Guides: International Studies: Finding Statistics &amp; Data

International Data Sources

CESSDA ERIC
Provides large-scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences. It brings together social science data archives across Europe, with the aim of promoting the results of social science research and supporting national and international research and cooperation.
Eurobarometer
The Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission.
Eurostat
Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities, established in 1953.
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The mission of Eurostat is to gather and analyse figures from the different European statistics offices in order to provide comparable and harmonised data to the European Institutions so they can define, implement and analyse Community policies.

Gallup Analytics This link opens in a new window
Provides country data based on opinion polls conducted by the Gallup organization.

UNdata : a world of information This link opens in a new window
Provides a single entry point to locate data from United Nations databases giving users the ability to search over 30 UN databases containing over 60 million data points covering areas such as agriculture, education, employment, environment, health, and the Millennium Development Goals indicators.
An easy to use data access system was developed that meets UNSD’s vision of providing an integrated information resource with current, relevant and reliable statistics free of charge to the global community.
World databank. World development indicators & global development finance This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the following two resources from the World Bank: Global Development Finance (GDF) and World Development Indicators (WDI).

World Values Survey
The World Values Survey (WVS) is a global network of social scientists who have surveyed the basic values and beliefs of the publics of more than 80 societies, on all six inhabited continents. (Requires free registration to access some of the data)

Gallup Analytics This link opens in a new window
Provides country data based on opinion polls conducted by the Gallup organization.
Social explorer This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 220 years of demographic data and 18 000 maps covering census, economic, election, religion data and more. Users can create thematic and interactive maps using basic GIS and data manipulation. In addition, users can download data or tables and create snapshots of maps.
ProQuest statistical abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Statista : the leading statistics portal This link opens in a new window
Provides data on over 80 000 topics from more than 10 000 different sources.
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Provides statistical data from U.S. government publications, state and private sources, and international organizations.