Research Guides: EC Economic Theory Intermediate Topics in Microeconomics: Data and Online

Data sources

There are a lot of great sources online for finding date.

Remember to evaluate the source:

- who is responsible for the data

- how reliable is it

- why was the website created

World Bank Data
Data from over 200 countries; economics, health, energy, debt, infrastructure, development, poverty, labor, and social issues.
United Nations Data
Data areas for countries and topics: gender, health, human development, trade, tourism, information communications technology, energy, education, and crime.
International Monetary Fund
Time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
International Data Base (IDB)
Tabular data (downloadable) for countries and regions as well as demographic indicators, population pyramids and source information for countries. Maintained by the US Census Bureau.

List of foreign governments - alphabetical, not all in English