Research & Subject Guides: Economics: Data Sources

United States

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Department of Commerce
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
National study of socioeconomics and health over lifetimes and across generations
Health and Retirement Study
Longitudinal study of health, retirement, and aging. Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging
Survey of Income and Program Participation
U.S. Census Bureau
National Longitudinal Surveys
U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
NBER Data
National Bureau of Economic Research NBER's collection of files with authors or sources listed to the right of the link are available from the NBER or are otherwise associated with the NBER research program.
Economic data : FRED
Contains U.S. economic time series. Data can be downloaded in in Microsoft Excel and text formats.
EconoMagic.com
Lots of long time series, especially from US government agencies (Federal Reserve Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, et
ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Key International Data Sources

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data
Offers macroeconomic and financial data, including World Economic Outlook reports.
OECD Data
Economic data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, including indicators on economic development, trade, and labor markets.
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Provides global statistical information on a variety of topics, including economics, demographics, and health.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data, covering topics like poverty, education, and the environment.

Regional Data Sources

Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) Data
Free and open access to Data-sets &
development data in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
African Development Bank (AfDB) Data Portal
Provides access to information on all of its lending projects from 1967 up to now.
ASEANStats
Provides data and key statistics related to people and welfare, economy, connectivity, energy and environment for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Data Library
Offers datasets and statistics relevant to the Asia and Pacific region.
Cepalstat
The gateway to all the statistical information of Latin America and the Caribbean countries collected, systematized and published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union, providing high-quality statistics on European countries.
StatsAPEC
A statistics portal with data dating back to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s inception in 1989. The Key Indicators Database includes over 120 GDP, trade, financial and socio-economic indicators, allowing for an analysis of trends across a number of topics.