International
Afrobarometer Africa Public Opinion Research Home Page
Data on African's opinions on democracy, political behavior, and social movements, from a multi-country survey.
Data on a huge number of economic indicators for China, including exports, GDP, and economic news. Website takes a while to load (DUKE ONLY).
Annual Review of Population Law
Data on every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive rights and health, women's status and rights, children and adolescents, HIV/AIDS and related topics, from 1974-present.
Data on a variety of international relations factors, including foreign trade, democratization and state-building and transnational networks.
Center for International Development and Conflict Management
Data on all international crises from the end of World War 1 to the present. Users must register to access the data.
Chinese Life Histories and Social Change
Data from a stratified sample of the Chinese general population in 1996.
Data on international relations, particularly armed conflicts. To download data, click on "Available datasets" on the left of the screen.
Data from Denmark on a wide variety of surveys. Most of the search functions are not available in English; however, if you contact the site (Click on "finding data" at the top left), they will assist you with finding the information you need.
DataFinder - Population Reference Bureau
Data on 133 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.
Data from the Asian Barometer Survey, which surveyed citizens of several Eastern Asian countries on attitudes towards politics, power, reform, and democracy in Asia. Users must obtain permission to use raw survey data; to do this, click on "Data Release" on the left hand side of the page and follow the instructions. Users can also use the site's on-line analysis tool (under "survey results" on the left hand side of the page) to analyze data from the survey.
Economics data on over 190 countries (DUKE ONLY).
Access to data on election results from around the world. Data is available through an online interactive search engine - click on "how to access" to access the various different search options.
EU NEW GOVERNANCE - Project Documents
Resources from the EU's commission on the study of the transformation of governance in the EU. To access data, click on "publications" on the left side of the screen, and on "download area" from the drop down links.
Data from the Eurobarometer survey of European residents. Click on the various links on the left hand side of the page to access parts of the survey.
Data on a variety of economic and social indicators for European Countries.
A geographic and data display of the varying levels of freedom of the press in most countries.
An online database of a variety of information (including information on real estate and construction) about all countries. Select a country from the drop down menu to begin.
Data on 13 internationally recognized human rights for 162 countries, annually from 1981-2003. To access, click on "Projects" on left side of the screen, and on "CIRI Human Rights Data Set" in the middle of the screen.
IEA Energy Statistics Homepage
Access to data on access to a variety of energy sources for all OECD countries and many non-OECD countries.
Data from the International Monetary Fund on a variety of subjects, including lending, exchange rates, and other economic indicators.
Institutions and Elections Project
Data on data on political institutions and practices and political elections for all countries in the international system between 1972 and 2005. To access, click on "Institutions and Elections Project Database" on the left side of the screen.
A variety of data on how open and responsive governments are to demands by their constituents.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization which supports sustainable democracy worldwide.
International Statistical Agencies
Links and access to international statistical agencies.
Kansas Event Data System (KEDS)
Access to the KEDS system, which converts english-language news and reports into event data, which is used to predict political change in the Middle East, Balkans, and West Africa. Click on "Data" on the top of the page to access the datasets produces by the KEDS project.
Data from the International Labour Organization Bureau of Statistics. Data on a variety of subjects, on most countries.
Latin American Public Opinion Project
A project of Americabarometer, LAPOP provides access to results from multi-country surveys of how Latin Americans view democratic values and behaviors.
League of Nations, Northwestern University Library
Access to digital renderings on all documents associated with the League of Nations.
The Lijphart Elections Archive is a static research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries
Militarized Interstate Disputes
Data on all conflicts from 1816 to 1992 in which one or more states threaten or use force against one or more other states
The Minorities At Risk program provides access to data that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000.
Free access to data about UK government, economy and devolved agencies.
NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons
A compilation site, with data from a variety of sources on socio-economic indicators, demographics, finances, or more. Data can be displayed in a variety of geographic outputs.
Location of data on most countries in the world. Database is searchable by country, region, and subject.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Data from the OECD on development, economics, and politics in the international arena.
Political Database of the Americas
Comprehensive database of political information concerning all 35 independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.
A database of all the heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases.
Social Stratification in Eastern Europe
Data on Social Stratification in Eastern Europe after 1989 from the General Social Survey.
A global guide covering income tax, other taxes, economy overview and economic indicators.
The Fund for Peace - Failed States Index
Data ranks 177 countries based on their social, economic, and political pressures. Archival data is available.
The International Stratification and Mobility File
The ISMF provides international data on social stratification, parent's social statuses, and social mobility. Site provides access to a variety of sources, as well as tools for harmonizing different data sources. Click on "Catalogue of Data" for access to varying data sources.
NDAD preserves and provides online access to archived digital data and documents from UK central government departments.
The World Bank's publication and reference site provides access to the research conducted by or for the World Bank.
The World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study Household Surveys
Access to data from the Living Standards Measurement Study, a longitudinal study of international living standards by the World Bank.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
United Nations Statistics Division
Data and statistical reports from the United Nations, on a variety of factors.
UNstats | Millennium Indicators
Data for the Millennium Development Goals, including socio-economic indicators, global standings, and more.
U.S. Aggregate Foreign Trade Data
Current and archival data on trade, imports, and exports between the United States and other countries.
Data on production and trades for most agricultural products.
Violations of Human Rights dataset
The Poe and Tate dataset, which covers all violations of human rights to personal integrity in the 1980s.
WHO | A guide to statistical information at WHO
Reports and statistics from the World Health Organization.
Data on a variety of indicators used by the World Bank. Users can either search the database, or browse by country or region.
Provides detailed current and archival data as published by the World Bank.