Databases: Data on Countries
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IMF Statistical DatabasesThe IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates, and other economic and financial indicators. It includes the series:
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP)
Direction of Trade Statistics (DOT)
Government Finance Statistics (GFS)
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OECD iLibrary: StatisticsThe 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. Trade: Key Tables from OECD.) Note: The IEA datasets are not available.
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OECD iLibrary: Tutorials on YouTubeOffers tips on navigating OECD iLibrary, and provides several videos presenting facts taken from the content of the iLibrary.
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World Bank Open DataPreviously 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.
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IMD World Competitiveness YearbookThis 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.
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MergentOnline: Economic Time SeriesThe 'Economics' tab leads to several categories of economic data, which include indicators for Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, and the UK.
Trade Statistics
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UnctadStatUNCTADstat "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."
Trade statistics collected and published by United States government agencies often contain detailed data on foreign countries, however this data is provided to illuminate the trade relationships of foreign countries with the United States. Locating complete trade statistics for a given country usually requires consulting the data collection sources of that country or of an international organization.
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UNcomtrade: Country Pages: 2016 YearbookThe United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database provides import / export statistics by country. For each country listed, there are trade statistics sorted by principle trade partners and by principle commodities. Earlier years (2005-2015) are also available from the tab "country pages."
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WTO: International Trade and Tariff Data - International Trade StatisticsThe WTO's trade statistics compiles leading traders and trade by sector and product.
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WTO: Statistics DatabaseThe WTO statistics database can generate "Trade Profiles," "Tariff Profiles," or a "Time Series on merchandise and commercial services trade." Also available are links to the websites of foreign national statistical offices (note: some links may be out-dated).
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TradeStats Express:
Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade with a Selected MarketSearch by trade partner and product. -
IMF: Statistical TopicsIncludes a link to Country Specific IMF Statistical Reports on the economic conditions of individual countries. Suffolk University students and faculty may also access the IMF Statistical Databases.
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Foreign Trade DataThe Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau collects statistics on foreign trade.
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International Trade Centre (ITC)"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.
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ITC: International Trade StatisticsImports/exports by product group and country, and by country and product group.
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ITC: Market Data and InformationThis section contains statistics and general information on markets. Be forewarned that while there is much information here available for free, some information requires subscription.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis: International Economic AccountsThe 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.
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Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.: Balance of Payments and Direct Investment PositionCapital flows: annual and quarterly tables, 1994:I-2011: I.
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U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Balance of Payments and Direct Investment Position DataCapital flows: annual and quarterly tables, 1994:I-2011: I.
