PLSC 400: American Exceptionalism & American Politics (Roof): Data & Statistics by Subject

Provides overviews of every country that has had wars, minor conflicts, non-state conflict and one-sided conflict since 1946. The encyclopedia links to various UCDP datasets on conflict and peace.

A collection of scholarly datasets focused on conflict and relations between countries since 1816. Data are organized to examine interstate conflict, intrastate conflict (civil war), countries' intergovernmental organization activities, alliances and diplomatic exchange data, bi-lateral trade agreements, and territorial changes.

Ranking of the levels of corruption in 180 countries determined by experts and surveys from Transparency International.

Reports on indicators for 212 countries focusing on accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, rule of law and control of corruption.

Public opinion attitudes and experiences regarding corruption in dozens of countries from Transparency International

Measures the likelihood firms based in the developed world to pay bribes to operate from Transparency International.

New index measuring levels of modern slavery in 160 countries, including country study reports.

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.

New index measuring levels of modern slavery in 160 countries, including country study reports.

International reports and statistics on international crime and drug activities.

Find statistics and reports on crime rates & trends, victim characteristics, offender characteristics, incarceration rates, etc.

Annual statistics of crime in Virginia including rates of offenses, arrests, number of police, etc.

Basic crime rates of Virginia for the last forty years.

Hall of Justice, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research.

Ranks countries on the level of human development, such as poverty levels, health, life expectancies, education, equality of genders, etc.

The GINI index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution and is reported as a percentage. INSTRUCTIONS: Select a country or countries > then under Series, search for GINI and select GINI Index > then under Time, select the year(s) of interest > click Apply Changes.

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.

Rates gender equality for every country, considering female access to education, healthcare, labor participation and political participation.

Measurement of gender discrimination by factoring social and cultural aspects including family code, physical integration, son preference, civil liberties and ownership rights.

Directory and search engine of web resources providing global and foreign country economic statistics.

Statistics and reports of US economic information such as GDP, personal income, trade statistics, state-level economic information, and industry analysis.

Provides information on US consumer habits and behaviors.

A database of over 291,000 economic time series from 80 sources.

Collection of statistics on enrollment, number of graduates, information on teachers, financing of schools, etc.

Provides statistics on education expenditures, projects, attainment and reports by country.

Definitive source of US education statistics for primary, secondary and higher education systems.

Compilation of Virginia education statistics and reports on Virginia schools.

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.

Ranks the level of political stability in every country in the world.

The VSBE provides information on elections and election statistics.

A collection of datasets on court cases from the University of South Carolina.

Find energy statistics for developed and developing countries such as energy use, energy sources, use per capita, etc.

Official site of US-related energy statistics including energy sources, energy use by building type, environment and historical data.

Energy statistics for Virginia from the EIA.

CDIAC is the primary climate-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Data related to carbon dioxide and other gases.

Links to data sources on all aspects of human interaction with the environment.

Data and projections related to energy emissions.

A wide variety of data and metrics available through the EPA.

A wide range of data on changes in the natural world.

Portal for climate data, including historical data.

Climate and environmental data from around the world.

Provides reports, statistics and data on the environment in the Commonwealth.

Statistics on food production, consumption, trade and undernourished peoples from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Collection of data on crops, livestock, farm labor and prices of commodities.

Agricultural statistics of Virginia, including county level information.

UN organization focusing on distributing food to those in need during times of natural disasters and conflict.

Access to a variety of databases on international health indicators, diseases, health and country health profiles.

Definitive resource of US health statistics.

Provides information on Virginia's vital statistics, health reports, marriage/divorce statistics, popular baby names, etc.

Provides international information on wages, employment rates, cost of goods, hours worked, etc.

Culmination of US labor-related and consumer-related statistics including employment rates, wages, inflation, and historical data.

Current and historical data on incomes in the United States.

BLS statistics focused on the Virginia Economy including state and metropolitan level data.

Website covers statistics on occupations, employment, economic indicators for Virginia to the county and city level.

Annual statistics collected of UN member countries covering population information such as birth rates, mortality statistics, divorce rates, etc.

Find population statistics and graphs for every country in the world, including population pyramids, projections & rankings.

Provides demographic and other information on cities throughout the world.

Find international transport statistics on number of vehicles, emissions, infrastructure, safety, or info by country.

Definitive statistics on US transportation including air, ship & road transports, infrastructure, costs, energy, safety, etc.