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.
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.
Provides access to recent and relevant statistics & studies on a specific topic.
Accessibility statement for Statista
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.
Accessibility statement for UK Data Archive
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