Free and Open Access Research Guide

Free and open access to global development data

FAO's range of statistics cover subnational agricultural land-use, national agricultural water management, agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population, aquaculture, and livestock management among others.

Has LABORSTA covering official core national labour statistics, Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) highlighting current labour market trends, Labour Force Surveys from national statistical agencies and a host of other labour related statistics.

3294 charts across 297 topics

Has both the DAC annual aggregates which contain high level data on the volume, origin and types of aid and the Creditor Reporting System (CRS), which provides detailed information on individual aid activities.

Provides and analyses data on global development aid

The Centre for Humanitarian Data is focused on increasing the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector.

Covers current economic and social statistics for several countries on a variety of subjects such as economic trends and developments, population, industrial production & price indices, employment & earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport and finance.

Provides access to all the UN system statistical databases. Aside from agency data, also covers Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data, Commodity Trade Statistics, Energy Statistics, Gender, Key Global Indicators, the MDGs and the World Statistics Pocketbook.

Disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping. Records the dates, actors, types of violence, locations, and fatalities of all reported political violence and protest events across Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia & the Caucasus, Southeastern & Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Provides free access to European electricity data (Load, Generation, Transmission, Balancing, Outages and Congestion Management).
Registered users can download data tables and graphs and customize their own dashboard and data views.