International Statistical Sources

Contents

• Comprehensive Indexes
• Statistical Compendia
• Other Places to Look for International Statistical Information

Comprehensive Indexes

These sources can be used to identify statistical publications from a variety of sources.

Index to International Statistics (IIS). Bethesda, MD, Congressional Information Service, 1983– .

fAI1.I49. Main Reference last five years. Older volumes in Government Publications

A guide to the statistical publications of international governmental organizations. GPD has accompanying microfiche set from 1992– . See also Statistical LexisNexis

 

Statistical LexisNexis.

A web-based interface that indexes IIS microfiche and includes some full-text of international statistical sources.

Statistical Compendia

European Union. Eurostat Yearbook. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1995– .

HA1107.5 .E83. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

A time series for the previous decade of statistics on European Union countries and a select few other countries.

International Labour Office. Yearbook of Labour Statistics. Geneva, International Labour Office, 1936– .

fHD4826 .Y4. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

Yearbook contains international statistical information on labor by country. There is an accompanying volume, Yearbook of Labour Statistics: Retrospective Edition on Population Censuses 1945–89 (HD4826 .Y43 1990), that is particularly useful for examining trends.

International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Washington, D.C., IMF, 1948– .

fHG3881 .I6262. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

Each yearbook has about 30 years of data on individual countries. There is also a monthly titled International Financial Statistics.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. International Trade by Commodities Statistics . Paris, OECD, 1997– .

Software 2998. Main Reference

Commodity trade statistics by country.
Current data set can be browsed via SourceOECD (follow statistics link at top of home page).

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Main Economic Indicators: Historical Statistics. Paris, OECD, 1997.

Software 2390. Main Reference

A variety of time-series statistical data on the 29 OECD countries.
Current data set can be browsed via SourceOECD (follow statistics link at top of home page).

United Nations. Demographic Yearbook. New York, United Nations, 1948– .

fHA17 .D45. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

A compendium of international demographic data. Occasional supplements.

United Nations. International Trade Statistics Yearbook. New York, United Nations, 1983– .

HF91 .U473. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

Statistics on trade-related matters by country. Continues Yearbook of International Trade Statistics.

United Nations. National Accounts Statistics. New York, United Nations, 1982– .

HC79 .I5 N388. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

Statistics by country on GDP, government spending, income, consumption, etc.

United Nations. WISTAT: Women’s Indicators and Statistics. New York, United Nations, 1994.

Software 1663. Main Reference

Statistical data on a wide variety of topics, not all concerning women. On CD-ROM LAN, accessible from Main Library.

United Nations. Statistical Office. Statistical Yearbook. New York, United Nations, 1948– .

fHA12.5 .U63. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

A summary of international statistics. Continues the Statistical Year-book of the League of Nations. (HA12.5 .L45)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Statistical Yearbook. Paris, UNESCO, 1963– .

fHA40 .C8 U5. Latest edition is from 1999, in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

International statistical tables on education, newspapers and periodicals, radio and television, etc.

United States. Department of Commerce. Stat-USA. <http://www.stat-usa.gov/>

Includes the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) which includes Country Commercial Guides and U.S. import and export statistics.

World Bank. Global Development Finance . Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1997– .

HJ8899 .G58. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications.

Data by country and region on foreign debt.

World Bank. World Development Indicators . Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1997– .

Approximately 500 time series indicators from 1960– . Continuation of World Data, 1994–1995.

 

 

World Bank. World Development Report. New York, Oxford University Press, 1978– .

HC59.7 .W65. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications. Also Software 1178 (CD-ROM).

A time series of statistics on individual countries and the world.
Recent edition available online.

World Bank. World Tables. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976– .

fHC59 .W67. Latest in Main Reference. Older volumes in Government Publications

Historical economic time series for individual countries.

Other Places to Look for International Statistical Information

• International Historical Statistics, 1750–1993, series held in MAIN REFERENCE.
  • V.1: Africa, Asia & Oceania HA4675 .M56 1998
  • V.2: The Americas HA175 .M55 1998
  • V.3: Europe HA1107 .M5 1998
• Foreign Statistical Abstracts (microfiche set in Main Reference). See database of holdings.
• International Population Censuses - national censuses from most countries.
• U.S. government publications. Use ASI to identify sources.
• Other Statistical Web Sites of Note
  • Eurostat. The European Union statistical agency.
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization offers a number of statistical databases through its World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT).
  • UNSTATS , the United Nations Statistics Division Common Database.
  • World Bank Development Data. Selected economic development data from World Bank publication

Revised, B. Cloyd
June 2007