LibGuides: Economics: Data & Statistics

United Kingdom

UK Data Service
Explore the UK's largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data.

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Access to the UK's largest social research data collection. Contains of 6000 data collections, including UK census data, government funded surveys, longitundinal studies, international macrodata, qualitative data, and business microdata. You may need to click 'Login' and enter 'University of Stirling' into the institutions box. You may need to accept 'special conditions' to use some of the datasets.

A range of tutorials about the UK Data Service is available from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuHmFA7iAlct9eNgEE1a_BA
UK Data Archive
The UK's largest collection of social and economic data going back to 1967.
Office for National Statistics
The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK.
Institute for Social and Economic Research
Longitudinal data and analysis providing evidence on how people’s lives are changing over time.
UK Economy Statistics

Scotland

Scottish Government Statistics
Listed by broad themes e.g. labour market, social and welfare, business, enterprise and energy.
National Records of Scotland
Satistical information about Scotland’s people. Includes links to statistics by theme and Census data.

Statistical Information - what do you need?

This guide is currently under construction and we will be adding further sections. Please let us know if you are looking for statistics or other sources which are not yet available and tell us about any sources you would recommend.

Market Research & Advertising

SCOTBIS (Market Reports at National Library of Scotland)

Trade Statistics

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International

OECD
Books, papers, statistics and data analysis from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).
World Bank
Access World Bank data via the Databank tab.
ICPSR
Extensive collection of US and international social and behavioural sciences micro data.

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It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
United Nations
Economic, demographic, environmental statistics for all UN countries.