Statistics

Asia-Pacific in figures is compiled by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to provide statistics on basic features and trends in the region.

This site, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), provides detailed statistics about Australia's economy and social conditions. It also serves as a directory to other ABS statistics and contains descriptive information about Australia's government, international relations, defence, geography and climate.

This Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS ) site includes key national indicators, Australia in brief and links to other statistical agencies.

The main source of European Union statistics, now available free online. Contains social, demographic, economic and environmental statistics for the European Union as a whole and for its member countries individually.

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The database contains information from research institutes around the world in areas such as international relations and security, armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.

The Human Development Report is an independent report. It is commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP.

Select and compare data about multiple countries by creating graphs using statistics provided by the United Nations. Data categories include population, economy, health, technology and environment. Part of the UN Cyberschoolbus teaching and learning project.

Informit is the leading provider of online access to indexes and full text databases of Australasian scholarly research. A product of RMIT Publishing, databases can be divided into the following major subject areas: Agriculture, Arts, Asian, Business, Education, Engineering, Health, History, Indigenous, Law, Media, Reference, Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.

A database of the US Census Bureau containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.

LexisNexis Statistical contains abstracts of statistical publications from 1980 to the present and the full text of selected publications from 1995 forward. It indexes documents produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organisations, professional and trade organisations, commercial publishers, independent research organisations, state government agencies, and universities.

NationMaster compiles data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. NationMaster can be used to compare statistics about different nations by generating maps and graphs on specific topics.

Produced by the University of Auckland, this site links to free statistics sites from official sources.Some data is downloadable as text or spreadsheet files. Data for individual countries can also be found in resources listed in the regions and the topic pages.

This site contains statistics and analysis on population and related topics worldwide.

This site contains a list of links to international statistical agencies. The list is arranged by world region.

This site contains an alphabetical list of principal United States federal statistical agencies and international statistical agencies.

New Zealand's official statistical agency, providing recent information and a statistical profile of New Zealand.

Contains bibliographic citations to UN documents and publications originating from UN bodies world wide. The database also contains bibliographic citations to monographs, serials, journal articles and publications of governments, international organisations, commercial publishers and other non-UN sources acquired by the Dag Hammarskjold Library or the Library of the UN Office at Geneva.

Contains country profiles, statistical tables, databases and working papers relating to education, culture and communication in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) countries. Statistics in country profiles include literacy rates, participation in education, cinema attendance and expenditure on research and development.

This site provides information from the US Census Bureau Statistical Abstract including statistics in brief, frequently requested tables, state rankings and state and county profiles. The site also contains statistical tables in PDF format which require Adobe Acrobat to view them.

Compiled by the ABS, this web page helps one to understand, interpret and evaluate statistical information. It contains a variety of tools and resources such as 'Introduction to statistics', 'Online video tutorials', 'Statistical Language' etc.

This online database contains all United Nations parliamentary documents including resolutions and decisions issued at the UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. It also includes documents from a number of UN agencies such as United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

This site provides information from the 2000 United States Census.