Government Statistics


Reference Desk > Statistics > Government > United States

Sociology > Statistics > Government > United States

Africa

Africa South of the Sahara - African Statistics on the Internet
Maintained by Karen Fung, Curator, African Collection, Stanford University Libraries.

Australia

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Crime Research Centre
"In addition to developing a statistical database, the Centre has been at the forefront of evaluative criminal justice research in Western Australia. The focus has been on producing research which is both scholarly and of relevance to the needs of professionals involved in the formulation, development and implementation of criminal justice policy."
Joint initiative between the State government and the University of Western Australia Law School.

Canada

Access to Justice Network (ACNet)
Canadian law and justice resource materials

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Statistical Analysis Division - (dead link)

Environment Canada

  • State of the Environment Infobase
    "The Infobase is the means by which the Office conveys scientific information on the environment in an understandable way and in a form that can be useful to the public, policy-makers, researchers, and educators and students."
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
    • Species At Risk in Canada
       "You can search for information either a map search, or by a species search (by risk category, range, latin name and common name)."
    • Wild Species 2000: The General Status of Species in Canada - (dead link)
      This report is a "collaborative overview of the condition of our wild flora and fauna. What we have, where they occur, and how theyíre doing."

Statistics Canada

  • Canada e-Book
    "To make sense of this ever-changing country, the Canadae-Book uses sound, images, tables, graphs and both analytical and descriptive text to look at CanadaóThe Land, The People, The Economy and TheState."
  • Historical Statistics of Canada
    F.H. Leacy, Editor

China

China Statistical Information Network - (dead link) (Chinese or English)
National Bureau of Statistics

International Chinese Statistical Association

European Union

The European Commission

  • Eurostat
    Free resources include: News Releases ; Statistics in Focus ; Key Indicators ; Database Information ; Eurostat News ; Catalogues ; Alert Me ; Links and Contacts. Additional resources a fee-based.

India

Ministry of Finance

  • Economic Survey - (dead link)

Iraq

Brookings Institution

  • Iraq Index
    Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq
    "...is a statistical compilation of economic and security data. This resource will provide updated information on various criteria, including crime, telephone and water service, troop fatalities, unemployment, Iraqi security forces, oil production, and coalition troop strength."

Israel

Israel Social Sciences Data Center
"...established by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with a mission to collect, preserve and distribute data of interest to the academic community...The ISDC now houses approximately 1200 datasets including national sample survey data, local studies, census micro-data, government records in selected fields as well as macro-economic series...Sources of data include the Central Bureau of Statistics, central and local government agencies, research institutes as well as independent researchers from the affiliated academic institutes."

Japan

Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center - (dead link)
Includes Consumer Price Index, Retail Price Survey, Population Census and a lot more official government statistics
Management and Coordination Agency of Japan, Government of Japan

Japan Information Network - STATISTICS - (dead link)
Includes: Census ; Crime ; Diplomacy ; Economics ; Education ; Environment ; Financial Affairs ; Housing ; Industry ; International Transaction ; Labor ; Leisure ; Media ; Medical Care ; Migrants ; ODA ; Opinion Survey ; Politics ; Research and Development ; Social Welfare ; Standard of Living ; Vital Statistics ; Women.

Russia

State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics

South Africa

South African Data Archive
"...serves as a broker between a range of data providers (e.g. statistical agencies, government departments, opinion and market research companies and academic institutions) and the research community. The archive does not only preserve data for future use, but also adds value to the collections. It safeguards datasets and related documentation and attempts to make it as easily accessible as possible for research and educational purposes."

Sweden

Statistics Sweden - (dead link)

United Kingdom

Government Department for Education and Employment

National Statistics
Official UK statistics site

  • StatBase
    "...contains data, and information about those data, from government statistical units across the UK."

Parliament UK

The Stationery Office - Official Documents

  • Criminal Statistics - England and Wales 1999 - (dead link)
    Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 1999-2000
    Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty, December 2000

United States

See U.S. Government Statistics

___

International Labour Organization Databases - (dead link)
Areas include: Country and Regional Info ; ILO Publications ; Labour Administration ; Labour Statistics ; Legal Info ; Occupational Safety ; Social Security ; Terminology ; Vocational Training and Rehabilitation ; World of Work.

Last modified on April 2007
 Academic Info. All rights reserved.