Looking for international statistics? Country info? The United Nations may have just the numbers you need!
There are several United Nations statistical databases available free (for non-commercial use) online at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/databases.htm:
- Census Knowledge Base
The Census Knowledge Base, a fundamental part of the resource centre for the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme, is a repository of documents relevant for the field of population and housing census taking. more… - Common Database (UNCDB)
UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas. more… - Demographic Yearbook system
Statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce, more… - Distat, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database
Basic statistics on human functioning and disability, more… - Good practices database
View this valuable source of information in good practices in official statistics, more… - InfoNation
Experience this global learning project for middle and secondary students with statistical information on countries. more… - Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI)
View the monthly oil data for the countries reporting to UNSD, more… - Millennium Indicators Database
48 indicators, to measure progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Declaration development goals. more… - National Accounts Main Aggregates Database
Contains a complete and consistent set of time series of main national accounts aggregates from 1970 onwards, more… - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants
Population of city proper urban agglomeration, more… - Population and housing censuses: census dates
Population and housing census information, more… - Population and Vital Statistics on Internet
Quarterly report on the latest census and mid-year population; latest vital statistics of births, deaths and infant deaths, more… - Service Trade Statistics
UN ServiceTrade, the United Nations database with Statistics on International Trade in Services, contains annual detailed trade in services data. more… - Social Indicators
Tables with social indicators covering a wide range of subject matter fields such as education, housing, health, water, more… - Statistics and indicators on women and men
Statistics and indicators on six specific fields of concern: population, families, health, education, work and politics and human rights, more…
On the same web page you’ll see a couple of subscription (“restricted”) databases also, which are not available. However, the University Library’s first-floor Periodicals Collection does contain Monthly Bulletin of Statistics issues (which provide economic data for countries and regions) since 1971 (and a few other earlier years as well).
The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!
