Don't know where to start? Think about your topic. Which national or international organisation is likely to have collated and published statistics on that topic? Go to their website and check which datasets are available.
On this page we have provided several links to sites that allow you to access statistics.
Something that you have to bear in mind when searching for data is that the most recent statistics on a particular topic may be several years old, or they don't go as far back as you expected.
Industry trends, strategic analysis, market size and market share data across key countries and industries. Includes demographic and economic data and packaging information.
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Provided by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), this resource contains statistical data on health around the world including health status, healthcare quality indicators, health workforce migration and more.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) online library of statistical data, books, and journals. It focuses on economics, business, education, employment, energy, development, and environment.
Provides access to recent and relevant statistics & studies on a specific topic.
Statista combines statistical data on international industries from different sources including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. It aggregates statistical data on over 600 international industries and from more than 18,000 sources.
Curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. A resource for researchers, teachers and learners with several thousand datasets relating to society, both historical and contemporary.
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You can search for statistics in the following resources:
Free Bank of England publications and Interest and exchange rate data.
Provides statistical data in economy, population and society for the UK at national, regional and local levels.
It also conducts the census in England and Wales every ten years.