The Sheridan Libraries

Middle East Policy Studies (SAIS)

ESCWA Statistics Information Portal
Statistics from the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Arab Human Development Reports
From the United Nations Development Programme. The site also links to reports from individual countries.
Arab Barometer
Produces scientifically reliable data on political attitudes of ordinary citizens.

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.

Historical statistics:

For more sources, see the Library's Data Sources for International Relations guide.

OECD Data 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.
EIU Data Services This link opens in a new window
Explore global and country data provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
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.

Finaeon (formerly Global Financial Data GFD) This link opens in a new window
Covering 300 years, Finaeon 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