Social Science and Geospatial Data Services

Social Indicators

Europa World Yearbook

Provides economic, political and geographic information and statistical data by country. Includes over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Global Development Finance (GDF) (UConn Only)

GDF Online provides financial data on 136 developing countries for indicators including long-term debt, public and publicly guaranteed debt, private nonguaranteed debt, official creditors, and private creditors. From the World Bank. 1970-future projections.

Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) (UConn Only)

Statistics of the United States, covering population, work and welfare, economics, governance, and international relations. Primary data. Census data starts c1790; some data available from the 1600s; available through 2000 census. 1700s-current.

ICPSR

UConn is a member of of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, allowing students and faculty access to a vast archive of social science datasets for research and instruction.

Millenneum Development Goals Indicators

Database of the 8 goals, 18 targets, and 48 indicators defined in the United Nations Millenneum Declaration for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women

SourceOECD (UConn Only)

Coverage includes: agriculture & food; economic outlook; education; health; science & technology, and much more. NOTES: UConn has access to the OECD statistical databases ONLY.

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Carribean

Indicators of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

United Nations statistical databases

Links to: Common Database (UNCDB), Demographic Yearbook system, Distat, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database, Good practices database, InfoNation, Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI), Millennium Indicators Database, National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants, Population and housing censuses: census dates, Population and Vital Statistics on Internet, Social Indicators, Statistics and indicators on women and men.

World Development Indicators (WDI) (UConn Only)

Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, including time series data on agriculture, manufacturing, health indicators, education, natural resources, and foreign investment. From the World Bank World Development Indicators.

World Marketing Data and Statistics (UConn Only)

Includes country-level data on agricultural and environmental topics, health, housing, labor, economic, and marketing indicators.