Data Sources

General

The International Data Base (IDB) of the US Census Bureau

Demographics

UN Population Division’s World Population Prospects

Thomas Brinkhoff’s City Populations

UN Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory

Economics

Resources for Economists

World Bank Research

The Economist Country Briefings

Environmental Economics and Indicators at the World Bank

ILO’s LABORSTA Labor Statistics Database

UNIDO Reference Information (including industrial statistics)

Global Development Network Growth Database at the World Bank

Governance Research Indicators at the World Bank

Income Distribution & Poverty

World Income Inequality Database

PovertyNet Data at the World Bank

PovCalNet ($1/day poverty calculations) at the World Bank

Luxembourg Income Study

Health & Human Vulnerability

WHO’s WHOSIS Statistical Information System

UNEP’s Disaster Risk Index

FAO’s Nutrition Country Profiles

Correlates of War 2 Datasets

Uppsala Conflict Database

International HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data at the US Census Bureau

Lifestyle

World Database of Happiness