Library: Politics, Languages and International Studies: Statistics and data

Statistics and data

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is a Google-like search tool for market research and statistics with facts and figures easily displayed in charts and graphs. It provides access to more than one million statistics, ready to use in PPT, XLS and PNG format. Create a personal profile to make the best use of the Research AI tool on Statista.
• Access to 1 million statistics - ready to use in PPT, XLS and PNG formats.
• PowerPoint dossiers on 3000 of the most searched-for topics such as online gaming, e-commerce, car sharing and organic food markets.
• Five year revenue forecasts on 42 countries and 400 industries.
• Industry reports (USA-focused) including SWOT analyses and forecasts.

Videos from Statista

Zanran This link opens in a new window
Simple search engine which retrieves a wide range of statistics and data.

data.gov.uk This link opens in a new window
Social, economic and population statistics provided by the UK government and other UK organisations.
Office for National Statistics This link opens in a new window
UK's economy, population and society at national/local level: summaries of key areas plus downloadable statistics into spreadsheets.
UK Data Service This link opens in a new window
A major resource for UK government, international and longitudinal socio-economic data.
Coverage includes the British Crime Survey, British Household Panel Survey, General Household Survey, Labour Force Survey and the World Bank's data.
Further content includes the British Cohort Study, International Social Survey Programme, Millennium Cohort Study, National Statistics Time Series and statistics from the IMF and IEA (International Energy Agency).
To access some data, you need to log in/register with UK Data Service. Some datasets restrict access e.g. where commercial usage might be sought, permission could be required or sponsoring organisations may vet publications.

UK Data Service Census Geography
Provides UK boundary data to produce thematic maps.

Eurostat This link opens in a new window
Statistical data comparing social and economic status of EC member states.

Statista is the recommended databases for statistics. Try this first before looking at the longer list of databases below. The remaining resources are listed alphabetically.

ASEP/JDS Databank This link opens in a new window
Archive of international social sciences data; to change the language, click the English/Espagnol tab.
The site also links to various data collections including Afrobarometer, East-Asian Barometer and Globalbarometer (covering comparative surveys from 55 countries). In each of these collections, you can retrieve data via the 'select study' option.

Economic Freedom of the World
The EFW index is designed to measure the freedom of individuals in a given country.
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The five areas considered are: size of government; legal system and security of property rights; sound money; freedom to trade internationally; and regulation. Data is available from 1970 onwards.
Index of Economic Freedom
The Index ranks 186 countries by economic freedom. The guide is updated annually by The Heritage Foundation.
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The broad categories are:
1. Rule of Law (property rights, government integrity, judicial effectiveness)
2. Government Size (government spending, tax burden, fiscal health)
3. Regulatory Efficiency (business freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom)
4. Open Markets (trade freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom)

ILOSTAT This link opens in a new window
View and extract labour data and metadata across many countries and territories: data provided by the International Labour Organization.
OECD This link opens in a new window
A gateway to international statistics and OECD publications including factbooks, selected periodicals, statistical series, STI scoreboard, working papers, tables and interactive databases.

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Statistics This link opens in a new window

World Development Indicators (WDI)
WDI contains statistical data for more than 600 development indicators for more than 200 countries and 18 country groups running from 1960 onwards.
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The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators. The WDI is hosted by the UK Data Service.

Surveys of public opinion, attitudes, values & behaviours

Arab Barometer
Covers North Africa and the Middle East: its country reports provide further statistics

ASEP/JDS Databank This link opens in a new window
Archive of international social sciences data; to change the language, click the English/Espagnol tab.
The site also links to various data collections including Afrobarometer, East-Asian Barometer and Globalbarometer (covering comparative surveys from 55 countries). In each of these collections, you can retrieve data via the 'select study' option.
ESS European Social Survey This link opens in a new window
Attitudes, values and behaviours relating to Europe's institutions.
Latinobarometro This link opens in a new window
Latin American public opinion survey - to change the language, click on the English/Espagnol tab. Statistical information is available via Data Bank, Documents and Publications tabs - you can also use the Latinobarometro to conduct simple online analyses of statistics. The site also features annual reports.

Census & other population data

Office for National Statistics: Census
Guides to accessing/requesting current and previous UK census data. Note: censuses have been published every 10 years since 1801 with the exception of 1941.
UK Data Service: Census
Microdata, and aggregate, boundary and flow data, drawn from UK census returns. Coverage: mostly 1981 onwards (some 1961+). For definitions of these categories, refer to the following guide:
A Vision of Britain: Census Reports
Pre-1971 census reports: abstracts 1801-41, preliminary Reports 1851-1961, England and Wales General Reports 1871-1921.

Social History Archive This link opens in a new window
Social records such as the 1921 census and birth/marriage/death records (also provides British and Irish newspapers from 1700 onwards).

Politics, Languages and International Studies: Statistics and data

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Statistics and data

Surveys of public opinion, attitudes, values & behaviours

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