The Sheridan Libraries

African Policy Studies (SAIS)

African Development Indicators (World Bank)
AidData
From William and Mary, this center connects policy-makers and researchers to data. The GeoQuery search allows for regional/country searching.
African Development Bank (AFDB) Data Portal
African Development Report (African Development Bank)
ECA Statistics (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
African Statistical Yearbook (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
Economic Report on Africa (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
DataFirst
Includes survey and administrative microdata from South Africa and other African countries.
African Economic Outlook
From the African Development Bank and the OECD. Includes country reports for 30 countries. Statistical annex of economic and social variables covering all African countries.
Afrobarometer
Public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, and economic conditions in more than 35 countries.
African Population and Health Research Center
Focused on health, population, education, aging, urbanization and well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa.
International Historical Statistics
Online version of 3 vol. set. Titled: Africa, Asia and Oceania; Americas; and, Europe. Updated to 2010.
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania, 1750-2005
Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953
These statistics cover the history of thirteen British colonies across Africa.
Elections in Africa: a data handbook
Covers elections throughout Africa up to 1998.

International Statistical Agencies
Links to statistical agencies by country. Maintained by the US Census Bureau. Scroll down page for alphabetical list.
Stats SA
Statistics of South Africa
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics

Statistical Abstracts of the World This link opens in a new window
Statistical abstracts are issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments and contain country-level data not easily found elsewhere.

EIU Data Services This link opens in a new window
Explore global and country data provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
OECD Statistics This link opens in a new window
OECD statistical databases.
IMF eLibrary Data This link opens in a new window
Int'l Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments, Direction of Trade, Govt Finance Statistics, and more.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
Statistical resources of the United Nations..

UNCTADstat
Gives access to more than 150 time series covering a wide range of topics covering long periods for almost all economies of the world.

World Bank DataBank This link opens in a new window
Includes World Devt. Indicators, Global Development Finance, African Devt. Indicators and more.
Global Financial Data (GFD) This link opens in a new window
Covering 300 years, GFD tracks the growth of the European, US and global economies in the 1800s and 1900s for developing and emerging markets. Note: Users must create an account. You will be assigned a unique User Name and Password using your JHU e-mail.
Passport GMID Euromonitor This link opens in a new window
To access data, you can select a topic from the Tool Bar at the top of the page, or click "Search" for "Quick Market Statistics". After retrieving your search, you can adjust the time series, getting data back to 1977.
Connect by S&P Global (formerly IHS Markit) This link opens in a new window
Click on "Data Browser" to access the Economic data