The OECD comprises 30 highly developed democracies, including the United States, Mexico, and Canada, numerous European nations, Australia, and New Zealand.

OECD Economic Outlook: Trends and Statistics for OECD Member Countries
1967 - present available online. (Click "Read" option to view individual chapters or full volumes online. PDF download is not available)

OECD iLibrary: Statistics

The United Nations is one of the few sources of statistics from all the world's nations. Due to disparities in reporting infrastructures, publication of U.N. compilations tends to be slow and statistics from lesser developed nations may be rudimentary or appear to be out of date. However, these are generally the most recent data available.

UN Data
Search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Compare statistics on more than 200 countries related to education, science and technology, culture, and communication. From UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization).

UNICEF Statistical Data on Children
UNICEF is an agency within the UN that monitors indicators related to Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) for children worldwide.

United Nations Statistics Division

World Health Organization - Data at WHO
International data and statistics related to health issues including life expectancy/mortality, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, water and sanitation, and environmental health.

World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

World Social Report
This publication continues Report on the World Social Situation and World Economic and Social Survey (WESS).

The World Bank is the informal umbrella term used to designate several agencies of the United Nations whose purpose is to monitor and promote international development and to provide low-interest and interest-free loans and grants to low income countries.

The World Bank regularly reports statistics and trends in international development, and developed a new open access policy in 2010, making even more data available on the Internet for free.

World Bank Data and Statistics

World Bank's Open Development Site
Provides links to free development data and indicators compiled by the World Bank, as well as descriptions of the World Bank's open access policy and plans.

World Development Indicators
The World Development Indicators is a compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. The database contains 1,400 time series indicators for 217 economies and more than 40 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years.

World Development Report
Annual analysis of status of progress in international development. Includes many statistics.