Focuses on current elections, but includes previous elections back to 1998. Developed by a non-profit International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), the world's premiere election assistance organization.
Most comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics available, covers presidential & parliamentary elections, numbers of registered voters and information of false ballots from The International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance (IDEA).
Provides scores, reports and statistics covering democracy and freedom across the world. There are reports on civil liberties, political rights, freedom of speech, freedom of press, and countries transitioning to democracy.
Reports on indicators for 212 countries focusing on accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, rule of law and control of corruption.
Vast database covering domestic and international terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2011. Searching can be done by date, region, country, perpetrator group, weapon type, attack type or target type.
Explore different databases maintained by the World Bank, including the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Global Economic Monitor (GEM). (World Bank)
A new measurement of poverty, focusing on elements of education, health and living standards into levels of poverty. Created by the UN and Oxford University.
Explore different databases maintained by the World Bank, including the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Global Economic Monitor (GEM). (World Bank)