Statistics and Data Sets: General Statistics
Guide for finding statistical numbers, graphics and data sets.
General Statistics Databases
- CountryWatch In-depth reviews of 191 countries, including geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental information. Updated with wire service news.
- General Social Survey Provides survey data from personal interview on U.S. households on attitudes, behaviors, and attributes of the American public, from 1972 to the present.
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Archives of downloadable datasets from various social science topics for research and instruction. Coverage: 1962 to present.
- International Financial Statistics Online Financial statistical since 1948 from more than 200 countries gathered the International Monetary Fund. Allows up to 5 simultaneous users.
- iPOLL U.S. sampling of registered voters on public opinions. Find aggregated question-level data and other survey data only at the national level.
- Policy Map Create maps, tables, and reports with PolicyMap an online mapping tool with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the United States.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States A summary of statistics on the United States social, political, and economy. Majority of the data is over time. The data tables provide source information for further research.
- TradeStats Express U.S. merchandise trade statistics at both national and state levels. Graphics, data tables, and thematic maps can be custom-tailored to user needs. Data on major geographic regions (e.g., Middle East) and trade regions (e.g., NAFTA) are pre-aggregated. Can tabulate national trade statistics using three major product classification systems (HS, NAICs, or SITC).
- U.S. Data & Statistics National and regional statistics from 70 federal agencies supplemented with links to non-governmental and international statistics sites. Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.
- UNdata Statistics worldwide from countries more than 30 specialized non-governmental organizations (NGOs) data sources. Covering international commodities, energy, governmental finances, population, status of women and trade.
General Statistics Open Access (OA)
Below starts with guides to Open Access Data. Then a list of major Open Data statistical sets:
- Open Data - Brown University Library Research Guide Collection of open data and statistics.
- Data.gov Government Agencies providing data.
- Data and Statistics by USA.gov United States Government data and statistics by topic.
- Google Data Set Search Data set Search, search engine to find data repositories on the web, and to local and national governments around the world. This search engine leads to data sets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page.
- Human Development Report by United Nations Data internationally.
- ProPublica - Journalism of the Public Interest Graphs and Charts Various topics covered by investigative journalist with graphs, charts, maps and interactive news items.
- UK Government Statistics Gateway to British government statistics and forthcoming data.
- Urban Institute Data at a Glance Various economic and social policy on cities including data and charts.