Data Source Topics

Census Information | Children | Conflict | Demographics | Development/Aid | Education | Employment/Labor | Energy | Environment/Agriculture | Finance | Government | Health | Immigration/Migration | Industries | International Trade | Living standards | Pandemics | Skills | Specific countries and/or areas of the world

Census information

• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• Migration Data Portal, International Organization for Migration

• U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

• UIS.Stat

• UNData

• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library

Children

• Afrobarometer
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• Migration Data Portal, International Organization for Migration
• UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
• WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Values Survey

conflict

• Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
• Correlates of War (COW)
• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia, Uppsala University

demographics

• Afrobarometer

• CIA World Factbook

• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
• European Social Survey
• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration

• Human Mortality Database

• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• Maddison Historical Statistics
• Migration Data Hub
• Migration Data Portal, International Organization for Migration
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• Pew Research Center
• UIS.Stat

• UNData

• WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Development Indicators
• World Values Survey

development/aid

• Afrobarometer
• AidData
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• International Household Survey Network

• Numbers for Development, IDB

• OECD Data

• Pew Research Center

• SDG Pulse, UNCTAD

• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Development Indicators

education

• Afrobarometer
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• European Social Survey

• Gapminder

• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• OECD Data
• Pew Research Center
• UIS.Stat
• UNData
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Values Survey

employment/Labor

• Afrobarometer
• Banco de Mexico
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• ILOSTAT
• Migration Data Portal, International Organization for Migration
• OECD Data
• Pew Research Center
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• UNData
• Wealth of Nations
• World Values Survey

energy

• AFDB Socio Economic Database

• CIA World Factbook

• Gapminder

• IEA Atlas of Energy
• OECD Data
• UNData

environment/agriculture

• AFDB Socio Economic Database
• AidData

• Climate Data Online, NCEI

• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa

• Gapminder

• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• OECD Data
• Pew Research Center
• UNData
• Wealth of Nations
• World Agricultural Production
• World Bank Microdata Library

finance

• AFDB Socio Economic Database
• AidData
• Banco de Mexico
• Bank for International Settlements Triennial Survey
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa

• Global Crises Data, Harvard Business School

• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)

• International Financial Statistics, IMF

• International Household Survey Network

• Numbers for Development, IDB

• OECD Data
• Pew Research Center
• Remittance Prices Worldwide
• UNData
• USASpending
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Development Indicators

Government

• CIA World Factbook

• Land Matrix

• OECD Data
• USASpending

Health

• Afrobarometer
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

• Drug War Facts

• European Core Health Indicators (ECHI)

• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

• European Social Survey

• Gapminder

• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• Global Health Security Index
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• International Household Survey Network
• OECD Data
• Pew Research Center
• UNData
• UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
• WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• World Values Survey

immigration/migration

• COVID-19 Migration-Related Developments, CMS
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• European Social Survey
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International
• International Household Survey Network
• Migration Data Hub
• Migration Data Portal, International Organization for Migration
• Pew Research Center
• Remittance Prices Worldwide
• UNData
• UNHCR Population Statistics
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library
• Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

industries

• Banco de Mexico
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)
• International Household Survey Network
• UNData
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library

International trade

• International Financial Statistics, IMF

• GED VIZ

• Globe of Economic Complexity, Harvard University

• Land Matrix

• Numbers for Development, IDB

• ResourceTrade.Earth

• World Integrated Trade Solution
• World Trade Organization Stats

living standards

• Afrobarometer
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
• Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• International Household Survey Network
• Maddison Historical Statistics
• WHO’s Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library

PANDEMICS

• Historical Pandemics, World Economic Forum
• Pandemic Influenza
• Pandemics: Risks, Impacts, and Mitigation
• Pandemics: Loss
• SARS, CDC
• SARS, ECDC
• SARS, WHO
• Spanish Flu (1918-19)
• Swine Influenza, CDC
• Avian Influenza, CDC
• Global Health Security Index
• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19), CDC
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), WHO
• Coronavirus Pandemic, Our World in Data
• Coronavirus Resource Center, Harvard University
• COVID Impact Survey
• COVID-19, ECDC
• COVID-19 Case Data for US, Social Explorer
• COVID-19 Interactive Map, HealthMap
• COVID-19 Interactive Map, Johns Hopkins University
• COVID-19 Migration-Related Developments, CMS
• COVID-19 Research Resources
• COVID-19 Resources for States, NCSL
• COVID-19 RESPONSE, UNESCO

skills

• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• International Household Survey Network
• World Bank Databank
• World Bank Microdata Library

Specific countries and/or areas of the world

• AFDB Socio Economic Database
• Afro Barometer

• Banco de Mexico
• DataFirst, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• European Social Survey
• Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI)

• Numbers for Development, IDB