This guide it intended to highlight only the most prominent resources for cross-national data. Many are value-added subscription products that provide Columbia with fuller coverage of data than might be found freely available on the Internet.

Many more are listed in our data catalog, DataGate. If you need assistance locating information, contact EDS at eds@columbia.edu.

Intergovernmental Organization World Bank - WDI Online (World Development Indicators) - Global Development Finance (CD-ROM) - Other World Bank CD and Web Resources   International Monetary Fund - International Financial Statistics - Direction of Trade Statistics (CD-ROM)   United Nations - UNdata - UN Comtrade Statistics - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Spatial Data for Other Countries   Other Agencies - OECD.Stat (data tables) - SourceOECD Databases (use IE browser) -LABORSTA International Labor Organization

Country-Specific Sources Demographic and Health Surveys EIU Country Data EuroStat China Data Center IndiaStat IPUMS - International (Census Microdata) UK Data Archive   Indexes and Finding Aids Producers Of Data - Statistical Agencies of Other Governments - United Nations System of Organizations - Country Logbook   Indexes - ICPSR's International Resource Guide - Lexis/Nexis Statistical (use "Search Abstracts", search in IIS) - Intute -Statistics and Data   Other Sources - Guide to International Statistics

Other Sources

• DataGate
  This is Columbia's own data catalog. Entries comprise bibliographic information, an abstract, subject keywords, and information about how to obtain the study which is often a link to the location of the study. It contains studies from the ICPSR collection, the individual data tables from SourceOECD, and other studies of international interest which can be found by searching country names. Some cross national surveys of interest are (do a title search for the terms):
  • Afrobarometer
  • Cross National Time Series
  • Eurobarometer (more about Eurobarometer)
  • Global Views
  • World Values Survey

More Information on the Above Resources

The information listed here relates to products already listed above. It gives details for those products that require users to come to EDS or that are available in multiple formats.
 

Other World Bank Resources

• World Development Indicators (WDI) on CD-ROM
  Another version of the data in WDI Online with and interface suitable for large downloads. You must visit EDS to use it.
   
  
• World Bank Data & Research Portal
  A public interface to many WB data products. Here is a list of selected components, many being developed, that enhance the WDI product.
  • Country Statistical Information Database This site contains a WB assessment of developing country's capacity for reporting data.
  • Education
  • Poverty Analaysis Tool (PovcalNet).
  • GenderStats
  • Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP)
  • Pollution Datasets
  • International Comparison Program (ICP), price comparison data
  • Remittances Data (WDI has more detail for these series)
  • Quarterly External Debt (QEDS)
  • Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)
  
   
  
• Global Development Finance (GDF)(CD-ROM)
  GDF is useful for patrons who require very detailed information on debt and financial flows in developing countries. You must visit EDS to use it. Note the related public databases, Quartely External Debt and Joint Externla Debt Hub, that are on the above list of public sites.

International Financial Statistics (IFS)

The IFS is available as an on-line resource or on CD-ROM. The CD-ROm is available at EDS. The CD-ROM version is best for large extractions. The IFS is the principal source for macroeconomic data and it should be the first stop for patrons using standard economic indicators, especially those relating to balance of payments.

• IFS - A Guide to International Financial Statistics in EDS

Direction of Trade Statistics, 1948 to present

(CD-ROM, you must visit EDS to use it)
The Direction of Trade Statistics reports trade totals (imports and exports)between partner countries.