Statistical and research sites

• Australian statistical and research sites
• International statistical and research sites

Australian statistical and research sites

Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical organisation. Its aim is to assist and encourage informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service. The website provides access to a wide range of statistical information about Australia and Australians some of which is freely available or available for purchase online.
http://www.abs.gov.au

Directory of Education and Training Statistics (Australia)

This information can be found by clicking on the Data Sources link on the home page of the National Centre for Education and Training Statistics. This directory is a guide to the range of national statistical resources relating to education and training issues available in Australia. It is designed to assist users to identify publicly available data collections and publications. Generally, this directory is limited to only national collections due to the sheer size of the task of identifying all State and Territory or local collections. The directory covers all national ABS statistical collections produced during the 1990s which have education and training as a direct focus. It also includes a range of other national ABS data collections where the primary focus is not education and training, but which never-the-less contain data relevant to education and training.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ncets

National Centre for Education and Training Statistics

The National Centre for Education and Training Statistics was established in July 2000. The role of the Centre is to provide timely and relevant data covering a wide range of education and training issues, and to coordinate the development and provision of national statistics in the field of education and training. The website contains futher information about the Centre, its Data Sources, Latest Projects and Contact details.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ncets

Statistical Clearing House (Australia)

The Statistical Clearing House is the central clearance point for all Australian Commonwealth Government surveys involving 50 or more businesses. The aim of the clearance process is to reduce the burden placed on businesses in completing Commonwealth Government surveys by eliminating duplication and ensuring that good practice is followed when designing and conducting business surveys. More information about the Clearinghouse and its role along with access to the Business Surveys Register and other Reference Materials may be found on the website.
http://www.nss.gov.au/nss/home.nsf/pages/About+SCH

International statistical and research sites

EUROPA - Eurostat - Statistical Office of the European Communities

Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities, established in 1953. Its mission is to gather and analyse figures from the different European statistics offices in order to provide comparable and harmonised data to the European Institutions so they can define, implement and analyse Community policies. The data cover the European Union, its Member States and its partners, and are published under a variety of Themes and Collections. The website is updated daily and provides direct access to: the latest and most complete statistical information available on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries; free statistical information, including a wide range of structural and short-term information you can view online or download at no cost; a personalised data-extraction service that offers the user even greater precision in finding the information needed.
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

FedStats - the gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them. Note: All of the statistical information available through FedStats is maintained and updated solely by Federal agencies on their own web servers.
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Global Statistics (UNESCO) - national statistics offices for Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania

This section of UNESCO's National Statistics Office website provides links to the national organisations in the countries represented by the regions that are responsible for the collection and reporting of statistics.
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/gs_natstat.htm

National Statistics Online - United Kingdom

This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published here free of charge. Information on the website is primarily arranged by themes such as Commerce, Energy and Industry; Economy; Education and Training; Social and Welfare. There are also links to latest release information and latest news.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

OECD Statistics

The Statistics Directorate provides economic statistics on a comparable basis for the analytical work of the OECD, promotes and develops international statistical standards and co-ordinates statistical activities both within the Organisation and with other international agencies. The website provides links to the OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms, other World Wide Statistical Sources, the OECD Statistical Programme of Work and links to statistical information in the following areas ö Economic Accounts for Agriculture; Financial; Industry and Services; International Trade; Labour Statistics; Leading Indicators and Tendency Surveys; National Accounts; Prices and Purchasing Power Parities (PPP); Statistical Methodology; Statistics for Non-member Countries.
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33715_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country÷its population, resources, economy, society and culture. In Canada, providing statistics is a federal responsibility. As Canada's central statistical agency, Statistics Canada is legislated to serve this function for the whole of Canada and each of the provinces. The website has links to more information about Canadian statistics; Definitions, data sources and methods; Learning resources; Business data; Community profiles and the option of browsing the information via subject.
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html

Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand (Te Tari Tatau is its MŠori name) is a government department and New Zealand's national statistical office. It administers the Statistics Act 1975, and is the country's major source of official statistics. Its chief executive has the title of Government Statistician. Prior to December 1994, Statistics New Zealand was known as the Department of Statistics. The website provides links to products and services, statistical methods, contact details, main indicators and more indepth information within 5 themes: people and society; enconomy; environment; statistics by area; census.
http://www.stats.govt.nz/default.htm

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is the statistical branch of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO). It was established in July 1999 to meet the growing needs of UNESCO Member States and the international community for a wider range of policy-relevant, timely, and reliable statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication. The website has a wide range of statistical information based around its core themes of Education, Literacy, Culture and Communication, and Science and Technology.
http://www.uis.unesco.org/

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, including relevance to current social and economic issues, timeliness in reflecting today's rapidly changing economic conditions, accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality in both subject matter and presentation.
http://stats.bls.gov

U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The National Center for Education Statistics fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. There is comprehensive information available on the web site covering the Center's survey and program areas, the electronic catalogue (publications), education statistics at a glance, quick tables and figures, data tools, center staff and fast facts.
http://nces.ed.gov/