Research Guides: Model United Nations Resources: Data and Statistics

UNdata

UNData
UN statistical databases through a single entry point. Search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.

General Data and Statistics

ICPSR -Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data which can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers or theses - set up MyData account to begin. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account which must be done from an on-campus computer. Once the account is created, access is from anywhere. The account remains active for 6 months, after which time it must be reactivated from an on-campus computer.
OECD iLibrary Statistics This link opens in a new window
Statistics from the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, including key tables, searchable data sets, and fact books. All content prior to 2017 is available, and select content after 2017 is available through the "read online" option.
ProQuest Statistical Insight (Discontinued) This link opens in a new window
The Libraries' subscription ended on July 1, 2023. For assistance in identifying an alternative resource(s), please email researchservices@mail.wvu.edu.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
Data Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Discover research data, including data studies, data sets from a wide range of international data repositories and connect them with the scientific literature to track data citation. This is part of Web of Science.

Open Data | World Bank
The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data.
International Database | US Census
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts demographic, economic, and geographic studies of other countries and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance, training, and software products. For over 60 years, the Census Bureau has performed international analytical work and assisted in the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of statistics with counterpart governments in over 100 countries.

Country Data and Statistics

Country List | UN Comtrade
A database of over 170 countries reporting annual international trade statistics data detailed by commodities and partner countries to the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
Country Profiles | The World Bank
Country profiles present the latest key development data drawn from the World Development Indicators (WDI) database, the World Bank's primary database for cross-country comparable development data.
Country Profiles | UN Data
Find statistical overviews, economic and social indicators, environment, and trade profiles of member states.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Data
Economic and business statistics of countries from The Economist.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Finance & Forecast Reports
Recent developments and key government policies. Short- to medium-term outlook, including forecasts for economic growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rates and the external sector. Key forecast data, with regional comparisons. Includes GDP, expenditure, population, fiscal indicators, prices and financial indicators, current account, external debt, international reserves, foreign trade, capital flows, exchange rates, money supply, interest rates, retail sales and industrial production.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ViewsWire
Economic, political and business developments for a country.
Country Profiles | US Census
Collects basic statistics and projections from a wide variety of countries. Create a custom report by selecting report type, years to include, and/or countries to compare.
Oxford Analytica Country Profiles
Country Overviews from Oxford.
Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service
The Daily Brief delivers timely, impartial and actionable analysis of emerging trends and developments in the global political economy, using a unique combination of external experts and in-house analysts.
Oxford Economics By Country Industry Forecast
These user-friendly reports provide detailed data, forecasts and graphs, plus summary analysis, for every main manufacturing sector and sub-sector in each country.
Oxford Economics Country Economic Forecast
These reports examine the latest economic developments and policy changes, but also include risk assessments and long-term forecasts for key economic indicators.
OxResearch Country Profiles
This database provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance.
PUMS Data | United States Census
The American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files are a set of untabulated records about individual people or housing units. PUMS files are perfect for people, such as students, who are looking for greater accessibility to inexpensive data for research projects. Social scientists often use the PUMS for regression analysis and modeling applications.
IPUMS | Internation PUMS Data
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context.