Data: International

Library Databases

CountryWatch
Provides country-specific intelligence and data in the areas of demography, politics, economics, business, culture, and environment. This subscription comprises access to CountryReviews, CountryWire, CountryWatch Data, CountryWatch Map Gallery, the Political Intelligence Wire, and the Global Guide.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
ICRG researchers dataset
Current risk ratings and data from the International Country Risk Guide, including Table 3B: Political Risk Points by Component, updated to 2017.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Data archive of research in the social sciences, hosting specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
SimplyAnalytics

A mapping, analytics, and data visualization program providing demographic information including Canadian census data (2006-2021), household spending data, and Canadian business profiles.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
Social Explorer
This spatial visualization tool can create maps at every geographic level using modern and historical demographic and socioeconomic data. Most data are for the United States (such as all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys, election data, crime, health, and more), but it does include some other countries as well.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

Open Data: Governments and NGOs

Afrobarometer
Public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa.
eurostat
Statistical office of the European Union.
European Social Survey
Cross-national survey measuring attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and behaviour patterns.
SHARE: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
Cross-national database of microdata on health, socio-economic status, and social family networks.
United States Census Bureau
USAID Demographic and Health Surveys
Data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from over 90 countries.

Open Data: Inter-Governmental

IMF Data
Time-series data published by the International Monetary Fund. Topics include lending, exchange rates, and other indicators.
UN Data
A web-based data service bringing together a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies.
World Bank Data Catalog
Includes Africa Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, World Development Indicators, Gender Statistics, World Bank Projects Portfolio, and more.
WTO Data
Statistical data related to WTO issues. Time series data covering merchandise trade and trade in services statistics, market access indicators, non-tariff information, and other indicators.