Statistics and Data: International

Enterprise Surveys offers an expansive array of economic data on 130,000 firms in 135 countries.

Provides data on a wide array of topics.

Searchable statistics from the United Nations on education, employment, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade, tourism.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, and the custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education (SDG 4), the UIS produces a wide range of data to inform the policies and investments needed to transform lives and propel the world towards its development goals.

International statistics on education, science, culture and communication

Provides direct access to more than 900 development indicators, with time series for 210 countries from 1960 to present (where data are available). A subset of these data can be viewed graphically within the World Bank's "data visualizer."

The Atlas is built around World Development Indicators — the World Bank's compilation of statistics from over 200 economies about global development and the quality of people's lives. For each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, selected indicators have been identified and visualized to analyze trends and challenges, and to stimulate discussion on measurement issues.

The International Data Base (IDB), presented by the U.S. Census Bureau, offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more."

Statistics, data, and indicators on education in 31 European countries

International education data from the United Nation Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Collection of statistics on enrollment, number of graduates, information on teachers, financing of schools, etc.

Provides statistics on education expenditures, projects, attainment and reports by country.

Vast database covering domestic and international terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2011.

International reports and statistics on international crime and drug activities.

The International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics provides, for most countries of the world, current and historic data on a wide range of economic and financial indicators.

Gross domestic product data, produced by the World Bank.

Information from the United Nations on foreign direct investments, by country, including recent data on FDI flows and stocks, mergers and acquisitions, largest TNCs and regulatory changes.

View and download data and metadata for over 200 countries or territories from LABORSTA, an International Labour Office database on labour statistics operated by the ILO Department of Statistics.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics. Stats for analyzing and measuring world trade, investment, international financial flows and development

The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 189 countries/territories for some or all of the years 1950-2010.

The Energy Statistics Database contains basic statistics for more than 200 countries/territories. Currently, the database provides time series for the period 1950-2009 and is updated annually.

Find energy statistics for developed and developing countries such as energy use, energy sources, use per capita, etc.

UN organization focusing on distributing food to those in need during times of natural disasters and conflict.

Provides statistics on food production, consumption, trade and undernourished peoples.

Public health statistics for countries in the Americas.

The Global Health Observatory theme pages provide data and analyses on a large array of different health related issues. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.