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Statista: the Statistics Portal This link opens in a new windowIntegrates data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources in 170 industries
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Google Dataset SearchGoogle search engine for datasets hosted across the Web
Aid, Development, and Investment Data
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World Bank DataBank This link opens in a new windowIncludes World Devt. Indicators, Global Development Finance, African Devt. Indicators and more.
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UN Development Programme - Human Development DataStatistical tables that accompany the Human Development Reports showing key indices of human development around the world. Includes the UNDP Human Development Index (HDI)
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Millennium Development Indicators DataIndicators of progress in the areas of debt, child mortality, education, environment, gender, hunger, health, telecommunications, and others.
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Least Developed Countries: Report (UNCTAD)Annual reports with statistical annexes. 1996-present.
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Poverty & Inequality Indicators (PIP) (World Bank)PIP is an interactive computational tool that offers access to the World Bank's estimates of poverty, inequality and shared prosperity.
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Poverty Mapping (SEDAC)NASA and Columbia University's Global Poverty Mapping Project. Includes datasets on poverty, health, and food security. Free login required to download datasets.
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World Development Report (World Bank)Also available in print.
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Atlas of Global Development (World Bank)Visualize and analyze a variety of data in depth, over a long time period.
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Legatum Prosperity IndexAn annual ranking of 110 countries, according to a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, governance, and quality of life.
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Foreign Assistance.govExplains where U.S. foreign aid is invested.
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US Foreign Aid ExplorerData from USAID, etc. Note that 2025 federal funding to USAID may change which data is accessible (as well as time ranges)
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AidDataFree open data site for international development, via William & Mary's Global Research Institute
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OECD Development Finance Data (DCD-DAC)Includes country and sector data. Note: A limited set of country options.
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World Bank Annual ReportOnline only
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UNCTADstatGives access to more than 150 time series covering a wide range of topics covering long periods for almost all economies of the world.
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World Investment Report (UNCTAD)Covers trends and analysis in foreign direct investment.
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Direct Investment and Multinational enterprise (MNE) activitiesData tables for both US investment abroad and FDI in the US from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
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