Armed Conflict Database (IISS)

The Armed Conflict Database (ACD) is an online resource that monitors armed conflicts worldwide, focusing on political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts, whether they are local rebellions, long-term insurgencies, civil wars or inter-state conflicts.

Bertelsmann Stiftung - Sustainable Governance Indicators

The SGI is a cross-national survey of 41 OECD and EU countries that analyzes each country’s future viability based on 140 quantitative and qualitative indicators. More than 100 renowned experts from around the globe contribute to this large-scale study. The SGI approach measures sustainable governance across three pillars

CIA World Factbook

The Central Intelligence Agency's database of country profiles, outlining economic, demographic and political statistics about each of the world's countries.

European Union History

Archive of historical documents on the development of the EU offered by the University of Leiden.

Global Security - World Military Guide

Database providing military statistics on a range of countries, both EU and beyond.

Historical Archives of the European Union

Database provided by the European University Institute which gathers historical documents of EU institutions, archives of political personalities or important officials, and movements or international organisations which played an integral role in the process which led to the construction of Europe.

IEA - World Energy Outlook

Website of the International Energy Agency providing data, statistics and analysis on international energy market projections.

IISS Military Balance

The International Institute for Strategic Studies' annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries world-wide.

IMF - Data and Statistics

Database containing a range of statistics on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

IMF - World Economic Outlook

Published twice a year, the WEO presents analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in individual countries.

Nations Online

Political and Administrative Maps of continents, countries and regions, as well as online resources of maps, map collections, reference maps, and world maps.

OECD Statistics

Comprehensive database of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Provides statistics on a broad range of economic and social indicators for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

Pew Global Attitudes Project

A series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day.

SIPRI - Facts on International Relations and Security Trends

SIPRI database covering areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.

SIPRI - Databases

Link to the databases section of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Provides statistics on a range of military and conflict-related topics such as arms transfers, military expenditure etc.

Statistical Review of World Energy - BP

BP's annual review of World Energy provides global data on world energy markets.

The European Navigator

ENA is a multilingual, multisource and multimedia knowledge base that contains more than 15,000 documents on the historical and institutional development of a united Europe from 1945 to the present day.

UN Data

UN statistics covering a wide range of topics such as refugee figures, human development levels, GDP per capita etc.

UN Demographic Yearbook

Annual publication disseminating statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce.

UN Statistics Division

More navigable than the UN Data, this statistics archive provides links to figures on economic, demographic, environmental, etc trends. It also charts the progress of UN ambitions such as the Milennium Development Goals.

UNDP Data

Data on human development indicators, crises and health etc. by the UN Development Programme.

UNDP Human Development Report Office (HDRO): Human Development Reports

The Human Development Report is an independent publication commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Its editorial autonomy is guaranteed by a special resolution of the General Assembly (A/RES/57/264).

Uppsala Conflict Database

Annually updated datasets covering issues such as organised violence and peacemaking around the globe.

Vision of Humanity - Global Peace Index

The world's leading measure of national peacefulness, the GPI measures peace according to 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators.

World Bank - Data and Research

Worldbank database containing research and statistics on different dimensions of development, from health and social development to resources and technology.

World Wide Science

WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals. It accelerates scientific discovery and progress by providing one-stop searching of databases from around the world and offers a very good database of non-English journals and resources, including empirical findings from researchers ‘on the ground’.