LibGuides: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH GUIDE: International Data & Statistics

Best Resources for International Statistics

Mintel Market Sizes (formerly Global Market Navigator)
Provides fast, easy to compare, extractable data on market size, market share and segmentation, along with supporting trend forecasts.

Reports and data; [user guide video]
Global Financial Data
Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual data, with excellent coverage of stock market indices, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation, and commodity prices for countries around the world.

First time users, set up your individual account and agree to the terms of use when you log in. After that, you may use the link above.
World Bank Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
Current economic trends along with economic, financial, and commodity data indicators for high income and developing countries.

Features up-to-date analysis on global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports, direct access to high-frequency datasets via Quick Query, forecasts for commodity prices and main macroeconomic indicators for over 130 countries.; Reports; Updated daily
World Bank International Debt Statistics (IDS) (formerly Global Development Finance)
Provides external debt and financial flows statistics for developing and low-income countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS).

There are several ways of displaying the data: index, percentage change, and graphs, and can export the result in standard formats.; Reports, data, and graphs; 1970 - present

World Gazetteer
Provides easy to use census and population statistics from all over the world.
United Nations Global Statistics
Statistics gathered through the UN regarding member nations.

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This resource provides comparative statistics on every UN member country regarding a variety of topics such as health, demographics, education levels, poverty, energy consumption and much more

World Bank e-library
Collection of World Bank publications

A portal to over 4,500 World Bank documents on international and country-specific economic, development, and environmental issues. The collection consists of over 1,800 World Bank publications and over 2,700 Policy Research Working Papers.; Full-text; 1987 - present
IMF eLibrary
Contains international financial statistics (IFS), balance of payments statistics (BOPS), direction of trade statistics (DOTS), government finance statistics (GFS) covering more than 200 countries and areas.

Data can be exported in Excel, CSV, Tab delimited, and HTML formats.
OECD iLibrary
Comprehensive resource on the major world economies and world development

Provides all of the research created by OECD on economics, development, environment and governance, including books, reports, statistics and databases.; Full-text, statistics & data ; 1998 - present
Passport GMID
Provides key business intelligence on countries, markets, and companies

Provides users with historical statistics and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles, information sources, brand and company information, plus full-text market analysis.; Analysis & statistical reports; Users are required to read and accept the Terms and Conditions in order to access this resource.
Statista
Aggregates statistical data on hundreds of international industries from thousands of sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.

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