Iran: Statistical Center of Iran
The tables featured are only for population demographics in both urban and rural areas. Historical population datasheets in PDF format are also provided.

Ireland: Central Statistics Office of Ireland
The CSO is under the Ireland’s Ministry of State and co-ordinates the analysis and compilation of information relating to the economic and social life of Ireland. Featured PDF files contain detailed information covering agriculture, trade, economy, labor, prices and more. The “Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2002” is also available online.

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics
The CBS is a government body that provides statistical information to government ministries, academic research institutions and the general public. Disseminated information includes economic and demographic data, price indices, labor figures and more. Monthly bulletins in Excel and PDF format are also available online. (In Hebrew and English).

Italy: Istat - National Institute of Statistics
The official statistics agency of the country. The site offers up to date data on a wide variety of social, demographic, economic, and labor indicators, as well as documents giving quick overview of the Italian economy. In English and Italian.

Jamaica: Statistical Institute of Jamaica
The Statistical Institute falls under the Ministry of Planning and Finance. It provides statistical data on demographics, employment and labor, consumer prices, production and trade in Jamaica.

Japan: Japan Information Network - Statistics
A Japanese statistical source from the Japan Information Network. This site updates all statistical data the same month, or the month after to create an up-to-date source on all types of Japanese statistics. The statistics are categorized and a search option is available.

Japan: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Statistics
Statistical releases from METI. Includes sector statistics as well as a general survey of commerce. Continuously updated with new releases.

Japan: Ministry of Finance Statistics
Statistics from the Japanese government regarding in-flows and out-flows to and from Japan. The statistics are very detailed and include topics such as Foreign Direct Investment and Balance of Payments.

Japan: Statistics Japan
The official Statistics Bureau of the Japanese Government. Includes recent stat releases, survey results, and vital stats for Japan.

Jordan: Department of Statistics
The Jordan Department of Statistics (DOS) is a government agency that provides data on a national level. The data includes selected indicators, population, employment, history and economic indicators provided under the “Jordan in Figures” section. Publications are available for a fee. (Available in English and Arabic).

Kazakhstan: Agency for Statistics
The agency is a government department that collects and disseminates statistical information to the government, economic circles and the general community. Information provided covers economic, demographic and development indicators. (In Russian only).

Kuwait: Ministry of Planning
Featured in the Statistical section of the site is a statistical database and statistical publications. Indicators and figures provided cover trade, economic, finance, financial and industry sector data. (Available in English and Arabic).

Kyrgyzstan: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
The national statistical agency of the Kyrgyz Republic, this site houses both the first Population census and the first agricultural census in the country's history (1999). Also, the site provides an overview of the economic situation of the republic. (Also available in Russian)

Latvia: Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
The official statistics agency for Latvia provides population and socio-economic indicators for the country. Also available are basic indicators such as quarterly export and import numbers, as well as retail trade turnover. (Also available in Latvian)

Lebanon: Central Administration for Statistics
This is the official statistics site of the government of Lebanon. It provides information on population, agriculture, land use, retail prices, and much more. Also, foreign trade and key economic measures make up a large portion of the information. (Available in Arabic and French)

Lithuania: Department of Statistics to the government of the Republic of Lithuania
This is the official site of the statistics agency of Lithuania. Along with statistics such as population, natural resources, and geography, this site also provides links to the national population and agricultural censuses.

Luxembourg: National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC)
The official statistics bureau for Luxembourg, this site contains relevant statistics regarding population, geography, and the likes. Although this site is translated into English, some sections are only available in French. (Also available in French and German)

Macau: Statistics and Census Service
This site has a database of external trade statistics that is searchable and where “you can obtain detailed and most up-to-date external trade statistics. The site also features statistical indicators on demography, education, trade, construction, tourism, money, prices, industry, etc. (In Chinese, English and Portuguese).

Malawi: National Statistics Office of Malawi
Along with traditional statistics, this official site of Malawi statistics also offers statistical time series data available online. Additionally, here you will find the official statistical yearbook for Malawi.

Malaysia: Department of Statistics
The official statistical organization of the Malaysian government provides a rich set of information about the country, its people and economy through a variety of news releases, reports, key facts and figures, and other summary documents. Provided both in English and in Malay.

Maldives : Statistical Yearbook of Maldives 2002
An incredible range of statistical data on the economy and social conditions in Maldives from the Ministry Of Planning And National Development. This edition is the 2002 version. Click on this link for the 2001 Yearbook. Prior year and other statistical data can be found on the site's Home Page.

Maldives: Ministry of Planning and National Development
The national statistical agency of the Maldives, this site provides information about the population, the economy, and the culture of the island nation. It houses the most current statistical yearbook, as well as previous editions. (Some portions available in Maldivian Dhivehi)

Malta: National Statistics Office
This site, the official statistical bureau of the Republic of Malta, provides quarterly statistics on the people, culture, and agriculture of the country. It also provides quarterly GNP, GDP, and a retail price index.

Marshall Islands: Office of Management and Statistics
This is a link to the statistics page of the government of the Marshall Islands. Here you can find geographic, demographic, and health statistics for the country. It also provides educational and economic statistics.

Mauritania: Office National de la Statistique
The official statistics agency for Mauritania, this site provides information regarding population, geography, and government for the country. FRENCH ONLY

Mauritius: Central Statistics Office
Here you will find the official economic and social statistics for Mauritius. Included on the page is census information, trade and tourism information, and key economic indices.

Mexico: National Institute of Geography, Statistics and Informatics
A “must visit” site if you are doing business in Mexico, it has comprehensive archive of all relevant Mexican statistics and economic information. Although this link is to the English portion of the site, the information is also available in Spanish.

Micronesia: Information on the Federal States of Micronesia
The only official provider of statistics for the Federal States of Micronesia, this site gives information about the people, geography, and economy of the country. It also provides historical overviews and other information about the country.

Moldova: Department of Statistics and Sociology for the Republic of Moldova
Along with traditional statistics, this site also provides access to the consolidated budget for Moldova. It is the official site for all statistics for the republic. (Available in French, Russian, Romanian, and English)

Mongolia: National Statistical Office (NSO)
Several statistical publications including the Mongolian Statistical Yearbook 2001 and online service offered for a fee. Also available in Mongolian.

Morocco: Statistics Directorate
The official statistics agency for Morocco, this site provides information regarding population, geography, and government for the country. FRENCH ONLY

Mozambique: National Institute of Statistics
The Mozambique National Institute of Statistics provides figures for population characteristics and economic sectors. The site also lists links to other statistic bureaus throughout Africa and the world. All information is provided solely in Portuguese.

Nepal: Central Bureau of Statistics
Recently developed, the website for the Central Bureau of Statistics for Nepal provides statistics about the people, geography, and society of Nepal.

Netherlands: Statistics Netherlands
As a department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Statistics Netherlands is the official statistics provider for the Netherlands. Here you will find population, geographic, and economic data for the country. (Available in Dutch)

New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand
From the New Zealand government, vital statistics including economic and trade statistics.

Nicaragua: Instituto Nacional de Estadisicticas y Censos
The official statistics agency for Nicaragua, this site provides information regarding population, geography, and government for the country. SPANISH ONLY

Norway: Statistics Norway
Founded in 1897, Statistics Norway is the official statistics site for the Norwegian government. They release over 800 new statistics annually, including population, economic, and geographic information. (Also available in Norwegian)

Oman: Ministry of National Economy
This site is the official site for information, social and economic, about the Sultanate of Oman. It provides general statistics as well as access to the most recent statistical yearbook for the sultanate.

Pakistan: Statistics Division
The official statistical agency for the government of Pakistan, this site provides information about key social and economic indicators for Pakistan.

Panama: Contraloria General de la Republica de Panama
The official statistics agency for Panama, this site provides information regarding population, geography, and government for the country. SPANISH ONLY

Papua New Guinea: National Statistical Office
Established in 1981, this agency is the official provider of statistics for Papua New Guinea. Here you can find key economic, social, and political statistics for the country.

Paraguay: General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses
The official statistics agency for Paraguay, this site provides information regarding population, geography, and government for the country. SPANISH ONLY

Peru: National Statistics Institute
This site is only available in Spanish, includes demographic, economic, and geographic statistics. A great site for those interested in finding statistics about Peru.

Philippines: National Statistics Office
Along with national statistics, this site, the official statistical bureau of the Republic of the Philippines, also provides statistics across economic sectors.

Poland: Polish Official Statistics
From the first Polish statistical yearbook in 1921, the statistical agency for Poland has been keeping track of key statistical indicators. On this site you will find key economic, political, and social indicators. (Also available in Polish)

Portugal: National Institute of Statistics
Along with general statistics, this site also provides most data in time series format. Also, a number of the statistical tables are available for download in Excel format.

Romania: National Institute of Statistics
The site of the NIS of Romania is the entity in charge of collecting, processing and disseminating reliable statistical data and research of the country. Its site has macroeconomic indicators starting from 1998, press releases, and valuable information about the country.

Russia: State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics
This federation is in charge of providing the general public “diverse, objective and exhaustive” statistical information.

Saudi Arabia: U.S. – Saudi Arabian Business Council
This organization has the objective of promoting trade and investment between Saudi Arabia and US. Their site provides with facts about Saudi Arabia as well as detailed information about the Saudi Arabian economy (budget, foreign investment act, economic indicators, etc.).

Serbia and Montenegro: Federal Statistics Office
This site provides reports for basic statistics. Most of the reports are in pdf format in English and Serbo-Croatian. Some of the links are broken, but the available reports are very beneficial.

Seychelles: Statistics and database administration Section
This site belongs to the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication of Seychelles, their objective is to provide economic and social statistics. They conduct several statistics and surveys such as: National Accounts, employment/labor, tourism, demography, price, census, etc. Most information is free, some statistical publications are sold through this site

Sierra Leone: STATISTICS SIERRA LEONE
This is the official statistics site of Sierra Leone, it has current statistical indicators, population and housing census, GDP trends, and relevant statistical publications.

Singapore: Statistics Singapore
The site for the official statistics bureau of Singapore. Provides a wide array of statistical resources and data such as: GDP, external trade and manufacturing, employment, price index, etc. It also has a catalog of publications that can be ordered through the site.

Slovakia: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
This is the site of the official statistics of the Slovak Republic, it has in-depth detailed data in the form of reports. It offers data on the main economic indicators such as: industry, telecommunications, foreign trade, GDP, etc. It also provides access to the latest census and some international statistics. Besides these tasks of official statistics the SO SR is responsible for specific task in the field of preparation of elections and referendums and processing of results. (In English and Slovak)

Slovenia: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
This site has the information of the census as well as a statistical database of the Republic. It also offers a series of publications with instructions for ordering. Mosto of the information can be accessed online. (Most information is in English and Slovenian, certain parts are Slovenian only).

South Africa: Statistics South Africa
This site is the official source of statistical data for South Africa, it provides the key national indicators online (CPI ,GDP, etc.), information of the census and some reports and publications with ordering instructions.

Spain: Instituto Canario de Estadistica
This site has statistical information of the Spanish Canary Islands. It has a database as well as several publications on population, labor, services, etc. (In Spanish)

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
This is the official statistical source for Spain, it contains updated and detailed information for the major economic indicators and the census. This is a very comprehensive site that also offers a wide catalogue of publications. Most of the data is searchable online by categories. (In Spanish and English)

Sri Lanka: Department of Census and Statistics
A great site provided by the government of Sri Lanka. Statistics include demographic, social, and economic indicators. Especially interesting and useful is the Trend at a Glance category in which statistics are compared from 1948 (the year of independence) to 1998.

St. Lucia: St Lucian Statistics
This is the government statistics department. It contains information of the census, elections and some publications, as well as some statistics on trade, education, population, etc.

Sweden: Statistics
Provide objective, up-to-date, and reliable statistics on Sweden in the area of labor market; economy, trade, industry, prices; population; and housing and construction. This data is intended to assist with decisions making and research.

Sweden: Statistics Sweden
The Swedish government statistics site. A very good collection of stats for the Swedish economy. Available in Swedish and English.

Sweden: Swedish Trade Council
This site, put up by the Swedish Trade Council provides trade statistics for Sweden and its trade partners. You need to select a specific country from the drop down menu to see related statistics.

Switzerland: Swiss Statistics
Provides high level indicators and in-depth statistical information. Site presents some information on line and other detail statistics and customized services are offered at a fee. This site belongs to the Swiss Federal Statistics Office.

Taiwan: Customs Statistics
Provided by the Trade Point Taiwan, the site includes statistics under: Monthly country customs statistics, product ranking by country, comparative tables. Data is also searchable by product or country.

Taiwan: National Statistics
The Bureau of DGBAS (consists of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics)provides statistical information on Taiwan.

Tanzania: Statistics
This is the National Website of the United Republic of Tanzania. They provide basic statistics on economic and commerce indicators for the country.

Thailand: National Statistical Office
The National Statistical Office is the core body responsible for Thailand's statistical activities including the collection and compilation, dissemination of basic statistical data, providing recommendations on statistical-related matters, organizing training courses in statistical methods and computer data processing as well as serving as the statistical data bank of the country.

Trinidad & Tobago: Labor Market Information and Basic Statistics
This government site is provided by the Ministry of Labor and Small and Micro Enterprise Development. The statistics provided are geared around the labor markets and general populations metrics.

Tunisia: Statistiques Economiques & Sociales De La Tunisie
This site provides statistical data In French Only. This is part of the ministry of international development and cooperation. Site provides information on social demographics, economic and financial statistics, indicator index, and publication catalog.

Turkey: Central Bank of Turkey Electronic Data Delivery System
This system provides users with information on Daily Currency Rates, CBT Weekly Press Bulletin, Weekly Money and Credit Statistics Bulletin, Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Quarterly Bulletin, Government Bonds and other CBT Statistical Data via Gopher and Telnet services.

Turkey: State Institute of Statistics
The Republic of Turkey office of Prime Ministry presents economic and financial statistical data. The site also provides links to recent projects with significant statistical information.

Turkey: Undersecretariat of Treasury
A variety of statistics published by the Turkish Undersecretariat of Treasury: public sector, debt statistics, financial system statistics, investment and incentives. All data is available as HTML or Excel files.

Turkmenistan: Business Overview and Basic Statistics
This is the main business page for the country. There are some basic statistics provided by the government regarding economic indicators and international trade.

UAE: Ministry of Planning
Arabic only Statistics website for UAE

Uganda: Bureau of Statistics
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is the central statistical office of Uganda. It conducts Censuses and Surveys which yield a wide range of economic, social and demographic statistics.

UK Virgin Islands: Economic Indicators and Statistics
This is a section of the Development Planning Unit web site for the British Virgin Islands. Their main purpose is to assist the Government of the British Virgin Islands (GBVI) in developing and reviewing economic, social and developmental policies and programs that accommodate integrated development. The department prepares major national development plans, provides national statistical services, project cycle management services, development aid management, advice on matters pertaining to science and technology, advice on matters pertaining to energy, and the range of manpower planning services.

Ukraine: Statistics
(only Ukranian) The State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine

United Kingdom: The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Formerly known as the Britain Yearbook, this is the definitive overview of the UK in text, figures, tables, maps, charts and color photographs. The publication is available here for free, in PDF format. This issue covers the UK and its people, the system of government, overseas relations, defense; education, the labor market, social protection, health services, criminal and civil justice, religion, culture, media and communications, sport, environmental protection, planning and housing, transport; the economy, public finance, international trade and investment, science, engineering and technology, agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and finance and other services.

Uruguay : National Institute of Statistics
This site (in Spanish) is the official statistics site for Uruguay. It provides a variety of indicators, demographics, etc. It also provides statistical information of the Mercosur.

USA: 2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States
Detailed statistical data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Available in PDF format, the tables offer a wide range of current and historical statistics on demographic, social and economic data. A very useful source.

USA: Census Bureau Economic Briefing Room
Current and past numbers for all U.S. Economic indicators with links to actual releases for full information and charts for visual representation. The site also includes a release calendar for future economic releases.

USA: CSWHT Trade Index
The Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade tracks U.S. trade in the Western Hemisphere. The web site provides graphical analysis of their index, an explanation for the index as well as the raw data for U.S. trade statistics.

USA: International Trade Statistics - U.S. Bureau of the Census Foreign Trade Division
This site provides detailed trade statistics for US. You can view updated trade statistics for each country by 1-digit SITC codes. Listing of Top 10 trading partners, US international trade highlights with charts and graphs are only some of the vast amount of trade relevant data and information available on this site.

USA: STAT-USA
STAT-USA is the one-stop for business and economic information provided by the Department of Commerce. STAT-USA gathers the most crucial and timely trade, business and economic information from over 50 Federal agencies. Providing quick and easy access to thousands of files, including trade statistics, overseas contacts, market research reports and daily foreign and domestic procurement opportunities. This service, although offered for an annual fee, is highly recommended for businesspeople or researchers in international trade.

USA: The Conference Board Business Cycle Indicators
The Conference Board's leading cycle index plays a prominent role in forecasting business cycles, other leading indicators, the associated coincident and lagging indexes, and over 200 other important economic series. The site also carries description of the composite index methodology and guides on using economic data. Most of the information can only be accessed through a fee-based subscription.

USA: Trade Data On-Line
The site provides crucial trade data for Canada and US. Data can be found on imports and domestic exports for the last five years, categorized by SIC codes, commodity groups, and country of origins (or destinations). This site is also listed under Canada. Provided the Industry Canada.

USA: Trade Inspection System
T-I-P of the Iceberg information center allows the user to analyze trade between the U.S. and each nation of the world. Also gives trade statistics and projections for numerous U.S. air gateways and sea gateways. There is a free sample, but the site uses a fee-based subscription. Available in English and Spanish.

USA: Trade Statistics from the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
A vast amount of trade related information from one of the offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes over 90 tables of statistics for major manufacturing groups and products, employment, wages, capital expenditures and trade; up-to-date monthly analysis of U.S. trade balances with tables on goods trade; exports by state to the world and selected markets; an export performance report on over 250 U.S. cities; and over 100 tables of goods and services trade by country and region.

USA: U.S. Imports/Exports History
The U.S. Import and Export History databases, from the Census Bureau, contain the value and quantity of commodities imported or exported from 1993 to 2000. Provided by the Government Information Sharing Project at Oregon State University.

USA: U.S. Merchandise Trade with Developing Countries
A service of USAID, this publication (1999) provides U.S. merchandise trade statistics through regional graphs and tables coupled with commentaries. All tables are downloadable as either Excel or Lotus files.

USA: USITC Trade Database
Published by the USITC (United States International Trade Commission)this site generates user-specific trade reports and summaries between the United States and world regions. Includes up-to-date trade statistics for a number of countries.

Venezuela: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
Spanish Only Statistics website

INDEX: Finding International Statistics Online, UM Libraries
A list of mostly free international statistical resources from the University of Maryland Libraries. Arranged by type of statistical data; population, economic and development, environment etc.

INDEX: Trade Information Sources on the Internet
Maintained by the International Trade Centre, this is a comprehensive index of trade information and data resources, sorted by topic.