You will find many sources of statistics and data on the internet. It is important to assess websites with regard to how the data has been gathered and how it has been interpreted. The following sources are useful starting points.
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.
• 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.
(Not compatible with Microsoft Edge browser. Clear cookies in your browser if you have difficulty logging in.) Market reports for consumer, industrial and service sectors worldwide. It gives market data for consumer products and includes country profiles, statistics, consumer lifestyle, country and business environment (risk) reports.
• Countries: profiles (demographic, economic, political) and business dynamics
reports including SWOT analyses.
• Companies: profiles, market share and brand share rankings.
• Lifestyle statistics: reports on 76 countries detailing consumer habits and lifestyles.
• Updated analysis: daily industry and country news.
• Statistics: international macro-economic and demographic data.
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.
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.
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.
The ICRG Researcher's Dataset - Table 3B provides annual averages of the components of ICRG's Political Risk Ratings (Table 3B), as published in the International Country Risk Guide since 1984. Average ratings are provided for all countries covered by ICRG from 1984 through the last full calendar year.
A gateway to international statistics and OECD publications including factbooks, selected periodicals, statistical series, STI scoreboard, working papers, tables and interactive databases.
This is a freely available database widely used in economic research which provides information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity. Covers 182 countries from 1950 onwards.
The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators. The WDI is hosted by the UK Data Service.
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.
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:
Includes M&A deals, private equity and Investext reports. The Investext reports provide active and historical research available from over 1,600 brokerages, investment banks and independent research firms around the globe (including Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and J.P.Morgan).
Bloomberg is a global financial services system that integrates data, news and analytics.
It provides reliable financial, economic and government information covering all market sectors. It features company profiles and financials, more than 20 years of market data, charts, statistics and a communications platform. Content includes current and historical financial data on commodities and currencies, equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.
(Not compatible with Microsoft Edge browser. Clear cookies in your browser if you have difficulty logging in.) Market reports for consumer, industrial and service sectors worldwide. It gives market data for consumer products and includes country profiles, statistics, consumer lifestyle, country and business environment (risk) reports.
The Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis monitors US economic and financial literature and produces research in the areas of money and banking, macroeconomics, and international and regional economics. Download, graph, and track international time series.
A comprehensive database of financial data, news (Dow Jones, Nikkei Asia and S&P Market Intelligence news) and analytics for banking and insurance companies globally. Includes sovereign macroeconomic, risk and ratings data, M&A deals.
Both staff and students are welcome to use the helpdesk provided by S&P. Link to the help section using the ? in the top right hand side of the database, where you will find a suite of online training and support. Follow the links to 'email questions' and see the telephone number for immediate help.
You will find searchable M&A deals under Screener, then Transactions and then Recommended Criteria.
Free web resource hosted by the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis. The U.S. and world trade data is made available through grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Bureau of Economic Research. You can download some data from this web site and order larger datasets.
Annual commodity trade statistics provided by UN countries. Organised by commodity and partner country and processed into a standard format/valuation. All values are converted into US dollars - data coverage of some countries' data from 1962 onwards.
