Primary International Relations Data Sets & Statistics

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

ICPSR
Also Known as: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SIMI Variables
USE OF ICPSR DATA REQUIRES STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to social science quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR. Subjects covered includ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present.
Supplemental URLs
    ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
    SDA Online Data Analysis System
    Publications-Related Archive
    SIMI: Site for Instructional Materials and Information
    SSVD: Social Science Variables Database

OECD iLibrary
Also Known as: Source OECD, SourceOECD
Publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covering agriculture and food, education and skills, emerging economies and transition e...   [more]

World Development Indicators
Also Known as: World Bank WDI Online
The World Bank's principal data source on the global economy. More than 550 time series, 1960-present, on more than 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering demographic, social, economic, financi...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
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Important International Relations Data Sets & Statistics

ACLED - Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project
Public collection of political violence data worldwide, 1997-present. Contains information on the specific dates and locations of political violence, the types of event, the groups involved, fataliti...   [more]
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American Public Opinion and United States Foreign Policy Series
Data files for quadrennial survey of opinions of the U.S. general public and a select group of opinion leaders on U.S. foreign policy....   [more]
Holdings: 1975-present.

AREAER Online
Also Known as: IMF AREAER , Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions (AREAER)
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Armed Conflict and Intervention Project
Data sets and bibliographic citations to data sets on world conflict regions, direct military interventions, political interaction events, bilateral trade flows, memberships in conventional intergover...   [more]
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Balance of Payment Statistics (BOPS)
Also Known as: IMF BOPS, BOPS
- from IMF eLibrary
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China.aiddata.org
Data and geographic visualization of Chinese development finance flows to Africa....   [more]
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Commitment to Development Index
Rates 21 rich countries on how much they help poor countries build prosperity, good government, and security. Each rich country gets scores in seven policy areas, which are averaged for an overall sco...   [more]
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Complex Emergency Database
Nutrition and mortality indicators for populations affected by complex emergencies....   [more]
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Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS)
Also Known as: IMF CDIS, CDIS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)
Also Known as: IMF CPIS, CPIS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Correlates of War 2
Also Known as: COW2
Data sets for studying the conditions associated with the outbreak of war. Longitudinal data, generally covering 1816-present, describe: state system membership, interstate wars, extrastate wars, intr...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    COW Dataverse

Council of European Social Science Data Archives
An umbrella organization for social science data archives across Europe....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Catalog

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
Also Known as: CIFP
Cross-national statistical data and risk assessment reports on domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, econom...   [more]
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DATA Report
Also Known as: Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa Report
Annual summary of foreign aid to Africa, produced by DATA - Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa - now produced by ONE Campaign...   [more]
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Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
Also Known as: IMF DOTS, DOTS
- from IMF eLibrary
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EUGene
Also Known as: Expected Utility Generation and Data Management Program
REQUIRES DOWNLOADING EXECUTABLES AND VERY LARGE FILES! Data management tool for testing the expected utility theory of war and dispute resolution by subsetting and extracting international relations d...   [more]
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Eurobarometer Survey Series
Also Known as: Central and Eastern Eurobarometer
Semiannual public opinion surveys for European countries conducted for the European Commission, 1974 to present. CEEB subset covers "candidate" countries, 1990 to 1997....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    European Commission public opinion sector
    Eurobarometer Survey Series data (via ICPSR)
    Central and Eastern Eurobarometer data (via ICPSR)
    Eurobarometer Interactive Search System
    Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File, 1970-2002 (via ICPSR)

Financial Tracking Service
Real-time database tracking all reported international humanitarian aid....   [more]
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GESIS
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
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Global Development Finance
Also Known as: World Bank GDF Online
World Bank time series statistical data covering 1960 to the present, with forecast data for up to seven years, for the 210 countries reporting public and publicly-guaranteed debt. Data include extern...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
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Government Finance Statistics
Also Known as: IMF Government Finance Statistcs, IMF GFS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Supplemental URLs
    GFS via old IMF interface

HOLIS 14 Points application
Reports on humanitarian aid from EU country donors and ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Office). Provides dollar values and brief descriptions of individual relief programs....   [more]
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HRDAG - Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group
Data sets and other materials for the statistical analysis of human rights claims worldwide....   [more]
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ICPSR International Data Resource Center (IDRC)
USE OF IDRC DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR with an int...   [more]
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ICRG Historical Datasets
Monthly country-level time-series political risk rating components and subcomponents....   [more]
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ICRG Researchers Dataset
Also Known as: PRS Group International Country Risk Guide Researchers Dataset
Political risk time-series data, 1984-2005, from International Country Risk Guide Table 3B....   [more]
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IDMC: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Also Known as: Global IDP Project: On People Displaced by War
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IMF Data Mapper
Choropleth mapping and data graphing for IMF time series, including variables from World Economic Outlook, Balance of Payments Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, AFR Regional Economic Outlook,...   [more]
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IMF eLibrary Data
- from IMF eLibrary
Splash page for IMF's IFS and GFS subscription data sets, plus other IMF data sources....   [more]
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Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research data
Data sets include Forcibly Displaced Populations, Major Episodes of Political Violence, PITF State Failure Problem Set, High Casualty Terrorist Bombings, Memberships in Conventional Intergovernmental ...   [more]
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International Crisis Behavior Project
Data on international crises, protracted conflicts, and crisis actors from 1918 through 2001. ICB Online provides an interactive interface to text summaries of individual crises....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    International Crisis Behavior Online (interactive)

International Development Statistics online
Also Known as: Development Assistance Committee, Creditor Reporting System
Requires free annual registration. OECD-collected data on international aid and other resource flows. Includes: DAC online (Development Assistance Committee aggregate data) and CRS online (Creditor Re...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present
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International Financial Statistics Online
Also Known as: International Monetary Fund IFS, IMF IFS
- from IMF eLibrary
International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current dat...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    IFS via old IMF interface

iPOLL
Also Known as: Roper Center, RPOLL
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Question-level data from public opinion polls. Almost 400,000 questions from polls, 1935 to present, based upon Roper Center-archived surveys with US national adult samples...   [more]
Holdings: 1935 to present. Updated daily.

Japanese Data Archive
Also Known as: JPOLL Roper Center
REQUIRES FREE ONLINE REGISTRATION. Comprehensive question-level database of Japanese public opinion data, 1990-present. More than 10,000 questions with response frequencies translated from Japanese in...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present
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Latin American Public Opinion Project
Also Known as: AmericasBarometer
Surveys of citizens of Latin America on their political views - specifically on democratic values and their behaviors related to democracy. Topics covered include the extent to which women may be excl...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    LAPOP data analysis and crosstabs

League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents
PDF-format document collection produced by Northwestern University Library. Contains 260 League of Nations documents, 1926-1946. Includes Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations....   [more]
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Migration and Remittances - World Bank Prospects
Comparative data and reports on international migration and transfers of funds from migrants to nation of origin....   [more]
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Minorities at Risk
Also Known as: MARGene
Monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in countries worldwide. Provides risk assessments and chronologies for each group. MARGene -- Minorities at Risk Da...   [more]
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National and International Data Sources and Links - United Nations Statistics Division
The UN provides links to the statistical agencies of member countries, as well as the names and links (where available) for statistical yearbooks for each country....   [more]
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OECD.Stat
- from OECD iLibrary
Integrated search and tabulation interface for OECD statistical databases....   [more]

Open Data for Africa (African Development Bank)
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Open Doors
Information on international students in the US and worldwide. Since UPenn is a member of IIE, students, faculty, and staff may request an individual, temporary password from IIE. Send email to membe...   [more]
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Also Known as: News Interest Index, Pew Global Attitudes Project
Research center polling public attentiveness to major political and public policy issues and to the media. Includes cross-national Pew Global Attitudes Project. News Interest Index polls Americans on ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Pew Center survey data sets (free downloading)
    News Interest Index -- most closely watched news stories of the decade
    Pew Global Attitudes Project

Political Instability Task Force
Also Known as: State Failure Task Force
"Internal Wars and Failures of Governance, 1955-2007." Comparative information on cases of total and partial state failure in independent countries. Events include wars, ethnic wars, adverse regime ch...   [more]
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Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2008
Coded annual information on regime and authority characteristics for independent states....   [more]
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Polling the Nations
Primary data, fulltext for approximately 250,000 individual questions and aggregated responses, often cross tabulated by respondent characteristics, compiled from public opinion surveys. Topics cove...   [more]

Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Numeric data archive for public opinion polls. Access is mediated through requests from Penn Library to Roper Center. Related online resources include: Roper Center's online catalog of data sets; and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1936-present.
Supplemental URLs
    Roper Center Interactive Collection Map
    Topics at a Glance (inc. Presidential Approval)
    Roper Center Select Bibliography
    Roper iPoll
    Health Poll Database

U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations
Also Known as: USAID Greenbook
US AID's Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States (U.S.) foreign aid to the rest of the world. The Greenbook reports all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for eac...   [more]
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UN Comtrade
Also Known as: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
Annual detailed import / export commodity and trading partner statistics for 130 countries. Many countries have data from 1962. Commodities are classified by Standard International Trade Classif...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present
Supplemental URLs
    Comtrade website
    
    
    
    

UN Register of Conventional Arms
Data on international arms transfers, military holdings, and procurement through national production and relevant policies, 1992-present, provided by UN member states. Covers major conventional arms, ...   [more]
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UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and...   [more]
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UNCTAD-TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System)
A comprehensive information system at the HS-based tariff line level covering tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import flows by origin for more than 140 countries ...   [more]
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UNCTADstat
Statistics from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Includes international trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment (FDI), external financial resources, commodities and ma...   [more]
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Uppsala Conflict Data Program
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia. UCDP Georeferenced Event Database, and much more....   [more]
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World Bank Documents & Reports
Also Known as: World Development Sources, WDS
Page-image fulltext of more than 14,000 World Bank documents. Covers World Bank activities and interests worldwide in agriculture, economic policy, education and social protection, electrical power, o...   [more]
Holdings: 1960-present. Updated weekly.
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World Bank Research Datasets
Datasets compiled for World Bank research in agriculture, domestic and household finance, education, environment, globalization, governance, health, population and demography, industry, infrastructure...   [more]
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Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank)
Aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the past decade, for six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Vi...   [more]
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Related International Relations Data Sets & Statistics

EMIS
Full-text news, financial, economic and market information focusing largely on emerging market countries....   [more]

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Also Known as: IDEA
IDEA, an intergovernmental organization with member states across all continents, seeks to support sustainable democracy in both new and long-established democracies. Includes information on; politica...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    International IDEA Unified Database

Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Also Known as: Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe
The statistical annual of ECLAC, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. The complete fulltext publication is available for download starting with the 1999 edition....   [more]
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UNdata
The central statistical information service for the United Nations and its affiliates and international partners. Replaces UNSTATS....   [more]
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UNSTATS
Also Known as: United Nations Common Database, UNCDB
Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations. Topics covered include population composition and change; human settlements, h...   [more]
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