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United Nations Research Guide: Statistics

Key Resources

Statistical Resources from the United Nations

The UN Statistics Division provides a variety of information via its web site.

  • UNData
  • Comtrade provides trade data from 1962 - present. "Every year over 130 countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country."

Two print publications stand-out:

Most United Nations statistics are published by the Secretariat. They are well-indexed by the Index to International Statistics (IIS). Published since 1983, IIS indexes the publications of international organizations and reproduces them in microfiche. The index is available in print (fAI1 .I49 [Main Reference]). The corresponding microfiche collection is located in the Main Library Media Services.

 

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