Databases

General, searchable databases that contain data on multiple variables from which datasets can be compiled by country/year/variable. Searchable databases that only contain certain types of variables, e.g. on education or health, are listed here and under their respective topic.

GENERAL DATABASES:

World Economic Outlook Database (IMF)

Selected macroeconomic data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade, and commodity prices. Data available from 1980, and projections are given for the next two years.

United Nations Common Database (UN)

Selected data series from numerous specialised international data sources for all countries

Penn World Table 6.2 (University of Pennsylvania)

Purchasing power parity and national income accounts (basic macroeconomic data) converted to international prices for 188 countries for 1950-2004

World Bank Working Paper Datasets (World Bank)

AGRICULTURAL DATABASES:

EDUCATION DATABASES:

Education Statistics Database - EdStats (To access data click on "Data Query" in left menu bar) (World Bank)

Education Statistics by Country (UNESCO-UIS)

FDI DATABASES:

FDI Database by Country & Year (UNCTAD)

World Bank Doing Business Database by Country & Year (World Bank)

Bilateral investment treaty database (UNCTAD)

GOVERNANCE:

DataGob Database (IDB)

HEALTH DATABASES:

Health, Nutrition and Population Database  (Click "Data Query System" in left menu bar) (World Bank)

DHS STATCompiler (USAID)

INEQUALITY DATABASES:

World Income Inequality Database V 2.0b (WIDER)

Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS)

Transmonee Database - Income Gini Coefficients for Transition Economies (UNICEF)

MIGRATION DATABASES:

Global Migrant Origin Database for circa 2000 (DRC)

Migration Policy Institute Migration database (MPI)

TRADE DATABASES: