Statistical and Map Resources

Key Statistical Data Sites

• CIA World Factbook - You can find a variety of information that is useful for every unit. The information is based on countries only.

• Our World in Data - You will have to search by topic or statistic, but it has hundreds of charts and maps. This is where a lot of your starter images come from.

  • Besides searching, you can "Browse by Topics" which is listed to the left. Each larger topic has several sub-topics.

• US Census Bureau International Database

  • Data Tool - select the type of information and county(ies), statistic, year(s), etc. to see the data; https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php

  • Overview Page - besides the tools, there are also reports and explanations of the information https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html

• Gapminder

  • Tools - fancy graphs and data representation; https://www.gapminder.org/tools/

  • Data - just the numbers without the charts and graphs; https://www.gapminder.org/data/

• UN Human Development Report 2021-2022 - Lots and lots of development numbers in the PDF. The appendixes are near the very end of the PDF.

• World Bank - 

  • Gender Data Portal: This page lists all available indicator group in the Gender Data Portal by topic.