Government Resources - International Statistics

  • United Nations:
    • Global Statistics - http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm
      Among the many statistics included here are Economic and Social Development statistics, including the Enviornment, Human Rights, Social Development, Trade, and Women.

    • Global Trends - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/special/globo/glotrend/index.html
      Important regional and global information i presented in the form of charts and graphs, sometimes accompanied by insightful summaries. Subjects coverd include population, health, food and agriculture, women, children, economic development, climate and enviornment, and social indicators.

    • InfoNation - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
      An easy-to-use, teo-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

    • Social Indicators - http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main2.htm
      The indicators presented here consist mainly of the minimum list which has been proposed for follow-up and monitoring implementation of recent major United Nations conferences on children, population and development, social development and women.

  • OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web - http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
    From the University of Auckland Library, links are provided to international statistics, both by country and topic; sources are both governmental and non-governmental.

  • International Statistical Agencies - http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

  • University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html
    Provides links for agriculture, business and industry, comprehensive subjects, consumers, cost of living, demographics, economics, education, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, weather.

  • Statistical Sources: Print & Internet - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/stats.html
    From the Documents Service Center at Columbia University. Arrangement is by U.S. & Canada, International, and New York.

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