LibGuides: Country Research: Economic Statistics

Reference Books with Current Statistics

Listed below are series that we have in print format, usually from the 1980s forward. Many of the current volumes are available online in pdf format instead of in print.

Statistical Yearbook by United Nations An annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations.
Call Number: HA12.5.U63
ISBN: 9789210613729
International Financial Statistics by International Monetary Fund This monthly print edition contains over 1,000 pages of statistical data in each issue. It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
Call Number: HG3881.I626

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International Trade by Murray State University

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Country Data by World Bank
The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalog.
Data and Statistics from IMF
The IMF publishes a range of time series data 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.
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Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Find statistics on container transport, inland freight transport, and national sea transport.

E-books

OECD Factbook
OECD’s dynamic and comprehensive statistical annual showing a wide range of key statistics for its member countries and major additional countries.
World Economic Outlook
A Survey by the IMF staff usually published twice a year. It presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview as well as more detailed analysis of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, developing countries, and economies in transition to market; and address topics of pressing current interest. Annexes, boxes, charts, and an extensive statistical appendix augment the text. We have historical issues back to 1985 in in print the General Collections, 4th floor, HC10.W7979

International Trade Statistics Yearbook by United Nations
Call Number: HF91.U473
Updated yearly, the International Trade Statistics Yearbook provides the basic information for individual countries' external trade performances in terms of value, as well as in volume and price, the importance of trading partners and the significance of individual commodities imported and exported. Each year is reported in two volumes, one with Trade by Country and the second with Trade by Commodity.
World Economic Situation and Prospects by United Nations
Call Number: HC59.A169
Updated yearly, World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) provides an overview of recent global economic performance and short-term prospects for the world economy and of some key global economic policy and development issues.
World Economic and Social Survey by United Nations
Call Number: HC59.A169
Updated yearly, the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies.