Current global and national statistics compiled by the UN. The site provides statistics on energy, education, finance, agriculture, crime, the environment, healthcare, demography, industry, migration, tourism, and trade. Data is available in tabular form and downloaded in archived EXCEL format.

2 Statistics of the UN Conference on Trade and Development Statistics on international trade, investment, economic development trends, exchange rates, labor, goods, information and communication technologies, shipping, etc. Statistics are collected and processed by the UN Conference on Trade and Development. Data are presented in the form of graphs and tables. To download data in EXCEL format, free registration on the site is required.

3 Statistics of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Statistics on various financial and economic indicators are presented on the IMF website. Information is very conveniently presented in the form of interactive maps, graphs and tables. Statistics on countries and groups of countries are downloaded in EXCEL format. The IMF produces statistics-based analytical reports that can be downloaded in PDF format.

4 WTO statistics A database of statistics for most countries of the world on trade policy, market access, export and import, and basic infrastructures is available on the WTO website. The site allows you to interactively retrieve statistics on international trade. Data is available in tables and is downloaded in HTML and EXCEL formats.

5 World Bank statistics More than 2,000 indicators, including hundreds of indicators covering a period of 50 years covering almost all aspects of world development, are contained in the World Bank database. For convenience, statistics are grouped by country, by topic and by indicator. The data are presented in the form of tables, graphs and maps. Statistics are downloaded in EXCEL and XML formats.

6 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Database of extensive military spending statistics for 170 countries from 1988 to 2010, interactive data on international and regional peacekeeping operations, arms transfers and military equipment manufacturers are available on the SIPRI website. The site can be extremely useful for those who are interested in the problems of peace and war, primarily issues of arms control and disarmament. To download databases in EXCEL format, free registration on the site is required. SIPRI also produces analytical reports that can be downloaded without registration in PDF format.

7 CIA Handbook of World Countries (CIA - The World Factbook) Detailed statistics and factual information for all countries of the world is collected on the CIA website. The online version of the guide contains information on geography, demography, state system, economy, armed forces, telecommunications and the transport system of countries. Country information is conveniently presented in maps, photographs and tables. Statistics can be downloaded in TXT format.

8 Nation Master statistics Often, individual metrics do not make sense on their own. The peculiarity of the site is that, along with country ratings for various indicators, it allows you to interactively compare different indices and indicators for any country in the world. The large-scale database of statistics is conveniently divided into categories: "energy", "democracy", "migration", "economy", "Internet", "political system" and many others. The data for the site is collected from publicly available sources, such as the CIA handbook for the countries of the world, state censuses, statistics of the United Nations, Navy, World Bank, etc. Information is presented in diagrams, maps and tables.