International Data Sources

• UNCTAD country data.
  Select a country from the pull-down menu at the top of the page;
  be sure to note the Revealed Comparative Advantage data and the Trade Statistics for each country; the Trade Performance Index is also useful.
  NOTE: clicking on the labels Revealed Comparative Advantage or Trade Performance Index will bring up an explanation -- sometimes a very long explanation -- of the concepts; click on the buttons labelled Table or Graph or Import or Export for the data.

• World Bank Data

  Includes

  • Data by topic Including education, infrastructure, industry (value added and unit labor cost)
  • Data by country
  • World Development Report 2000/01 with data tables in the appendix. Education statistics are in appendix table 6.

  • Competitiveness indicators
    includes data on education and enrollment, data on scientists, patents, telecoms and internet availability relevant for high-tech comparative advantage.
    As well as looking at the country, you should look at the listing of all indicators, which ranks the countries.

  • Economic Growth studies and data
    Includes the Barro-Lee data on education

  • Production and Trade data, 1976-1999
    Probably the most detailed set of data available online;
    covers 3 and 4 digit trade flows, and has input-output tables available as well However, very difficult to use.

• Penn World Tables
  The menu on the left will give countries by region or by alphabet;
  Choose your country, then a variable (for example Non-Res. Capital Stock per Worker)
  and the start and end years (note that capital stock data are seldom available before 1980;
  be sure to choose an ENDING year as well (the default of 1950 is sure to lead to no data).

• Center for International Data at UC Davis As well as datasets provided by Robert Feenstra on world and US trade, contains very useful links to other websites.

• Corporate Information
  corporateinformation.com is an excellent source of international corporate information, with analysis available by country and by industry, and with links to other sources of information.

• International Labor Organization (ILO)
  Statisitcs on labor, including distribution among industries.

• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
  Agricultural resources (arable/pasture acreage) and trade statistics.

• Jonathan Temple's Economic Growth Datasets A useful link to other datasets, with a focus on economic growth, but often of use for international trade.
• Harvard Center for International Development