Research Guides: ECON 151: International Economics (SC): Country Profile Resources

Resources for Writing Country Profiles

World Development Indicators (WDI) Online This link opens in a new window
Provides statistics on population, income, natural resources, and other subjects for 200+ countries - indicators are comparable across countries (World Bank)

OECD Economic Outlook
OECD's twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years; provides a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices, fiscal and current account balances. -- (scroll down for country-level analysis)
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Countries included in the OECD Economic Outlook:
OECD Member States - United States -Japan -Euro Area -Germany -France -Italy -United Kingdom-Canada-Australia -Austria-Belgium-Chile-Czech Republic -Denmark -Estonia-Finland-Greece-Hungary -Iceland -Ireland-Israel-Korea -Luxembourg-Mexico-Netherlands-New Zealand -Norway -Poland -Portugal-Slovak Republic-Slovenia -Spain-Sweden -Switzerland -Turkey

Non-member states included in OECD Economic Outlook: Brazil-China-India-Indonesia-Russian Federation-South Africa
World Bank Country Profiles & Research
Find the country you're researching on the World Bank website and connect with a country profile, statistics, a summary of World Bank activities in the country, and links to World Bank research on this country. For example, the section for Argentina links to research on reforming small business regulation, biofuel production, and declining socioeconomic inequality in the 2000s.
International Financial Statistics
Contains time series data for most IMF members (over 200 countries) from 1993-present, covering exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking accounts, interest rates, production, stock prices, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts, and commodity and trade statistics. Updated monthly.
Penn World Table
The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2010. The European Union or the OECD provide more detailed purchasing power and real product estimates for their countries and the World Bank makes current price estimates for most PWT countries at the GDP level.
Asian Development Bank Country Datasheets
The Asian Development Bank compiles statistics for each member country (example).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Economic Surveys
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OECD’s periodic reviews of member and non-member economies. Member country reviews are generally done on an 18 month cycle, while non-member reviews are done as agreed with the subject country. A minimum of 18 surveys are done each year. Each issue provides a comprehensive analysis of developments in the subject country, along with individual chapters covering key economic challenges being faced and recommendations for dealing with the challenges.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
A single entry portal for UN databases. Find data series by searching or browsing by theme. Includes Country Profiles, Advanced Search and Glossaries to aid research. All countries and a wide range of themes are covered.