Data Sources

Administration for Children and Families

• Administration for Children and Families Data

Barro-Lee

• Education Attainment Dataset

Bertelsmann Stiftung

• The Transformation Index (BTI)

Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (CDIAC)

• Carbon Emissions Data

Center for Systemic Peace

• Polity5
• Major Episodes of Political Violence (MEPV)
• State Fragility Index
• Political Instability Task Force (PITF)

Climate Watch

• Emissions Data

Correlates of War

• The Correlates of War Project

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

• STATcompiler

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Data
• The Political Instability Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR)

• Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) Data

Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM)

• Globally potentially available cropland data

EMBER

• Electricity Data

Energy Institute

• Statistical Review of World Energy

Europa World Yearbook

• Europa World Yearbook Data

Federation of American Scientists

• Federation of American Scientists Data

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

• Energy Data

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
• FishStatJ
• FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheet
• FAOSTAT Food Security and Nutrition
• FAOSTAT Land
• FAOSTAT SDG Indicators
• FAOSTAT Trade Crops and livestock products

Fraser Institute

• Economic Data, Fraser Institute

Freedom House

• Countries at the Crossroads

Fund for Peace

• Fragile States Index

Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)

• Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Data

Heritage Foundation

• Heritage Foundation Data

International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)

• Global Depletion of Groundwater Resources, International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)

Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

• Brain Drain Data, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

International Centre for Tax & Development (ICTD)

• International Centre for Tax & Development (ICTD) Data

International Diabetes Federation

• Prevalence of Diabetes

International Energy Agency (IEA)

• End-Use Prices Data Explorer
• World Energy Balances
• World Energy Outlook
• World Energy Statistics

International Food Policy Research Institute

• International Food Policy Research Institute Data

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

• Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) Extensions Explorer
• RCP Database, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

International Labor Organization (ILO)

• ILOstat
• ILO-WIEGO Statistical Reports

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics (BoP/IIP)
• Fiscal Monitor
• International Financial Statistics, IMF
• World Economic Outlook (WEO)

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

• Energy Data

International Study Center, Boston College

• TIMMS & PIRLS

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

• World Telecommunication Indicators Database = database has been discontinued
• International Telecommunication Union DataHub
• Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), ITU

International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)

• International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) Data

Kellogg Institute For International Studies

• Kellogg Institute Data

LIS Cross-National Data Center

• LIS Cross-National Data Center Data

Mo Ibrahim Foundation

• Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

MyGeoHub

• Historical Irrigation Dataset (HID), MyGeoHub

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Science and Technology Studies (STS), National Science Foundation (NSF)

Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• OECD Statistics Database
• Gender Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB)
• Measuring the Internet Economy
• Pensions at a Glance
• Transport Data and Statistics, International Transport Forum (ITF)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index
• Science & Technology
• Structural Analysis Database (STAN), OECD
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Factbook
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Information Technology Outlook

Political Terror Scale (PTS)

• Political Terror Scale (PTS) Data

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

• Assorted Annual Population Data Sheets, Population Reference Bureau

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

• Climate Data, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

PRIS Project

• IRIS, PRIS Project

Reporters Without Borders

• Worldwide Press Freedom Index

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (WMO KNMI)

• World Meteorological Organization Climate Explorer Reports

SpeedTest

• SpeedTest Data

The Conference Board

• Total Economy Database, The Conference Board

Transparency International (TI)

• Corruption Perceptions Index

UBS Group AG

• Global Wealth Report

UCDP

• Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) Datasets
• Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)/Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Armed Conflict Dataset

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Data

United Nations

• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
• World Population Prospects (WPP), United Nations Population Division (UNPD)
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • Institute for Statistics, UNESCO (UIS)
• Environmental Indicators, UNSD
• General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
  • Child protection and development
• United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC)
• United Nations Population Division (UNPD)
• United Nation World Marriage Data
• United Nation SDG Indicators Global Database (UNSDG)
• United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
• United Nations Treaty Collection
• UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism)
• Millennium Development Goals Database, UN

University of Maryland

• Global Terrorism Database
• Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger
• All Minorities at Risk (AMAR) Project

University of Pennsylvania

• The Political Constraint Index (POLCON)

UN University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU WIDER)

• World Income Inequality Database

US Geological Survey

• World Petroleum Assessment

Vision of Humanity

• Vision of Humanity

Wittgenstein Centre

• Wittgenstein Centre Human Capital Data Explorer

World Bank

• The Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE)
• Business Ready (B-READY)
• Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP)
• Climate Change Knowledge Portal
• Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)
• Database of Political Institutions
• Education Statistics (EdStats)
• Gender Statistics
• Global Financial Development
• Informal Economy Database
• Road Costs Knowledge System (ROCKS)
• Knowledge Economy Index, World Bank
• Poverty and Inequality Platform
• Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database
• World Development Indicators (WDI)
• World Development Report
• World Malaria Report, WHO
• International Development Association

World Democratic Forum (WDF)

• World Democratic Forum (WDF) Data

World Economic Forum

• Global Competitiveness Index, World Economic Forum

World Energy Council (WEC)

• Oil & Gas Journal, WEC

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Global Health Expenditure Database
• Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)
• WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
• Surveillance of chronic disease Risk Factors (SuRF)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

• The Global Innovation Index, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

World Justice Project

• Rule of Law Index

World Poverty Clock

• World Poverty Clock Data

World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Dispute Statistics, WTO

World Value Survey (WVS)

• World Value Survey Data

Research Papers/Projects