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Global Data Links
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World Bank/ Development Stats
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has many databases covering macroeconomic indicators, education, energy, finance, health, tax, trade and transport, and more!
data.worldbank.org/country
Via this link, you can download the World development indicators database by Country.
Multpl.com
This website has data on various financial ratios for the S&P 500 such as price to earnings, price to book. There is also World Economic Stats and various macro data sets on important economies such as the US, China, and so on.
Global-rates.com
This website publishes short-term interest rates and also inflation rates. Particularly useful if you are looking for $Libor, €Libor rates at 1 to 12-month time horizon.
PolicyUncertainty.com
This research center publishes some economic policy uncertainty indices for various countries. You can download monthly data on individual economies.
Forecasts.org/data
Forecasts.org has a data page enabling you to find historical data on the GDP, interest rates, exchange rates, employment, the money supply, commodity prices, and housing data. Excellent resource.
gpo.gov
The US government printing office publishes up to date economic statistics on the United States since 1995. The data can be downloaded in a spreadsheet of pdf format. Covers output, employment, production, prices, money, credit, Federal Finance, and International statistics.
adb.org/data/statistics
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has many databases covering macroeconomic indicators, education, energy, finance, health, tax, trade and transport, and more!
macrotrends.net
This site provides lots of interesting long-term charts comparing the gold price to consumer prices, the Dow Jones compared to gold, debt to GDP, etc. Charts cover the economy, markets and enable comparisons.
Treasury.gov/resource-center/data
The above links to the US Treasury data center that has data on how much of US bonds are held by foreigners, US banking data, US derivative contracts, and other data about US holdings of foreign assets and foreign holdings of US assets. Known as the Treasury International Capital (TIC) data.
Trademap.org
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has many databases covering macroeconomic indicators, education, energy, finance, health, tax, trade and transport, and more!
hdr.undp.org/en/data
The Human Development Index is a measure used to look at the well-being of different countries. Rather than just GDP data, it looks at other variables such as Health, Education, and Social Factors.
World-statistics.org
This website provides economic data on population, GDP, health, child labor, education, and health. They can be presented in maps and table form. Many sources of data used including the world bank, Eurostat, and United Nations.
macmap.org
Market Access Map provides information about customs tariffs applied by 191 countries and faced by 239 countries. It also covers tariff rates, quotas, trade remedies, rules and certificates of origin, bound tariffs of WTO members, non-tariff measures, and trade flows.
Inflation.eu
If you want to get the rate of inflation for a particular economy then this website probably has it. You can also plot graphs of the inflation rate.
Nber.org/data
The National Bureau of Economics Research has links to many datasets. Includes macro data, industry productivity and digitization data, international trade data, hospital data, demographic data, patent/ scientific and other data.
Conference-board.org/data
The Conference Board provides some very timely economic data on the business cycle, labor demand, and trends. It also publishes several barometers of consumer and business confidence, including the widely quoted Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators.
doingbusiness.org
The World Bank’s doing business website is a great way to find out how easy it is to set up and run a business in various countries. Each country is given a global rank. Each country is given a rank under each of the 10 criteria.
intracen.org/trade-statistics
The International Trade Center collects masses of useful trade statistics and also details of the products which each country exports and imports.
Globalization-index.org
The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides a comprehensive up-to-date picture of economic activity. US economic growth, and regional economic development stats.
World Health Organization/Statistics
WHO’s annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States. Data is downloadable in Excel.
nber.org/releases
The National Bureau of Economic Research has a nice page linking to all the latest economic data and also links to the relevant archive for each series.
epdc.org
The Education Policy Data Center has the world’s largest international education database with over 3.8 million data points from 200 countries. The data comes from national and international websites including household survey data sets as well as studies and reports.
Globalization-index.org
The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides a comprehensive up-to-date picture of economic activity. US economic growth, and regional economic development stats.
Paris School of Economics/TopIncomes
The above links to the income distribution database of the Paris School of Economics great way to find out the share of the top 1%, 5%, 10% in national incomes and wealth for various countries over time.macrotrends.net
This site provides lots of interesting long-term charts comparing the gold price to consumer prices, the Dow Jones compared to gold, debt to GDP, etc. Charts cover the economy, markets and enable comparisons.
Treasury.gov/resource-center/data
The above links to the US Treasury data center that has data on how much of US bonds are held by foreigners, US banking data, US derivative contracts, and other data about US holdings of foreign assets and foreign holdings of US assets. Known as the Treasury International Capital (TIC) data.
Trademap.org
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has many databases covering macroeconomic indicators, education, energy, finance, health, tax, trade and transport, and more!
hdr.undp.org/en/data
The Human Development Index is a measure used to look at the well-being of different countries. Rather than just GDP data, it looks at other variables such as Health, Education, and Social Factors.
World-statistics.org
This website provides economic data on population, GDP, health, child labor, education, and health. They can be presented in maps and table form. Many sources of data used including the world bank, Eurostat, and United Nations.
macmap.org
Market Access Map provides information about customs tariffs applied by 191 countries and faced by 239 countries. It also covers tariff rates, quotas, trade remedies, rules and certificates of origin, bound tariffs of WTO members, non-tariff measures, and trade flows.
Inflation.eu
If you want to get the rate of inflation for a particular economy then this website probably has it. You can also plot graphs of the inflation rate.
Nber.org/data
The National Bureau of Economics Research has links to many datasets. Includes macro data, industry productivity and digitization data, international trade data, hospital data, demographic data, patent/ scientific and other data.
Conference-board.org/data
The Conference Board provides some very timely economic data on the business cycle, labor demand, and trends. It also publishes several barometers of consumer and business confidence, including the widely quoted Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators.
doingbusiness.org
The World Bank’s doing business website is a great way to find out how easy it is to set up and run a business in various countries. Each country is given a global rank. Each country is given a rank under each of the 10 criteria.
intracen.org/trade-statistics
The International Trade Center collects masses of useful trade statistics and also details of the products which each country exports and imports.
World Health Organization/Statistics
WHO’s annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States. Data is downloadable in Excel.
nber.org/releases
The National Bureau of Economic Research has a nice page linking to all the latest economic data and also links to the relevant archive for each series.
epdc.org
The Education Policy Data Center has the world’s largest international education database with over 3.8 million data points from 200 countries. The data comes from national and international websites including household survey data sets as well as studies and reports.
Paris School of Economics/TopIncomes
The above links to the income distribution database of the Paris School of Economics great way to find out the share of the top 1%, 5%, 10% in national incomes and wealth for various countries over time.