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United
Nations Statistical Information Resources
United Nations InfoNation
A rich information resource on country-wise
statistical data on all UN related subject fields. Allows user,
through a frame-based interface to select up-to seven of 185 countries
and four of 37 variables. Retrieval for current year only, provides
a snapshot view of country information.
United
Nations Social Indicators
Social indicators on Population,
Child-bearing, Youth and elderly populations, Education, Human settlements
, Literacy, Water supply and sanitation, Income and economic activity,
Housing, Unemployment and Health are compiled by the Statistics
Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United
Nations Secretariat, from many national and international sources
in the global statistical system.. Most of the data shown in the
tables are available in Wistat-CD, a database developed by the Statistics
Division with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Agricultural
Statistics of FAO - FAOSTAT
Statistical Databases of Food
and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Contain data on:
Food Balance Sheets , Land Use and
Irrigation , Forest Products , Fishery Products , Population Agricultural
Machinery, Food Aid Shipments , Fertilizer and Pesticides
World
Food Programme Statistics Page
WFP Statistics: WFP in Statistics is an annual
publication. Full text of this publication is available here. Also
information about global food
aid trends are extracted from the database of the International
Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS) which was developed by WFP
as a contribution to a coordinated international response to food
aid shortages.
Human
Development Report
Online full text of the annual reports
of UNDP are available on this page from 1990 onwards.
International
Trade Center (ITC) - UNCTAD/GATT: ITC web pages include
access to trade statistics, imports, exports of last five years,
for individual countries all over the world.
POPIN:
UNDP Page for Demographic Data (gopher site):
POPIN:
Population Information Network (www site):
UN/ECE
Statistical Databases on Internet: Economic Commission
for Europe, Geneva.
- Trends
in Europe and North America: Country profiles from the
UN/ECE Statistical Yearbook Maintained by: UN/ECE Statistical
Division
- UN/ECE
Timber Database: Forest and forest industries
country fact sheets Maintained by: UN/ECE Trade Division
- UN/ECE
Gas Centre Database: Country profiles for monographic
and detailed information purposes; Database query interface
for comparison and analysis purposes; Database search interface
(text or keywords).
UNESCO's
Statistical Yearbook 1996:
For over 40 years UNESCO has collected
statistical data on education, science, culture and communication
and has built up one of the world's most important international
databases in these fields. Each year this database is updated with
new information received from all countries in the world. A part
of these data is published in the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook. From
the 1996 edition, which contains some 75 tables, UNESCO has selected
11 and made them available on Internet
UNICEF
Statistics:
Select a country to browse data,
select data coloured maps to see information presented graphically
by indicator, or download the database (includes the dates of the
studies).
Data topics include: Gross
national product, Fertility rate, Infant & maternal mortality
rate:, Primary enrollment ratios, Adult literacy rate:: Underweight:
Breast-feeding: Baby-friendly hospital: ORT and Continued feeding:
Access to safe drinking water and adequate Salt- iodization, Immunization
and more.
World
Crime Survey:
Data by United Nations Crime and
Justice Information Network (UNCJIN ) from their World Crime Surveys,
is available in ASCII, Lotus and SPSS formats.
World
Development Report:
An online summary of the annual
survey from the World Bank of developing countries.
Other
Sources of Statistical Information:
CIA World Factbook:
This collection of facts about the countries of the world includes
information about: mortality rates, literacy, religion, labor force,
government and diplomacy, economy (unemployment, exports and imports,
currency and exchange rates, etc.), transportation, communication,
and defense forces. Information is presented in list format.
CIESIN:
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network:
CIESIN, The World Bank , World Resources Institute, and other UN
Agencies have developed Internet access to the following datasets.
Any user can directly query these datasets.
Economic
Growth Project, World Bank: Examines the relationship
between national policies and economic growth. Site contains abstracts
of published articles and working papers. Associated data sets can
be downloaded directly in compressed Excel and Lotus formats, along
with information on the data coding.
Eurostat: Online
Publications and statistical Indicators: Go on-line
and find out the main statistical information about EU countries,
on 7 statistical themes covered by Eurostat
Foreign
Labor Statistics: This
WWW site offers direct access to over 200 series of labor statistics,
including price, compensation, labor cost, employment and unemployment
data for the countries of the world. The section Most Requested
Series offers country-level access to 8 of the labor statistics
series. The section Selective Access offers access to 229 series.
Series are selected by keyword, country and year(s). Output options
are also available.
International
Data Base, U.S. Census Bureau: This data collection
is a compilation of demographic and socio-economic data created
in the US Census Bureau's International Programs Center. This WWW
site offers two features: 1) selected demographic data by country
can be directly accessed, or 2) the entire contents of the International
Data Base can be retrieved from this site to your computer. The
program requires 40 MB of hard disk storage and takes about 2 hours
to transfer via FTP. It comes with menu driven software allowing
the user to customize the information search and output.
OECD Economic Outlook:
Online summaries of frequently requested data
Peace Science
Society, SUNY - Binghamton: The Peace Science Society
(International) is a scientific association of individuals developing
theory and methods for the study of peace, located at the State
University of New York at Binghamton. The Society distributes selected
data sets in ZIP format. The studies currently available are:
- Interstate System Memberships,
1816-1994
- Militarized Interstate Disputes
(version 2.10)
Statistical
Data of DMCs: The databases of Asian Development Bank's
developing member countries. Include data on national accounts,
external trade, direction of trade, price indexes, population, labor
force, balance of payments, government finance, money and banking,
production, energy, etc.
State
of the World Indicators, Millennium Institute: Access
to demographic and environment indicators with coding to reflect
the degree of danger.
World
Population Figures: There's a large collection of data at
this site, ranging from country profiles (provinces and main cities)
to the highest mountains in the world, to a list of all countries
in the world with their capitals, surface area and population. There
are three main areas at this site, namely: Global Data:,
Tops of the World and Country Profiles:
- Global
Data: a collection of tables listing every country
in the world with its specific data.
- Tops
of the World: : a collection of the longest,
highest, most, largest, etc.
- Country
Profiles : country specific pages with info on their
provinces and major cities.
World
Resources: Annual report of World Resource Institute, available
as a downloadable file in PDF format. Requires Adobe Acrobat viewer
to consult.
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