Research Guides: Women & Gender Studies: Statistics

Places to Start

data.census.gov
A source for population, economic, housing, and geographic information and data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas. Includes information about income, education, insurance, employment, housing, poverty, veterans, and much more. Replaces American FactFinder

Census.gov This link opens in a new window
Website of the U.S. Census Bureau. Comprehensive data on the United States summarized and analyzed.
CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supplies dozens of facts for each country including data on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, and defense forces.

Data USA
Purpose is to understand and visualize critical issues facing the United States such as jobs, skills, and education. Data and data visualizations cover a large variety of industries and topics.

Passport This link opens in a new window
Euromonitor's online market research tool, formerly called GMID or Global Market Information Database, monitors economic trends and gives strategic analysis, market size, and market share for numerous products across key countries. Passport includes demographic, psychographic, economic and marketing reports, and statistics, which are comparable across countries. It provides country profiles that include economic news and emerging sectors, and integrated data sets that provide historical trends and forecasting numbers. Datasets may be downloaded to Excel.
International Historical Statistics This link opens in a new window
Find economic, financial, and social statistics for worldwide countries and territories, often spanning centuries and beginning as early as 1750. Find data for Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania including countries whose borders have changed.

OECD Factbook
Contains economic, environmental and social statistics for the OECD countries (mostly European) using over 100 different economic indicators.

Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Supplies statistical data series created from more than 400,000 government and non-government datasets viewable in tables, charts, maps, and graphs. Covers a wide range of business, societal and scientific topics including agriculture, arts, crime, employment and labor, defense, economy, education, energy, environment, geography, government finances, health, households and housing, immigration, politics, population, religion, social services, and transportation. Formerly known as Data Planet.

UNdata
Statistical information from member states on agriculture, crime, education, employment, energy, environment, health, HIV/AIDS, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, tourism, trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.
UNICEF: Statistics and Monitoring
Economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children's well-being.

UN Women: Research and Data
Catalyst
Catalyst is a nonprofit organization that focuses on expanding opportunities for women in the workplace. Browse the Knowledge Center for data on minority inclusion, women in leadership, and other business-related topics.
Eldis: Gender
Maintained by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. Statistical information related to women of the world can be gathered from the individual reports. Relevant Resource Guides include Gender-based Violence, Gender and Education, Gender and Health, and Gender and livelihoods.

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European Commission data and forecasts on the European Union as a whole or on separate countries within the Union. Eurostat relies on each country to send in their data, so it is sometimes incomplete. The site includes the Eurostat Yearbook.

Institute of Women's Policy Research: Status of Women in the States
An initiative from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, these national, state, and local reports offer information on women's progress in the United States. The data is as recent as 2006.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Women Workers
An overview of statistical information gathered by the United States Department of Labor and related agencies. Links to the Current Population Survey, CPS Demographics, Current Employment Statistics, and more.
White House Council on Women and Girls: Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being
A report (.pdf and online version) generated by the White House's Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Commerce's Economics and Statistics Administration. Published in March 2011, it provides recent statistical data from federal agencies.
The World Bank: Data: Gender Equality Statistics and Data
Created and maintained by the World Bank; provides statistics related to demographics, health, labor and wages, education, and women's empowerment. Data is from 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Woman Stats Project
A large and growing compilation of information on the status of women in the world. From the main page go to Project Research, where you can access excellent maps and research reports.
World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2014
From the World Economic Forum