Country & International

Produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, provides brief surveys of the economic, geographic, and political conditions of most countries, dependent areas, and other entities.

Ref. HA 155 .P63 in the Stamps Reading Room.
Annually Ranks countries in areas such as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture, and crime.

Provides multiple measures of countries' social progress and well being, including basic needs such as nutrition, water and sanitation, and shelter; foundations of well being such as access to information and communications; and opportunity, such as access to advanced education.

Ref. HF 1414 .G56 in the Stamps Reading Room.
Also available online from the World Economic Forum, analyzes and ranks countries by openness, quality of government, finances, infrastructure technology, management, labor, and institutions. Two-page country profiles include strengths and weaknesses. Major portion of publication is devoted to global and regional analyses.

Rates and ranks countries by corruption and openness.

A.T. Kearney ranks 60 cities in 40 countries on city-level responses to globalization.

The World Bank Group is developing a new project to measure the business enabling environment in economies worldwide.

Provides analysis on risks involved in trading in countries worldwide and assigns a rating to each country. Provides key economic indicators and performance by industry sector. There is a companion site, Coface.

In-depth reports on the business environment in various countries. Some industry reports are also available.

A visualization tool that allows users to create a visual narrative of countries, and the products they trade.

Focused analysis from the United Nations Development Programme. Includes rankings of countries on measures such as the life expectancy, access to health care and technology, income distribution, and literacy.

Provides regional assessments of corruption. Goal is to raise awareness of the impact of corruption and advocate policy reforms.

Information on travel and relocation to 90 countries around the globe. Includes sections on business practices, medical care and insurance, school systems, banking and currency.

Evaluates a country's  culture based on metrics such individualism, masculinity, power distance and indulgence .

A survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. 

A list of links to national statistical agencies. This website is good source for country-specific social and economic indicators, including national census data.

Produced by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, provides a way to look for worldwide economic indicators. Links to individual indicators (such as GDP and Inflation) available for countries. Descriptions are searchable by title, country, subject, source and keyword.

Data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. Select data by country and sector.

Search for statistics by subject, including agriculture, economics, energy, immigration and transportation.