LibGuides: Finding Statistics in Government Resources: General Resources

General Resources for Government Statistics

Many statistics resources include information from multiple levels and types of governments. This page lists resources that provide access to government statistics from United States federal, state, and local governments; foreign governments; and international organizations such as the United Nations. For resources pertaining to specific governments, see the other pages in this guide.

ProQuest Statistical Insight (Statistical Universe) This link opens in a new window
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(UIUC Subscription) Provides comprehensive access to statistical information. Use the Search Abstracts screen to search abstracts and indexes to U.S., state, international and intergovernmental statistical sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS). If available, links are also given to a full-text web-based version of the publication cited.

World Bank Open Data
(World Bank Group) Browse development data by country or indicator (topic), search the Open Data Catalog, use DataBank analysis and visualization, access Open Finances data, and learn through the Open Data Toolkit.

WDI Online This link opens in a new window
(UIUC Subscription) Access economic, social, demographic, and environmental data by region and country from the World Bank Group. This subscription provides access to the World Bank Open Data and additional development data.