"The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. OPHI’s global MPI Data Bank contains a wealth of resources on multidimensional poverty in 104 developing countries, enabling users to see how poverty is experienced in different parts of the world.."
"331 indicators from the World Development Indicators (WDI) covering 214 countries from 1960 to 2011." The complete set of WDIs is available at the World DataBank.
Contains indicators on economy, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health, information and communication, labour, migration, R&D, trade and society.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Statistical Publications
Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases Contains balance of payment data for 160 countries and international investment position data for 40 countries.
Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases. Provides statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance, such as data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, and international transactions.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on the economic developments and policies of member countries, developments in international financial markets, and the global economic system. Includes tables, charts, and a statistical appendix.
Interactive database from the International Monetary Fund. Sample statistics include: data organized by country, and data organized by indicator, such as trade statistics.
Previously fee-based, this collection of data from the World Bank Group is now available to the public. Data is available for over 1,200 indicators, on various aspects of economics and living standards, and some of the data series go back 50 years.
The statistics section of the OECD iLibrary allows users to search within various data sets, such as the OECD Statistics on International Trade in Service, or to choose amongst pre-selected Key Tables (i.e. Country tables.) Note: The IEA datasets are not available.
This yearbook from the Institute for Management Development delivers competitiveness profiles of countries, and comparative rankings based on economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure. The accompanying website (see the Reference Desk for access) allows the user to generate up to date performance rankings.
Provides information on GDP, employment, production, prices, productivity, international trade, money supply, and interest rates. Most data tables present 30 years of annual data and four years of monthly data.
The annual publication of the Commodity Research Bureau, which publishes data on the worldwide supply/demand & production/consumption of commodities and futures.
Topics include: population and migration, macroeconomic trends, prices, public policy, and quality of life. This title is also available online, 2005-present, at the OECD iLibrary.
United Nations publication that provides data at the world, regional and national levels "on the world economy, its structure, major trends and current performance, as well as on issues such as population and social statistics, economic activity and international economic relations."
Analysis of trends and outlooks for the world economy produced by the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In addition to analysis and trends, each volume focuses on specific issues. The Trade and Development Report 2007 regional cooperation.
Annual survey published by the United Nations. "Covers current trends and policies in the world economy. Part I contains the forecasts of short-term global and regional growth and trade and finance trends. Part II provides a broad discussion of vulnerabilities, such as in trade and finance, that hinder the catch-up modernization process of many developing countries and economies in transition."
Euromonitor's "unique compilation of hard-to-get political and economic information on 204 countries of the world." Each country is treated with a textual overview and statistical information.
A trilingual (English, French and Spanish) annual publication of the International Labour Office. "This annual resource provides the principal labour statistics for over 190 countries, areas and territories, with tables providing detailed data from the last ten years." Topics include "the economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour costs, consumer prices, occupational injuries, and strikes and lockouts."
The Bureau of Economic Analysis, under the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides current and historic reports on balance of payments, trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment in the United States, and U.S. direct investment abroad.
"The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion." The following three links are subsections of the ITC site.
UNCTADstat "provides free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, development, and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and durable development."
"The WTO provides quantitative information in relation to economic and trade policy issues. Its data-bases and publications provide access to data on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) and trade in value added."