• Find the latest economic statistics, e.g. consumer price index, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - go to Key National Indicators at the ABS site.

• Find Australian census data from AusStats at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

• The Commonwealth Parliamentary Library publishes monthly economic and social indicators for Australia.

• Australian Year Books from 2005 back to 2002 are also at ABS.

• The National Library of Australia provides links to a number of Australian statistical sites.

• The 2001 census data is now available from ABS.

• The Office of Economic and Statistical Research is the Queensland Government's data warehouse.

• Find official statistical sources worldwide by country or region at OFFSTATS.

• Use NationMaster to create your own statistical graphs from information taken from sources such as CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD.

Census data

• The 2001 census data is now available from ABS.

• Find current or historical census data for the United States.

• Find official statistical sources worldwide by country or region at OFFSTATS.

Comparisons and rankings

• The UN's Human Development Report allows you to perform country-by-country comparisons.

• Use NationMaster to create your own statistical graphs from information taken from sources such as CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD.

• The World Development Report from the World Bank has background and information on sustainable development.

Economic and Trade Statistics

• The CIA publishes international economic statistics. The latest issue is 1999.

• The World Trade Organisation provides links to international organisations which provide trade statistics, and to other sources of statistical and economic information.

• Find worldwide statistical institutions via Governments on the WWW.

• Statistics on the world economy can be found at World Resources 2003-2004.

• Food and Agriculture Organization statistical databases, including agriculture, fisheries, forestries and nutrition can be searched at FAOSTAT.

• The World Development Reports from the World Bank have background and information on development worldwide. There are synopses of reports from 1998-2005. The World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development is currently being written. Pre-1998 information is also still available.

  The WTO has a useful International Trade Statistics page.

Education Statistics

• Search the UNESCO statistics databases.

Gender Statistics

• Search Genderstats for statistics by country, or browse categories such as population, labour force and maternal mortality.

Health Statistics

• Search WHOSIS, the World Health Organization's statistical health database.

Internet Statistics