link opens in a new window
UNdata contains Country Profiles, Advanced Search, Glossaries, Databases, and Tables with over 60 million data points with a range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.

World Bank Country Profiles
World Development Indicators
500 time series indicators from the World Bank for 210 countries plus regional and income groups.