Business & Economic Data Sources

World Bank Open Data Catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources.

Free access to detailed global trade data. UN Comtrade is a repository of official trade statistics and relevant analytical tables. It contains annual trade statistics starting from 1962 and monthly trade statistics since 2010.

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.

UNdata is an internet-based data service which brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point.

Comprehensive global health data including disease surveillance, health system performance, and mortality statistics.

Extensive selection of IEA statistics with charts and tables on 16 energy topics for over 170 countries and regions.

The world's leading source of labor statistics around the globe.

Global data on internet use, mobile access, broadband, and digital infrastructure—essential for ICT and connectivity research.

FAO has a decentralized statistical system and statistical activities cover the areas of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, land and water resources and use, climate, environment, population, gender, nutrition, poverty, rural development, education and health as well as many others.

The WTO provides quantitative information in relation to economic and trade policy issues. Its data-bases and publications provide access to data on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) and trade in value added.

Contains all the latest available data and indicators, for education, literacy, science, technology and innovation, as well as culture. It also contains updated country and regional profiles, global rankings and other interactive tools.

UNIDO maintains a variety of databases comprising statistics of overall industrial growth, detailed data on business structure and statistics on major indicators of industrial performance by country in the historical time series.

Provides global data on weather, climate, water resources, and atmospheric research essential for climate and environmental studies.

Provides environmental data on ecological footprint, biocapacity, and sustainability metrics for countries and regions worldwide.

Directory of National Statistical Office websites as compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division.

GBIF is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.