| Demographics |
OECD - datasets available, or initiate a query Population Reference Bureau - find data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions and the world as a whole |
| Development |
OECD - datasets available, or initiate a query World Development Indicators from the World Bank - more than 1200 indicators, with time series for over 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2005 (see also data.worldbank.org) |
| Economics |
BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis) International Economic Accounts Federal Reserve Bank of New York Global Economic Indicators Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis international data sources OECD - datasets available, or initiate a query World Bank |
| Education |
International Comparisons in Education- from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) - from OECD World Data on Education - from UNESCO |
| Energy |
International energy statistics - from US Energy Information Administration, data on consumption and production; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and electricity, carbon dioxide emissions from the use of fossil fuels, petroleum prices, energy reserves, and population |
| Foreign Statistics Sources |
EU statistics from Eurostat Monthly Bulletin of Statistics - from the UN Social Science Data Archives - from University of Amsterdam |
| Religion | Association of Religion Data Archives |
| Security | SIPRI - arms transfers and embargoes, military expenditures, global arms trade |
| Social Indicators |
United Nations - statistical tables for key social topics |
| Trade | Trade Data Online - generate customized reports on Canada's and U.S. trade in goods with over 200 countries |
