Country Overviews
Country overviews are useful for orienting yourself to the current and historical government, politics, and economy of a country.
- Europa World This link opens in a new window
Covers political, economic, and historical information, including statistics, for over 250 countries and territories.
- CIA World FactbookThe World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Print Stats Compilations
Statistical Abstract of Latin AmericaSALA compiles and presents data from some 250 national and international sources for twenty Latin American countries. To meet the needs of analysts interested in global or comparative studies, SALA also includes regional and world totals, as well as selected data for non-Latin American countries. In many instances, the abstracted data are compiled from several sources, published and unpublished, and reconfigured data to produce new statistical tables unavailable elsewhere. To facilitate historical research, statistics are presented in time series covering several years or decades whenever possible.
Online Stats Compilations
- CRB Commodity Yearbook 2004Commodity prices and production numbers for selected countries.
- OECD iLibrary: International Trade by Commodity StatisticsThis reliable source of yearly data covers a wide range of statistics on international trade of OECD countries and provides detailed data in value by commodity and by partner country.
- African Commodity Trade DatabaseThe African Commodity Trade Database (ACTD) aims to stimulate and deepen research on African and global economic history. The database provides export and import series at product level for more than two and a half centuries of African trade (1737-2010). The ACTD consists of three main parts which are continuously updated as we retrieve additional sources. Currently data for the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century is available below.
- National Institute of Statistics and Geography: MexicoAn autonomous public body responsible for regulating and coordinating the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information, as well as for collecting and disseminating information about Mexico in terms of territory, resources, population and economy, which makes it possible to know the characteristics of our country, and help in the decision making process.
- IBEG Portal: BrazilBrazilian statistics portal.
- National Governmental Statistical Website ArchiveThe web sites of statistical agencies of countries may contain data, reports, statistical yearbooks, press releases, methodological guides, and other information of continuing interest to social scientists and historians. Approximately 150 web sites from Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Eurasia, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Oceania, Russia and Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia are included.