Statistical Sources

The Statistical Office of the European Union.

"Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious or economic affiliations. Gapminder is a fact tank, not a think tank. Gapminder fights devastating misconceptions about global development. Gapminder produces free teaching resources making the world understandable based on reliable statistics. Gapminder promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. Gapminder collaborates with universities, UN, public agencies and non-governmental organizations. All Gapminder activities are governed by the board. We do not award grants. Gapminder Foundation is registered at Stockholm County Administration Board. ... "

"The Global Registry is the first open-source database of oil, gas and coal production and reserves globally, expressed in CO2-equivalent. By increasing transparency and accountability around fossil fuel production, the Registry aims to improve understanding of extraction impacts on the remaining carbon budget and ultimately to inform its management by decision makers."

Independent organization which conducts national surveys on the public's attitude towards the press, politics, and public policy issues.

Recent polling data from major polling organizations.

A huge list of statistical sources from Eastern Michigan University Library.

"The world's most comprehensive global trade data platform
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes, and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade. Information can be extracted in a variety of formats, including API developer tools for integration into enterprise applications and workflows."

"UN Data is a web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. The numerous databases or tables collectively known as "datamarts" contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade. ..."

"...The US Climate Resilience Map: Pathways for City Solutions employs existing, open-source data collected from a variety of public sources. The data layers are organized into two categories, (1) climate risks and (2) social vulnerabilities. The climate risk layers include coastal flood risk, drought risk, extreme heat days, extreme precipitation days, riverine flood risk, and wildfires. The social vulnerability layers include fifteen layers grouped into sub-layers and four main layers, socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing type and transportation.
All the climate risk layers have been downscaled to match the original spatial granularity levels of social-vulnerability layers. These levels include the following geographic subdivisions: States, Counties, and Census tracts. ..."

From 1868 - 1926 on The Online Books Page.

Data visualization tools from the World Bank.

free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe

Ted Talk by Mona Chalabi

Ted Talk by Hans Rosling