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From the Website: "Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions."

U.S. Census Bureau trade statistics.

This resource is an excellent source of statistical information on a wide variety of subjects in the social sciences, including the environment, national identity, social networks, family and changing gender roles, religion, leisure, and the role of government. Data is collected from 43 countries around the world and made available to researchers in raw form for further study. This website also includes a comprehensive bibliography of publications using ISSP data.

From the World Trade Organization.

This multi-volume set provides excellent and informative information on countries of the world, including geographical, historical, political, economic, and statistical information. Each entry also contains a directory of governmental and non-governmental organizations. Older volumes are shelved in the General and/or Oversize collection; recent volumes are shelved in Reference: Africa South of the Sahara Ref DT 351 .A37, Central and South-Eastern Europe Ref HC 244 .A1 C46, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia Ref HC 244 .A1 E29, The Far East and Australasia Ref DS1 .F3, The Middle East and North Africa DS 49 .M62, South America, Central American, and the Caribbean F 1401 .S28, Western Europe HC 240 .A1 W47

Presents data on over 180 countries, covering geography, demographics, education, science and technology, government and law, and economics. Sources for all data are noted, and an appendix lists and describes sources, offering important leads to additional data.

A cleanly-organized and helpful guide to US and world statistical sources. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Links to statistics on trade, demographics, social issues, energy, the environment and industry.

Searchable by topic or country, provides statistical data on agriculture, education, the environment, health, industry, poverty, and many other topics.

Provides country profiles.