Research Guides: *Economics*: Data & Statistics

United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Construct data tables on criminal offenses for all 50 states and local agencies, evaluate Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstract spreadsheets with aggregated data.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Data at the regional, national, and international levels that includes: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Personal Income and Outlays, Consumer Spending, Corporate Profits, Fixed Assets, Research and Development Satellite Account, Balance of Payments, Trade in Goods and Services, and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S.)
Provides national and regional data in the areas of consumer and producer prices, labor statistics, and income.
Data.gov
Data.gov provides access through a searchable catalog to U.S. government data. Developed by the Federal CIO Council, Data.gov provides descriptions of the federal datasets, information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED provides 35,000 economic time series from 38 sources. FRED also provides an Excel add-in to access economic data directly from Excel.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
A product of the Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA is a portal to governmental data on various health-related topics.

Historical Statistics of the United States
Contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations. Covers the colonial period to the present.

IPUMS
IPUMS from the University of Minnesota Population Center is the best place for microdata from the U.S. Census, for International Microdata, the Current Population Survey, and a variety of other important resources.

Social Explorer
Offers access to reports and interactive maps for the U.S. Census (1790-present), World Development Indicators (1960-2013), and Eurostat (European Union data), among others. A project of Queens College, sponsored by the New York Times and the National Science Foundation.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. (2013-Present)

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Series (1878-2012)
Archived editions of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. up to 2012 are available via the website of the U.S. Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau: Economic Indicators
Monthly wholesale trade, Manufacturing, Construction spending, Durable goods, New home sales, New residential construction, Retail trade, Services, U.S. International trade, Housing vacancies and ownership

PrivCo
Database of financial data on major privately-held companies. Includes private financials and revenues; private M & A deals and deal multiples, private firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history; and private and family ownership data.

Business Statistics of the United States
This reference book contains more than 2,000 data series covering virtually every aspect of the U.S. economy, including GDP, employment, production, prices, productivity, international trade, money supply, and interest rates. An introductory section describes major economic trends. Statistical profiles highlight each major industry group from mining to retail trade. See also the supplement, Patterns of Economic Change by State and Area.

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ASEANstats (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Provides data on selected key indicators such as trade and foreign direct investment at the aggregate and individual country level.

China Data Online
Comprehensive database focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. BRYN MAWR subscribes to the statistical modules only.

Data Portal (African Development Bank Group)
Through its Data Portall, the African Development Bank Group provides data related to the sustainable economic development and social progress in the member countries of Africa.

China Statistical Yearbook (Zhongguo tong ji nian jian 中国统计年鉴)
A comprehensive statistical yearbook on China's national-level social and economic indicators. It has provincial-level data. Some print copies available on all 3 campuses.

Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. It provides European Union statistics that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

IndiaStat.com
Provides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures culled from various secondary level authentic sources. Includes industry, labor, tourism, population, health, education, and general data

International Statistical Agencies
U.S. Census Bureau's list of official statistical agencies in other countries.
National Bureau of Statistics of China 中华人民共和国国家统计局
Provides a variety of economic indicators recorded on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis. Coverage varies, but many aggregates statistics are available back to the mid-1990s. NOTE: Data linked to the online version of the China Statistical Yearbook is best accessed with Internet Explorer.
National Statistical Systems
United Nations-provided list of national statistics agencies.
OECD
Provides an assortment of data on the 34 member countries of the OECD. Topics include agriculture, education, employment, health, trade and many others.

Global

BIS Statistics
Bank for International Settlement provides open access statistics on various aspects of the global financial system, including exchange rates and banking statistics. Also see the Annual Reports for discussions of general and country specific international economics issues.

International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new window
Contains time series data for most IMF members (over 200 countries) including data on a country's exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking accounts, interest rates, production, prices, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts as well as commodity and trade statistics. Also contains area and world tables for selected series.

Direction of trade statistics
Provides data on the country and area distribution of countries' exports and imports by their partners.
ILOSTAT
Produced by the International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT provides multiple datasets with labour market statistics for over 100 indicators and 230 countries, areas and territories.
Industrial commodity statistics yearbook
The periodic print versions of the UN Statistical Division's (UNSD) Industrial Commodity Statistics Database are located in the Canaday Reference section (Floor 1) and in the stacks on Floor B.
International Country Risk Guide
The ICRG (International Country Risk Guide) Researcher's Dataset from the PRS Group comprises 22 variables in three subcategories of risk (political, financial, and economic), for 146 countries, over the period 1984 to the previous year. Data are annual averages of components published in the International Country Risk Guide.

Eikon
Provides real-time market data, news, ownership data and analysis tools covering public corporations and all types of investment vehicles. Coverage is North America and historical data is available.
Refinitiv Workspace
Provides real-time market data, news, ownership data and analysis tools covering public corporations and all types of investment vehicles. Coverage is North America and historical data is available.

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.

Roper Center Public Opinion Archives (iPOLL)
Find results from US national public opinion surveys (1935-present). Includes public opinion research from 120+ countries. Use this database to find polls from Gallup, Pew, and more.

You can:
- Search iPOLL to find individual survey questions and answers
- Compare public opinion over time
- Find US election exit poll results
- Download full datasets for surveys curated by the Roper Center

UN Comtrade
The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains detailed bilateral trade statistics reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries or areas. It concerns annual trade data from 1962 to the most recent year. Individual trade partner data can be accessed here.

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.

World Bank Data Catalog
In addition to World Development Indicators, the World Bank provides access to a large number of datasets.

World Development Indicators (WDI) Online This link opens in a new window
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It includes more than 1100 indicators on population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environment, covering 210 countries and 18 regional and income groups. Also includes the International Debt Statistics (IDS) database. Data ranges from 1960-present.

World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
World Bank portal to data on trade and tariffs. This pulls data from WDI, UN Comtrade, WTO, and others into a user-friendly interface. Includes a detailed custom query engine that can be accessed by creating a free WITS account.
World Trade Organization (WTO) Statistics Database
WTO statistics database with trade profiles, tariff profiles, services profiles and, time series for the interactive retrieval of international trade statistics by reporting country/economic union.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
Provides access to an archive of online social science data, training facilities in basic and advanced techniques of quantitative social analysis. Provides a comprehensive list of ICPSR resources and services, information on membership and governance, links to national data archives affiliated with ICPSR, and contact information.

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