International statistics

  • World Factbook from the Central Intelligence Agency provides brief snapshots of statistical and directory information for each country including population, GDP, exports and imports statistics
  • Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Union.
  • Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) (OECD Main Economic Indicators) allows you to access the most recent monthly release of the OECD Main Economic Indicators, containing data on national accounts, industrial production, employment, prices, business trends, finance and trade for the major world economies. The information starts from January 1960 to the current month. Users can:
    • browse the series descriptions for the entire database
    • subset the data by country, subject or keyword
    • plot your selected series
    • download the data you require directly to your PC
    Access without a password from the campus network, a Campus ID and password is required for off-campus access.
If you are seeking figures on individual countries increasingly the chances are that they will be on available on the Internet. For example: