Data sets back to the 1960s and online publications since 1998. Described as the "online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data."
"The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates."
Historical information from the U.S. Department of State. For countries of the world, "facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations." Superceded by "Countries & Areas - Fact Sheets."
"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities." A long-time standard source.
(On the linking page, go to "Countries & Areas" and then to "Fact Sheet.") From the U.S. State Department. Brief information about relations between the country and the U.S. Supercedes the earlier "Background Notes" series.
A classic set for an historical perspective. "Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world."
From the European Commission. "Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe."
"The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger." See statistics here: http://www.fao.org/statistics/en/.
Digital reports archive here: http://www.fao.org/home/digital-reports/en/.
"The International Atomic Energy Agency is the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field." A good place to browse information is under "Resources": https://www.iaea.org/resources.
"The IMF's primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with each other."
"ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies." "ITU collects ICT statistics for 200 economies and over 100 indicators. "
"WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation." WIPO, established in 1967, is an agency of the United Nations and maintains the PATENTSCOPE database: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/advancedSearch.jsf.
WHO, an agency of the United Nations, focuses on efforts to ensure the health of the citizens of the world. See "Health Topics" for data and fact sheets.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. A link for documents is here: https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/res_e.htm.
