Research Guides: GLBL 446/546: Development and Social Change in Latin America: Statistics & Datasets

Statistics and Datasets

UNdata
World Bank Data
7000 indicators for world countries, to view or download.
Gapminder data
Data from international sources on a variety of topics. Downloadable to Excel plus visualization tool.
OECD i-Library Statistics (UO only)

There are 2 different kinds of development data that can be found through these sources:

Data on development aid -- financial flows, projects, official and private, etc.
Data on development indicators -- poverty, education, health, etc.

AidData
Tracks development finance. See 'Dashboard' to search individual projects by donor (both bilateral and multilateral), recipient, purpose, and type of aid. Also includes replications datasets for published research.
OECD.stat
See the Development and other "themes" on the left. Downloadable data.
UNDP Human Development Indicators
(United Nations Development Programme) Variety of development indicators, going back up to 30 years. Many tables can be downloaded as Excel files.
World Development Indicators (World Bank)
800 development indicators for 152 economies, and basic data for another 55 economies.

Country Statistical Yearbooks
National Statistical Systems
United Nations: Links to the statistical agencies of most foreign governments and many IGOs.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (international)
From BLS and Census, links to the statistical agencies of most foreign governments and many IGOs.

Country Environmental Factsheets
(compiled by the World Bank from diverse sources)
FAOSTAT
Data relating to food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries for 200 countries.
International Labour Organization (ILO)
ILOSTAT labor statistics database
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
International educational, scientific, and cultural statistics.
WHO's Global Health Observatory
Health indicators beginning with 1990, by country or topic.