Economics Research Guide: Economic Data
A General Guide to Economics Research
Selected Websites
- Country Statistical Yearbooks (courtesy of University of Wisconsin)This guide, presented by the Data & Information Services Center, provides links to country statistical yearbooks or similar collections (census, "facts and figures," etc.) for 152 countries worldwide.
- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web (courtesy of The University of Auckland Library)Provides access to free statistics from official sources on the web. Web links are arranged by country, region or subject.
China Data
- China data online = Zhongguo shu ju zai xian. This link opens in a new windowComprehensive online database focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories.
- Zhongguo zi xun hang = infobank : China content provider. This link opens in a new windowProvides a database on business and legal information and up-to-date political and economic news of China.
- ChinaScope financial . This link opens in a new windowChinaScope Financial offers China-focused company, sector and macro-economic data as well as media reports and market developments.
- Oxford Economics global data workstation. This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database of historic and forecast economic indicators across countries, industries, regions, and cities. Provides graphics and mapping for data visualisation.
India Data
- Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)ASI provides data on a various vital aspects of the registered factories for use in the estimation of National Income, studies of industrial structure and policy formulation. Some of the important indicators generated based on ASI are number of factories, employment, wages, invested capital, capital formation, input, output, depreciation and value added on an annual basis.
International Economic Data
- Cross-national time-series data archive . This link opens in a new windowThe Cross-National Time-Series (CNTS) Data Archive is a longitudinal national data series and provides ranges of annual data from 1815 to the present for all countries with many variables of use to the social scientist researcher. General categories include demographic, social, political, and economic topics.
- DataMarketContains over 100 million time series from the most important data providers, such as the UN, World Bank and Eurostat.
- DatastreamProvides comprehensive financial data on global securities, emerging markets and new instruments. Data can be structured by the user, compared and statistically manipulated using graphics, time series analysis and report generation programs. Data may also be downloaded or linked dynamically via Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to be utilized in third party software packages.
- Oxford Economics global data workstationComprehensive database of historic and forecast economic indicators across countries, industries, regions, and cities. Provides graphics and mapping for data visualisation.
- Global financial data . This link opens in a new windowGlobal Financial Data is a collection of financial and economic data provided in ASCII or Excel format. Data includes: long-term historical indices on stock markets; Total Return data on stocks, bonds, and bills; interest rates; exchange rates; inflation rates; bond indices; commodity indices and prices; consumer price indices; gross domestic product; individual stocks; sector indices; treasury bill yields; wholesale price indices; and unemployment rates covering over 200 countries.
- Global insight . This link opens in a new windowConsists of economic time series data and financial market data for various countries throughout the world. Includes forecasts, commodities, demographics and other economic indicators.
- Global market information database / Euromonitor International. This link opens in a new windowGMID contains over a million demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries worldwide. The database also contains 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, plus 5-year forecasts.
- IMF eLibrary . This link opens in a new windowThe IMF eLibrary offers direct access to IMF's periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. The topics covered include macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, and poverty reduction.
- NBER DataNBER's collection of files with authors or sources listed to the right of the link are available from the NBER or are otherwise associated with the NBER research program.
- OECD iLibraryOECD iLibrary is the the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Includes all OECD books, papers, reports, periodicals, and statistical databases. Coverage: 1998 to the present.
- Doing International Business in the Middle EastIt is a collection of references covering various topics such as business etiquette, negotiation strategies, decision-making processes, cultural norms, and regional standards/laws.
- UNdata . This link opens in a new windowStatistical time series for countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. Descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data are included.
- UN comtrade / United Nations Statistics Division . This link opens in a new windowUN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains trade data (imports, exports and re-exports) from countries world-wide. For each country annual data can be retrieved by commodity and trading partner. Commodity is defined by either standard international product codes or international industry codes.
- World databank / The World Bank Group. This link opens in a new windowA complilation of a number of World Bank data products, the most significant one being World development indicators (WDI).
Europe Data
- BACHBACH – Bank for the Accounts of Companies Harmonized - is a database containing harmonized annual accounts statistics of European non-financial enterprises.
- Economic and Financial Affairs - European CommissionLatest economic indicators
- EurostatEurostat provides the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
- UK Data ServiceProvides access to over 6,000 computer-readable datasets suitable for research and teaching purposes covering a range of different disciplines.
Data Visualization
- Digital Social Science Center - Columbia UniversityThe Digital Social Science Center (DSSC) located in Lehman Library provides a wide range of information and technology assistance for researchers.
- StatistaStatista is an online statistics portal. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions in English and German.
- GapminderProvides data and visualization for the countries and many territories for various socio-economic indicators with sources cited in some cases back to the early 1800s.