LibGuides: Law Subject guide: Statistics and Datasets

Statistics and Datasets

CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Information and statistics on the countries of the world.
GOV.UK - Statistics This link opens in a new window
Official statistics produced by government departments.
Office for National Statistics This link opens in a new window
Statistical backsets and publications, produced by the UK Statistics Authority.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Publications and datasets, from 1998 to present, released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF).
UN Comtrade This link opens in a new window
Access to commodity trade data for all available countries and areas since 1962.
Requires registration to access the full content
UNdata This link opens in a new window
Collates the data from several major UN databases and allows the user to browse or search multiple resources.
WITS (United Nations) This link opens in a new window
Access to major international trade, tariffs and non-tariff data compilations.

Statistics and Datasets Guide
For more data resources visit our Statistics and Datasets guide.
UN Human Development Reports
Reports available from 1990 includes statistics for industrialized and developing countries. Subjects covered include Health, Education, Income/Composition of Resources, Inequality, Gender, Poverty, Work, employment and vulnerability, Human Security, Trade and Financial Flows, Mobility and Communication, Environmental sustainability, Demography, Socio-economic sustainability.