LibGuides@Southampton: Data and Statistics: Economics & Finance

Country Level Data

International macro databanks (UK Data Service) This link opens in a new window
Country-level social and economic data, including that from the EU, OECD, IMF and World Bank, dating back to 1960. For developing countries see, in particular, the World Bank’s World Development Indicators. You can search the data using 'Discover'.
You must register and login with your Institutional (SUSSED) login before you can access data .

Passport (Euromonitor International)
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Provides statistics and in depth reports on companies, industries and countries worldwide. Includes consumer trends, demographic data, socioeconomic data, macroeconomic data and global reports.

China Data Online This link opens in a new window
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Economic and social statistics for China. Provides comprehensive information on China’s economic development at national, provincial, city, county and industrial levels. Also provides a unique collection of various Census data at province, city, county and township levels of Mainland China. VPN is required off campus.

OECD Institutional Investors Statistics, 1980-
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Annual and quarterly data at country level covering the level and structure of the financial assets of institutional investors (investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds) in the OECD countries, and in the Russian Federation.
World Development Indicators
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, presents the most current and accurate global development data available and includes national, regional and global estimates.

UK Data

Office for National Statistics (ONS) This link opens in a new window
A UK Government body responsible for producing of a wide range of economic and social data and statistics for the UK. They also provide access to statistics from other UK government departments. Statistics for the regions and local areas are available in a separate section . If you require UK census data for use with GIS software this is available from the UK Data Service.
HM Treasury This link opens in a new window
Website of HM Treasury, the UK Government department responsible for finance.
Scottish Government This link opens in a new window
Website of the Scottish Government.
Department for Communities and Local Government - Statistics This link opens in a new window
Statistical website of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Other Data Sources

Name	Source	Notes
Earnings and Working Hours	Office for National Statistics
Asian Development Bank Statistics	Asian Development Bank
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Statistics	The Insolvency Service
CAA Aviation Statistics	CAA
EDGAR Database	US Securities and Exchange Commission
European Central Bank: Statistical Data Warehouse	European Central Bank
FAOSTAT	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Groningen Growth and Development Centre Databases	Groningen Growth and Development Centre, Groningen University, Netherlands
MeasuringWorth	MeasuringWorth	This site allows you to calculate the value of money and other economic indicators in the past.
Human Development Report	United Nations Development Programme	Also held in print in the Hartley Library.
Inflation: the value of the pound 1750-2011	House of Commons Library	A research paper on how the purchasing power of the pound has changed between 1750-2005.
IFPRI Datasets	International Food Policy Research Institute
Joint External Debt Hub	BIS, IMF, OECD, World Bank
Market Access Database	European Commission
Millennium Development Goals Indicators	United Nations Statistical Division
NASDAQ	NASDAQ
National Bureau of Statistics of China	National Bureau of Statistics of China, People's Republic of China
NBER Data	National Bureau for Economic Research
NBER Macrohistory Database	National Bureau for Economic Research
Pacific Exchange Rate Service	University of British Columbia, Canada
Parkers	Parkers	Prices for new and used cars.
Penn World Tables	Centre for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania, US
Sutherland Tables: Comparative Domestic Heating Costs	Sutherland Tables
UNECE Economic Statistics	UN Economic Commission for Europe
CEPALSTAT	UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCAP Statistics	UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNU/WIDER - UNDP World Income Inequality Database	UN University and World Institute for Development Economics Research