Statistics

World Development Indicators

Online access to the full version of the World Bank's World Development Indicators (social and economic statistics). Go Shortcut = go/wdi

UN Common Database (Statistics)

Provides over 300 statistical series from 30 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas. Provides a diverse range of topics including socio-economic, environmental, health, etc. statistics. In most cases time series are available from 1970 or 1980. NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM OFF-CAMPUS.

Source OECD

Access to all Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) Statistical Databases (except IEA Databases); all OECD E-books, and all OECD periodicals. Topics include: economics (including trade and development); environment; agriculture; energy; science & technology; education; migration; health; and more. Note: For statistics, the search feature only searches the descriptions of statistical databases. To find specific data, choose the appropriate database or use the INDEX OF STATISTICAL VARIABLES. Go shortcut = go/oecd

Eurostat

Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities. It provides free publications and statistics that enable comparisons between European countries and regions. Includes economic, social, population, health, environment, and other topics.

CountryWatch

Provides geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world. Middlebury's premium package includes Country Review; Country Wire (news); CountryWatch Data; CountryWatch Map Collection; CountryWatch@school. Note: most data is only accessible thru the Data link at the top of the page.

CIA World Factbook

Major economic and social indicators for all countries.

Stat-USA (password needed)

Economic, business, and international trade information from U.S. government agencies. Use is restricted to the Main Library. Come to the reference desk to have a librarian log you in.

InfoNation

Statistical database from the U.N. that allows you to view and compare statistical data for all member countries.

UN Statistical Yearbook

Population, social, and economic statistics from the United Nations. Latest edition in Reference HA12.5 U63. Click on title for link to full holdings record.

UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (password needed)

International statistics, usually given for the last several years and for last year by month. Includes gross domestic product, labor force, prices, industry, mining, energy, manufacturing, construction, finance (money supply, government bonds, discount rates, short-term rates, gold reserves), trade, transport and population. To use, call Reference Desk at ext. 5496 for username and password.

Penn World Table

The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 168 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2000. Produced by the Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania. This link is to the easier to use interface from CHASS-Univ. of Toronto.

Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe

Statistical Universe locates statistics by subject. PowerTables include full-text. Search Abstracts allows users to search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical Universe and government Web sites. Links provides annotated links to other Web sites with statistics.

Political Data Handbook: OECD Countries (Print Only)

Section 1 contains comparative tables with chapters on population; social structure; employment; public finance; government structures; political parties & elections; political communications; the European Union.  Section 2 contains country tables.  Reference HA155 .P65 1997

Statistical Abstract of the World (Print Only)

Arranged by Country.  Provides a variety of statistics for each country, including statistics on: geography; demographics; health; ethnic groups, languages, & religion; education; science & technology; government & law; military expenditures; labor force; production & manufacturing sectors; finance, economics, & trade.  Reference HA154 .S83 1997

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

Presents statistical tables on a wide variety of U.S. and some international subjects.  Also useful as an index to identify the original sources (in order to track down more detailed data). Latest print edition in Reference HA202 U5. Earlier editions in GovDocs C3.134.  Networked CD-Rom version available from lab computers.  Go to Start Menu - Programs - Applications - Statistical Abstract

IMF International Financial Statistics (CD-Rom)

IMF survey of major financial statistics. Obtain at the Reserves desk(call# HG61 I5) and load on a computer in the lab (Insert in drive, when it automatically opens, click on the installation button.  Choose single-user, retrieve data from CD). Also available in print. Click on title for link to full holdings and locations record.

ICPSR

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides access to a large archive of social science data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS.  For assistance in downloading, contact Mike Lynch (ext. 5205).

World Bank Africa Database 2000 (CD-Rom)

Obtain the CD-Rom at the Circulation Desk. You will need to load it on a PC in one of the library labs. Contains close to 1,200 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators covering 53 African countries. Time series include data from 1965-2002.  Call number HC800 .A1 W677

Indexes for Statistics