Finding Data & Statistics

This database provides access to information and data on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and the work of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section (IMTSS) of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

Provides a lot of statistics, some of which are freely available.

Latest numbers, tables, news releases, frequently asked questions, and other information about changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

A great site where you can search by country to gather links to large statistical sets.

Consumer Price Indexes and Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices for the United States and select foreign economies.

From the Census Bureau, this page contains links to international statistical agencies by country as well as supranational statistical agencies, such as EUROSTAT and the World Bank

Provides links to all of the major world stock exchanges.

With Country Trade Profiles, you get an excellent summary of the nation's principal exports, imports, top trading partners, balance of trade statistics, and more.

Scroll down to "The International Trade Statistics Yearbook," and click on a year. You will then find the profiles within that document.

This database will let you gather stats for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for 189 countries for the years 1950 to 2007.

Trade Map provides - in the form of tables, graphs and maps - indicators on export performance, international demand, alternative markets and competitive markets, as well as a directory of importing and exporting companies.

This is a massive collection of free databases from the U.N. You can target a specific dataset, or do a mass search. Types of information available relate to economic development, human rights, energy resouces, commodities, labor, gender issues, and more.

Foreign Agricultural Service maintains a global agricultural market intelligence and commodity reporting service to provide U.S. farmers and traders with information on world agricultural production and trade for use in adjusting to changes in world demand for U.S. agricultural products.

The World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) serves as USDA's focal point for economic intelligence and the commodity outlook for U.S. and world agriculture.