Links to Central Bank websites. Also includes speeches and documents on finance.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Provides country and regional graphs and descriptive statistics based on geography, military, economy, crime, education, transportation, etc. Can also search categories across countries

Comprehensive source of world rankings, world records and top 10 lists. Database includes superlatives in several categories such as environment, wealth, education etc. Also includes some comparisions.

Compilation of online statistical yearbooks

Links to world statistics, country comparisons, national statistics on a wide range of topics, including health, education, development, governance, infrastructure, etc.

Country indicators such as demographics, undernourishment, food availability, food access and utilization, land, economic and political stability, production, etc.

Statistical data for nearly every country around the world. In addition to statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions are available. Includes rankings and can compare countries.

Provides a wealth of information for every country in the world. Each entry gives a brief history and outlines contemporary social, economic, political and religious issues. In addition, for each country there is a clear map and a quick-reference fact box containing data and statistics including languages, population, GDP, capital city, life expectancy, and more. Invaluable supplementary material includes detailed indicator tables showing income and poverty, health and population etc, and list of international organizations, such as the EU and the African Union, with essential information about these groupings.

Downloadable labor statistics, 2009-to present

Detailed data from 1970 onward; updated each Dec. by the UN's Statistics Division.

A vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources, that can be compared across different themes and countries

Economic forecasts, indicators, surveys, country reviews and working papers of OECD member states.

Tool that replicates the calculations made by the World Bank's researchers in estimating the extent of absolute poverty in the world. Povcal allows you to calculate the poverty measures under different assumptions and to assemble the estimates using alternative country groupings or for any set of individual countries of you're choosing.

An online statistics portal that provides access to data from over 18,000 sources.

Provides selected statistical series for all countries and areas and selected series from more specialized international data sources. Information provided on data sources, definitions and classifications. Includes economic, social, environment and trade indicators.

Statistics for major indicators of industrial performance are presented by country to meet the needs of a wide range of data users. The country data are given in comparison with figures for the geographical region or development group it belongs to.

The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key economic, social and environmental indicators, presented in one-page profiles and selected from the wealth of international statistical information compiled regularly by the Statistics Division and the Population Division of the United Nations, the statistical services of the United Nations specialized agencies and other international organizations and institutions. Topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, industrial production, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.

Security, economic, socio-economic and political data

Global development data by country or indicator

Database of statistics from the World Bank.

The United Nations public health arm. Monitors disease outbreaks, assesses the performance of health systems around the globe.

This global research project explores people's values and beliefs, how they change over time and what social and political impact the have. It is carried out by a worldwide network of social scientists who, since 1981, have conducted representative national surveys in almost 100 countries,

The Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations and its 183 members highlight information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and achieving food security. The FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System is a pioneering information retrieval tool which groups the organizations' vast archive of information on its global activities in agriculture and development in a single area and catalogs it by country.

Statistical data for nearly every country around the world. In addition to statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions are available. Includes rankings and can compare countries.

A vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources, that can be compared across different themes and countries

The online statistical platform of the OECD; contains a variety of statistics organized by theme and country.

Contains official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system

Online, fully cross-searchable and browsable collection of over 3,900 World Bank publications and policy research working papers. Can search by region.