Research Guides: GLBL 422/522: Aid to Developing Countries: Statistics & Databases

Special Topics:

FAOSTAT Data relating to food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries for 200 countries.

International Energy Statistics (U.S. DOE, Energy Information Administration)

International Labour Organization (ILO) ILOSTAT database includes indicators on labor force, employment, earnings, consumer prices, and more.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics International educational, scientific, and cultural statistics.

WHO's Global Health Observatory Health indicators beginning with 1990, by country or topic.

Statistics & databases

World Development Indicators (World Bank)
800 development indicators for 152 economies, and basic data for another 55 economies.
UNdata
Selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.
UN Country Stats
Quick statistics by country name
World Bank Countries
Quick access to data by country

General/Comprehensive International Statistics sites:

World Bank Data
7000 indicators for world countries, to view or download.
Gap Minder data
Trend data for hundreds of demographic, social, economic and environmental indicators for world nations.
StatPlanet
Geographic and graphing visualization site for country-level data, including opportunities to create custom interactive maps with imported data.
World Population Data
The Population Research Bureau's source of population and other demographic indicators. Search by country or topic.

Development Statistics

AidData Tracking Development Finance. Search individual projects by donor (both bilateral and multilateral), recipient, purpose, and type of aid.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators (from UNDP)
Data.oecd.org
Search this database to find OECD aid flow datasets for downloading.
OECD International Development Statistics
Statistics on bilateral and multilateral aid flows, which may be searched by donor and recipient, as well as by theme and type of aid.

Links to individual country statistics:

Country Statistical Yearbooks
University of Wisconsin Libraries collection of links to official statistical yearbooks.
National Statistical Systems
United Nations: Links to the statistical agencies of most foreign governments and many IGOs.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (international)
Links to the statistical agencies of most foreign governments and many IGOs.