Subject Guides: Free Business Resources: International

General

US Census International Database (IDB)
Select a country on the map to access the demographic date for that country
World Bank Group
Select a country among the list to learn more about current events, developmental projects and data.
Country Commercial Guides
Select a country under one of the hemispheres to learn more about the country's international laws and regulations, travel, exports, imports, and tariffs.

Markets & Industries

World Bank Global Consumption Database
Select a country from the list and then choose a sector you want to learn more about.
Observatory of Economic Complexity
Click on a country on the globe to learn more about it. This website contains data on trade, imports & exports, and complexity readings.
GlobalEDGE
Pick a year, a data set and countries you wish to examine.This website contains data on trade, infrastructure, education and energy.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Search among different data sets options for economic, market and demographic data.

Strategies for Finding Additional Sources

1. Look for government websites for the country by customizing the search string below in Google or your preferred search engine. Click here for a list of domains.

Basic search string: statistics site:.[insert country website domain]

Add specific terms such as: central bank, industries, stock exchange, or production

2. Look for reports by consulting groups (e.g., McKinsey & Company, BCG, etc.), nonprofits, or educational institutions by customizing the search string below in Google or your preferred search engine.

Basic search string: [insert country name] [insert industry or topic] report

Add website domain: site:[insert domain such as .org or .edu]

Add other relevant terms such as: nonprofit, research, survey, recommendations, consulting

3. If you cannot find data or information for a specific country, look for information from similar countries to create estimates or benchmarks for your country of focus.

Finance

Companies Market Cap
Select a country to learn about their top business organizations.

Economic

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Date Profile
Select a country from the list to learn more. Data includes GDP, account balances, employment and government spending.
Trading Economics
Select a country and select which data from stocks, energy, GDP, housing, labor or trade you wish to examine.
World Trade Organization
Select a dataset or topic of interest to learn more about. This source provides quantitative information in relation to economic and trade policy issues.
United Nations Comtrade
Select a time period, the form of export/import, a country and a destination. This source allows a user to parse through international trade between each country.
US International Trade Commission
Pick from among datasets on tariffs, trade, classification and trade data reports to see trade between the US and other countries.
World Development Indicators (World Bank)
Select the desired countries under the add a country tab, a time period and finally a data set among all the different options. Datasets can be exported and downloaded in many different options.

World Bank API Script

Run this Python script to launch an interface to quickly and easily graph and export a wealth of international data from the World Bank.

Download the most recent version of python.
Install the required packages (i.e., wbgapi, pandas, matplotlib, plotly, tkinter).
Save the code in a folder on your computer.
Run the code using your preferred interface (e.g., Visual Studio Code).
Use the menu options:
1. Search Indicators: the variable you want to explore
2. Fill in the country codes (WorldBank country code list)
3. Fill in the start and end years
4. Select Fetch Data
5. Choose to plot or export the data

WorldBank API Python Script

Free Business Resources: International