Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO country profiles highlight information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and achieving food security.
You can see news and data for each country, as well as what projects the FAO is doing there.
The Guardian World Government Data
The Guardian's government data portal is a gateway to publicly-available national, regional, and local statistics records for the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, & New Zealand.
Provided by Michigan State University's Broad College of Business, globalEdge is a freemium global business knowledge resource that provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs.
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"Your source for statistical data for 202 countries around the world. Find out more about their history, economy and political conditions."
US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
State Department Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus.
Provides direct links to the World Bank data catalog for each country along with access to the latest publications, news items, and development topics published by, or related to, World Bank operations.
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.
Unclassified since 1971, the Central Intelligence Agency's annual World Factbook provides a reliable resource for information on independent states, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabitable regions, and oceans.