Data Sources
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data : Open Data Catalog: Provides a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources.
DataBank
An analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics.
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals
International Comparison Program
Living Standards Measurement Study
A one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries.
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Economic Data
A collection of economic indicators available on DataHub.
On this page, we summarize all available economic data (or economic statistics) on DataHub. Users can find various examples of economic indicators or explore data by country. The page is curated and updated on regular basis so don’t forget to bookmark it!
- Basic economic data
- US economic data
- UK economic data
- World Bank data
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Other economic data and indicators
Basic economic data
Following datasets can be considered as basic economic indicators:
- GDP – Country, Regional and World GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
- CPI – Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for most countries in the world.
- Inflation – Annual inflation by GDP deflator and consumer prices.
- Population – Population figures for countries, regions (e.g. Asia) and the world.
- Cash Surplus Deficit – Cash Surplus/Deficit, in % of GDP, from 1990 to 2013.
- Other Economic Data
US economic data
Economic indicators for the United States:
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States (US) both nominal and real on an annual and quarterly basis.
- Employment – US Employment and Unemployment rates since 1940.
- CPI – US Consumer Price Index and Inflation (CPI).
- Bond Yields – 10 year US Government Bond Yields (long-term interest rate).
- House Prices – US House Price Index (Case-Shiller).
- Household Incomes – Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of All Households: 1967 to 2016.
- Investor Flow of Funds – US Investor Flow of Funds into Investment Classes (Bonds, Equities etc).
- Education Budget – US Education Budget Analysis.
UK economic data
Economic indicators for the United Kingdom:
- GDP – UK Real GDP since 1948 from the Office of National Statistics.
- Bond Yields – 10 year nominal yields on UK government bonds from the bank of England.
- House Prices – UK house prices since 1953 as monthly time-series.
- Interest Rates – Interest Rate since 1694 from Bank of England.
World Bank data
World Bank is a one of the best sources of different datasets including economic data. Please, read the following article about World Bank data collections, API and more:
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database. The source database is made of annual values for each country on 45 indicators since 1980. In addition the database includes the IMF projects approximately 6 years into the future.
Other economic data and indicators
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Euribor – Euribor rates by year and granularity. Only monthly granularity is provided.
- Exchange Rates – Foreign exchange rates from US Federal Reserve in daily, monthly and yearly basis.
- Expenditure on Research and Development
- GINI Index – Historic values of the GINI Index.
- Global House Prices – Residential property price statistics from different countries.
- Population Growth Estimates and Projections
- Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
- Brent and WTI Spot Prices – Europe Brent and WTI (Western Texas Intermediate) Spot Prices (Annual/ Monthly/ Weekly/ Daily).
- Natural gas prices – Time series of major Natural Gas Prices including US Henry Hub.
- Gold Prices – Monthly gold prices since 1950 in USD (London market).
https://datahub.io/collections/economic-data
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OECD.Stat
OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.
Ways to access the data:
- By keyword using “search” (e.g. GDP, FDI, Health, unemployment, income distribution, population, labour, education, trade, finance, prices, Economic Outlook, Government Debt, Social expenditure …)
- By selecting data in the left-hand menu (popular queries or data by theme)
- By accessing your saved queries under “My Queries” (for logged-in users)
Choose Theme All Themes General Statistics Agriculture and Fisheries Demography and Population Development Economic Projections Education and Training Environment Finance Globalisation Health Industry and Services Information and Communication Technology International Trade and Balance of Payments Labour National Accounts Monthly Economic Indicators Productivity Prices and Purchasing Power Parities Public Sector, Taxation and Market Regulation Regions and Cities Science, Technology and Patents Social Protection and Well-being Transport
- General Statistics
- Agriculture and Fisheries
- Demography and Population
- Development
- Economic Projections
- Education and Training
- Environment
- Finance
- Globalisation
- Health
- Industry and Services
- Information and Communication Technology
- International Trade and Balance of Payments
- Labour
- National Accounts
- Monthly Economic Indicators
- Productivity
- Prices and Purchasing Power Parities
- Public Sector, Taxation and Market Regulation
- Regions and Cities
- Science, Technology and Patents
- Social Protection and Well-being
- Transport
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO : LIBGUIDES: FINDING DATA & STATISTICS:ECONOMIC &FINANCIAL DATA
Resources for…
- Multi-Subject Data Sources
- Behavioral Economics & Microeconomics
- Economic Development
- Environmental & Resource Economics
- Firm-level, Company, & Finance
- International & Country-level Economics
- Urban & Regional Economics
https://ucsd.libguides.com/data-statistics/economic
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https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory#!start=0
Over 137 data sets
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UN Data
UNdata is a service provided by the United Nations to users of statistical data around the world. It provides easy access to data compiled and produced by UN agencies as well as other international agencies.
https://data.un.org/Host.aspx?Content=UNdataUse
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Economic Data freely available online
Home » Educational resources » Online sources
Compiled by John Sloman, Economics Network
Last updated 25th March 2021
Here are some links that you may find useful for accessing statistics and other information. Datasets that require you to pay or register are on a separate page along with pointers. (Note that some free datasets that require registration are also listed below.)
https://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/data_sets
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Our World in Data
Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.
Thanks to the work of thousands of researchers around the world who dedicate their lives to it, we often have a good understanding of how it is possible to make progress against the large problems we are facing. The world has the resources to do much better and reduce the suffering in the world.
We believe that a key reason why we fail to achieve the progress we are capable of is that we do not make enough use of this existing research and data: the important knowledge is often stored in inaccessible databases, locked away behind paywalls and buried under jargon in academic papers.
The goal of our work is to make the knowledge on the big problems accessible and understandable. As we say on our homepage, Our World in Data is about Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
https://ourworldindata.org/about
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Google public data
Provides economic, social, demographic information.
https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory#!start=30
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