Research Guides: Statistics Resource Guide: Economics

Economics

UNCTADstat This link opens in a new window
A data dissemination system providing free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, investment, international financial flows, and development.

UNECE Economic Statistics
National Accounts, price indicators, labour and wages, industrial production and external economic statistics from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Data
OECD Statistics Portal
Provides free access to some OECD databases as well as extracts from all other databases, classified by topic.

OECD iLibrary Statistics This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the full text of publications and statistical databases published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

OECD: Statistics of non-member economies
OECD: Monthly economic indicators
Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-WB Statistics on External Debt
The Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)—jointly developed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB)—brings together external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.
IMF Data and Statistics
IMF: World Economic Outlook database
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries. The WEO is released in April and September each year.
Eurostat
Economic and finance statistics from the European Commission.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the US economy works.
National Bureau of Economic Research: Data
AfriStat
AFRISTAT a pour mission de contribuer au développement des statistiques économiques, sociales et de l’environnement dans les Etats membres et de renforcer leurs compétences dans ces domaines.
The Social and Economic Rights Fulfilment Index (SERF Index)
The SERF Index uses socio-economic statistics like school enrollment and infant mortality rates to gauge the extent to which rights-holding individuals enjoy economic and social rights.