Economic databases

Economic databases

Open Access Databases:

European Central Bank

The European Central Bank publishes official statistics collected by the ECB and national central banks, covering various topics such as monetary policy, financial stability, and banking supervision.

Statistics (ecb.europa.eu)
 


Eurostat

This database is created by the statistical office of the European Union, gathering information from national statistical offices of member countries and harmonizing them, allowing data comparison between countries and regions. Eurostat’s database contains indicators across various thematic areas, presented in dynamic and static tables. It also includes indicators monitoring EU strategies and programs. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data are available for EU countries and their regions, as well as for candidate countries and selected non-EU countries (e.g., the USA and Japan).

Home - Eurostat (europa.eu)

 


FAOSTAT

This database contains statistical data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) concerning production, distribution, and consumption of food products, efforts to combat malnutrition and hunger, and the status and development in industries such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and animal husbandry.

FAOSTAT

 


Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS)

The Central Statistical Office is a government body responsible for collecting and providing statistical information about most areas of public life and certain aspects of private life in Poland. The type and manner of data provision are regulated by the Public Statistics Act and the annually announced Statistical Research Program. Due to statistical confidentiality, open-access data is available only in aggregate form, preventing the identification of individual respondents.

Statistics Poland
GUS – Local Data Bank (stat.gov.pl)
STRATEG (stat.gov.pl)

 


ILOSTAT Database

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), an agency affiliated with the UN, addresses labor-related issues. The organization collects and processes information on social and economic policies and runs the International Labour Information System (ILIS).

The leading source of labour statistics - ILOSTAT
Statistics and databases (ilo.org)

 


IMF Database (International Monetary Fund)

The International Monetary Fund publishes data on IMF loans, exchange rates, and other economic and financial indicators. The available series include the World Economic Outlook, International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, and Government Finance Statistics. The World Economic Outlook database provides selected macroeconomic data updated twice a year as part of the "World Economic Outlook" report, offering information for most countries from 1980, with two-year forecasts and medium-term outlooks for selected indicators.

IMF Data

 


OECD Database

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) offers full-text access to its publications, along with data, charts, and maps. The database contains annual, quarterly, and monthly information on topics such as demography, the environment, labor markets, education, prices, national accounts, and international trade for OECD member countries and selected world countries (e.g., Brazil, China, and India).

OECD Data

 


Decision Support System (SWAiD)

The Decision Support System (SWAiD) and Domain Knowledge Bases (DBW) operate on data from the Public Data Warehouse, providing up-to-date multidomain and aggregate information based on public statistics data in the areas of the economy, environment, and society on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis.

Główny Urząd Statystyczny / Projekty unijne w statystyce / System Informacyjny Statystyki Publicznej (SISP) / System Wspomagania Analiz i Decyzji

 


UNCTAD Database

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) database contains analyses on international trade, investment, and development, and policies supporting inclusive and sustainable social and economic development.

Statistics | UNCTAD

 


UNESCO Statistics

The UNESCO database includes data on international cooperation in cultural, educational, and scientific areas. The statistical data covers many areas of the economy, including indicators dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals, the participation of women in science, and access to high technology.

UIS Statistics (unesco.org)

 


Publications Office of the European Union

The Publications Office of the European Union is an interinstitutional body responsible for publishing EU institutions' publications. It provides access to legal and general publications, as well as digital access to official information and data from the European Union.

Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu)

 


World Data Bank

The World Data Bank contains dozens of detailed databases presenting statistical data, including the World Development Indicators (WDI), which provide data on the economic situation and development of countries, represented in over 1,300 indicators. Other databases cover specific topics such as education, debt, business conditions, gender, health, and poverty.

World Bank Open Data | Data

 


World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)

The Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is the World Bank’s official Open Access repository. It contains annual reports, books, journals, working papers, and serial publications on the global economy and countries.

Open Knowledge Repository (worldbank.org)

 


WTO Database

The World Trade Organization (WTO) database contains information on international trade in goods and services and market access (e.g., tariffs) for most countries globally. Depending on the indicator, monthly, quarterly, or annual data are available in long time series. Financial data are expressed in U.S. dollars.

World Trade Organization

 


Resources available from the University of Gdańsk Main Library:

E-library | Library of the University of Gdańsk

The resources include e-books, e-journals, the Virtual Library of Science, digital libraries, and a wealth of electronic resources, including databases such as Cambridge University Press, EBSCO (collection of full-text and bibliographic-abstract databases), Emerald, EMIS, IBUK Libra, JStor, Nature, SAGE Premier, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer, Statista, Taylor & Francis, Web of Science (databases and EndNote Web, Researcher ID and InCites tools), Wiley Online Library.

E-books | Library of the University of Gdańsk
E-journals | Library of the University of Gdańsk
ICM – Virtual Library of Science
Digital libraries | Library of the University of Gdańsk

 

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