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General Sources for Worldwide Statistics
The online version of the Europa World Year Books and the nine volumes Regional Surveys of the World series. This reference sources covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries ans territories.
FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.
Statistics on the human population and Earth in general
International Statistics Agencies (U.S. Census)
Statistical Insight is a comprehensive source to federal statisitcs. Provides abstracts and indexing to US, state and local governments, and privately published and international and intergovernmental statistical sources.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Statistics Portal
Statistical Record of Women Worldwide
HQ1150 .S73 1995 Main Ref
Compilation of tables from U.S. and international sources on attitudes and opinions, business and economics, crime, domestic life, education, health, income and employment, the military, vital statistics, religion, sexuality, and sports.
Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
Includes 2006 and 2007 yearbooks. Also available in print at: HA12.5 .U63 Info Commons Ref and Main Library dating from 1948 to 1992.
State of the World's Children (UNICEF)
Annual report, online available from 1996-2010. Includes key indicators for infant mortality and birthrate, in addition to nutrition, health, literacy and economic indicators.
Also available in print at: HQ792.2 .S73 Main Library
See also: ChildInfo
Statistics Sources
HA1 .S72 2008
Latest volume in Main Ref; older volumes in stacks.
See also: RBA Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web .
The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources.
Also available in print at: HC59 .W62 Info Commons Ref
Also available in print at: JA51 .W6 (latest in Main Ref)
Worldwide Demographic Statistics
Membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 world religions
Country Briefings (Economist.com)
News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more.
Demographic Yearbook (United Nations)
Online version covers from 1948 - 2006
Also available in print at: HA17 .D45 Main Ref and Main Library.
Statistics on the human population and Earth in general.
International Statistics Agencies (U.S. Census)
Statistical Insight is a comprehensive source to federal statisitcs. Provides abstracts and indexing to US, state and local governments, and privately published and international and intergovernmental statistical sources.
Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009 (UNIFEM)
A biennial report on the status of women worldwide.
Social Indicators (United Nations Statistics Division)
Statistics by country on population, youth and elderly populations, human settlements, water supply and sanitation, housing, health, child-bearing, education, literacy, income and economic activity, and unemployment.
Statistical Record of Women Worldwide
HQ1150 .S73 1995 Main Ref
Compilation of tables from U.S. and international sources on attitudes and opinions, business and economics, crime, domestic life, education, health, income and employment, the military, vital statistics, religion, sexuality, and sports.
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
Also available in print at: HA12.5 .U63 Info Commons Ref and Main Library from 1948-1992.
State of the World's Children (UNICEF)
Annual report, online available from 1996-2010. Includes key indicators for infant mortality and birthrate, in addition to nutrition, health, literacy and economic indicators.
Also available in print at: HQ792.2 .S73 Main Library
See also: ChildInfo
Includes data from Energy Statistics; Gender Info 2007; National Accounts Official Country Data; World Population Prospects. This is not an exhaustive list.
The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources.
Also available in print at: HC59 .W62 2007 Info Commons Ref
Also available in print at: JA51 .W6 2007 (latest in Main Ref)
World Health Organization Statisitical Information System
Keyword searchable worldwide statistics on life expectancy, diseases, and other health-related information
World Population Trends (United Nations)
Revisions Includes summaries, tables, and graphs displayed in 10 discrete sections on measures such as population estimates for every country in the world, projections of global population to the year 2050 and fertility rates.
Worldwide Economic Statistics
Country Briefings (Economist.com)
News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more.
The online version of the Europa World Year Books and the nine volumes Regional Surveys of the World series. This reference sources covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries ans territories.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics
Comparative economic data, maps, and profiles
Statistics on world industry organized by ISIC code or by country
International Marketing Data and Statistics
HA42 .I56 Main Library 1975-2003
Includes hard-to-find information such as retail distribution, living standards and literary rates.
Statistical Insight is a comprehensive source to federal statisitcs. This service allows users to search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical Universe and government Web sites. This source also provides abstracts and indexing to US, state and local governments, and privately published and international and intergovernmental statistical sources.
Social Indicators (United Nations Statistics Division)
Statistics by country on population, youth and elderly populations, human settlements, water supply and sanitation, housing, health, child-bearing, education, literacy, income and economic activity, and unemployment.
Social Indicators of Development (World Bank)
HC59.69 S63 1996 Main Ref
Poverty, short term income indicators, social indicators (including immunization and child malnutrition), social security, access to safe water and access to health care by country
The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources.
Also available in print at: HC59 .W62 Info Commons Ref
World Economic Factbook
HC59.15 W67 Info Commons Ref
Also available in print at: JA51 .W6 2007 (latest in Main Ref)
Worldwide Historical Statistics
Statistics on the human population and Earth in general.
League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament documents
Full text of 260 League of Nations documents (1919 to 1946)
World Population Trends (United Nations)
Includes summaries, tables, and graphs displayed in 10 discrete sections on measures such as population estimates for every country in the world, projections of global population to the year 2050 and fertility rates.
Worldwide Statistics Indexes
International Statistics Agencies (U.S. Census)
Statistical Insight is a comprehensive source to federal statisitcs. This service allows users to search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical Universe and government Web sites. This source also provides abstracts and indexing to US, state and local governments, and privately published and international and intergovernmental statistical sources.
Links to a wide variety of Internet statistics, arranged by country.
Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
Statistics Sources
HA1 .S72 2008; Latest volume in Main Ref; older volumes in stacks
See also: RBA Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web .