IB ESS: Databases

Search on this database for global issues data such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. Our World in data is an online scientific publication that works on making progress against the world’s largest problems by providing research and data about it. The publication is a collaborative efforts between researchers of University of Oxford and non-profit organization Global Change Data Lab.

Search on this database for data on global issues and banking. The World Bank Data is an open data initiative of World Bank group that collects statistical data that are essential to help alleviate poverty. Bulk of the data comes from the member countries of the World Bank.

Click here to learn what life is really like behind income statistics.

Worldometer shows estimated current numbers based on statistics and projections from the most reputable official organizations such as United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank.

Click here to search data related to ecological footprint.

Click here to search data related to energy such as supply and consumption, import/export, waste, and carbon emission. Data avaialbe can be filtered by energy type i.e. natural gas, coal, etc.

Click here to access exhaustive statistics on world energy from the one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajor companies", BP.

Click here to read the summarize statistics of global forest lost.

Click here to search raw data on forest change, land cover, land use, climate, and biodiversity of a specific country.

Click here to read the summart statistics of threatened species.

Click here to acquire data about refugees, displaced communities, and stateless people.

Click here to view data on the world human population, human population by gender, international migrant stock, and labor force.

Click here to obtain data on inequalities -- income, wealth, global, health, gender, racial economic inequality.

Click here to view data on world languages. The website includes an interactive map that shows different languages in a specific country.

Click here to access data on world population, sex ratio (males vs. females), population pyramid, population by broad age group, age structure and sex (all age groups), median age, dependency ratio, fertility rate, life expectancy, infant and children under 5 mortality, urbanization and population density.

Click here to view data snapshot and search data set on US climate.

AQUASTAT is Food and Agriculture Organization's global water information system, known to be the most quoted source on global water statistics

Click here to read descriptive global statistics of drinking water, water sanitation, and health.

Click here to access raw data of a specific country on water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

Click here to access global status of water based on the Sustainable Development Goal of United Nations.

Click here to access data on water quantity, water variability, water quality, public awareness of water issues, access to water, and ecosystem vulnerability.

Click here to read and infographics about water source, withdrawal,stress, and irrigation.

Click here to view an infographic about water use in the United States.

Search on this database about data on economics such as price, index, GDP, money and banking, government finance, trade, labor force, etc.

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Click here to search series of data for GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, payments balances, exports, imports, external debt, capital flows, commodity prices.

Click here to get statistics about labor around the globe such as employment and unemployment, child labor, wage, occupational injuries, etc.

Click here to get data about petroleum.

Click here to access data on global trade and tariff

The WTO Data portal contains statistical data related to WTO issues. (WTO is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations.)

Click here to get the latest and most up-to-date tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. Data includes inbound, domestic and outbound tourism, as well as on tourism industries, and employment.

Click here to search world and country-specific supply and demand data of commodities -- maize, wheat, rice, and soybean.

Click here to access data about agriculture production, emission, economy, land use, and forestry.

Click here to view summarized information about various topics in agriculture such as forest, agriculture child labor, land and indigenous people, biodiversity, food, livestock, etc.

Click here to obtain statistics of water resources and management, fishery and aquaculture, food consumption behavior, domestic animals, and genetic modified plants.

Click here to search rice related data.

Click here to access extensive data related to world fisheries and aquaculture such as fish capature, global fishing trend, aquaculture production, fising employment, etc.

Click here to access data related to world and country specific public health and medicine.

Click here to access data from the World Health Organization used for monitoring progress towards the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

Click here to access UNESCO Institute for Statistics website where you can find data, information and research about global education, women in science, research, culture, and ICT application in education.

Click here to explore raw data and other resources on air pollution and health data.

Click here to read the statistical analysis on air quality and air pollution health-related issues.