International
Statistics Offices and Data Sources
The following websites contain statistics and data relating to every
country, groups of countries or issues/topics of international interest
e.g. Antarctica
statistics.
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us.
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This site contains an Excel file (downloadable for free) filled
with macroeconomic and demographic annual time series for 188 countries. The dataset is arranged so
that each column
represents a variable (e.g. population) and each row represents a year
for a
particular country.
Includes a table builder.
Useful
for gathering macroeconomic time series
for OECD countries.
The European Union’s statistics office.
A page containing links to National Antarctic Data Centres.
A page by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, with many links to data and analyses about the Arctic.
From the website: The Partnership in Statistics for
Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) was founded in November 1999
by the United
Nations, the European
Commission, the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International
Monetary Fund,
and the World Bank,
in response to the UN Economic and Social Council resolution on the
goals of
the UN Conference on Development. PARIS21's goal is to develop a
culture of
evidence-based policy making and implementation which serves to improve
governance and government effectiveness in reducing poverty and
achieving the
Millennium Development Goals. PARIS21 pursues this goal by encouraging
and
assisting low-income countries to design, implement, and monitor a National
Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS).
An NSDS is
expected to provide a country with a strategy for strengthening
statistical
capacity across the entire national statistical system (NSS).
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United
Nations.
Within FAO there is:
Agro-MAPS
A global spatial
database of subnational agricultural land-use statistics.
AQUASTAT
AQUASTAT is FAO's
global information system of water and agriculture developed by the
Land and
Water Development Division of FAO. AQUASTAT provides users
with
comprehensive
statistics on the state of agricultural water management across the
world, with
emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition.
CountrySTAT
A national statistical
information system for food and agriculture. CountrySTAT
harmonizes and
integrates data on food and agriculture coming from different sources.
Through
a core database, policy makers and researchers can group data across
thematic
areas -- such as production, trade and consumption -- in order to study
relationships and processes.
FAOSTAT
The FAO Statistical Database is an
on-line multilingual database currently containing over 1 million
time-series
records from over 210 countries and territories covering statistics on
agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and
population.
Fishery and
Aquaculture Statistics
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department provides advice and objective information to Members to help
promote
responsible aquaculture and fisheries. To fulfil this role, the
Department
compiles, analyses and disseminates fishery data, structured within
data
collections.
Forestry Country
Profiles
Forestry Country Profiles contain
statistics on forest and forestry issues on a country by country basis
including forest cover, plantations, volume and biomass and fires.
GLIPHA
The Global Livestock Production and
Health Atlas (GLiPHA), is a user-friendly, highly interactive
electronic atlas
using the Key Indicator Display System (KIDS)
developed by FAO. The atlas provides a
scaleable overview of spatial and temporal variation of quantitative
information related to animal production and health through the
combination of
maps, tables and charts.
PAAT Information
system
The PAAT secretariat combines the forces
of FAO, WHO, IAEA, and OAU/IBAR to promote integrated trypanosomiasis
control
through coordinated international action. The ultimate goal is to
improve food
security and sustainable agricultural and rural development.
TERRASTAT
Land resource potential and constraints
statistics at country and regional level. Statistics are based on
various small
scale maps and inventories that were not always up to date, reliable or
both.
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