Data!

Statistical Datasets for IB Math Studies

International and Global Data

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/

Select a country and find hundreds of current stats around its geography, population and demographics, military, economy, energy, health, transportation and communications. Data is only displayed for one country at a time.

World Bank

https://data.worldbank.org/

Find world-wide and country-specific statistics on economies, education, climate change agriculture & more. Browse by country or compare multiple countries’ data by indicator. You can also download data sets directly to Excel.

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/gho/en/

See global data by topic or select a country and view data on many indicators. Topics include traffic deaths, communicable diseases, maternal health, child health, water and sanitation, and more. You can download data sets directly to Excel.

United Nations Data

http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx?d=UNESCO

A portal to specific databases on nearly every subject, from energy and the environment to economic issues to health and safety, and more. Click on the “Topics” tab and find links to detailed data.

OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

https://stats.oecd.org/

OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

https://data.oecd.org/

Find, compare and share the latest OECD data: charts, maps, tables and related publications

National Data (U.S.)

U.S. Government Datasets

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset

Find national, state and local datasets on dozens of issues.

Voter Registration Data

2016 election: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-580.html2020 election: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-585.html

Find information about registered voters, including income.

Climate Data

Climate Change Knowledge Portal

https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/

Climate data from The World Bank Group

State of the Climate - National Centers for Environmental Information (part of NOAA)

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/

National and Global climate reports

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access

Data access to NCEI's list of datasets

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/

Archive of global historical weather and climate data.

Includes daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly measurements of temperature, precipitation, wind, and degree days as well as radar data and 30-year Climate Normals.

EarthData - NASA

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/

EarthData - Hazards and Disasters (NASA)

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/hazards-and-disastersHazards & Disaster Risk

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/hazards/data/sets/browse

Crime and Police Data (U.S.)

National Bureau of Justice Statistics

https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=kfa

Look at key statistics about crime. Use the navigation bar on the left of the page to find more detailed statistics on various types of crime, incarceration rates, capital punishment and more.

FBI Crime Uniform Reporting Statistics

https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/

Create data tables that present statistics about many kinds of crime for one state or multiple states.

Fatal Encounters

https://fatalencounters.org/

Download a data spreadsheet of people who have been killed by police around the country.

Human Trafficking Data (International)

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/otip/fs_data_collection_state_data_collection_efforts.pdf

Find data about human trafficking around the world, including sex trafficking as well as slavery.

Traffic Stops, Stanford Open Policing Project

https://openpolicing.stanford.edu/data/

Download data about traffic stops in one local area or around the country.

Traffic Stops, National Bureau of Justice Statistics

https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=702

Find data on traffic stops in 2015.

Economic Data (U.S.)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

https://www.bea.gov/data/all

Find an array of statistics on income, business and personal savings and investment, foreign transactions, and more. Download the data directly into Excel.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment

See Oregon, national and other states’ data on employment and wages.

Education Data (U.S.)

Digest of Education Statistics 2020

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2020menu_tables.asp

Find national data on college entrance tests, class sizes, school crime, student achievement and much more.

SAT Data 2021

https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2021-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf

A breakdown in demographic and performance SAT data. You can also choose to search by state.

Health and Safety Data

Car Crash Data (U.S.)

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#/

Data from the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration about car and traffic safety.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data (U. S.)

https://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/

Find key statistics on a number of health-related topics, including birth defects, life expectancy, alcohol use, cancer rates, and foodborne illnesses.

Global Mortality from Firearms, 1990–2016, University of Washington (International)

Read the PDF (see pages 16-49 of the report).

Find data for each country on homicides and suicides due to firearms.

Suicide Mortality by State (U.S.)

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm

Examine suicide data for the years 2005 and 2014-2016, broken down by state.