10 public data repositories related to the economy sector
Fecha de la noticia: 08-02-2022
Open data can be very useful in promoting aspects such as the health and well-being of citizens or the protection of the environment, as well as the growth of economies. The opening of information encourages innovation, the creation and adaptation of companies and organizations around services and technologies capable of generating profitability and offering solutions to current problems from the reuse of data.
But, in addition, economic data contributes to many organizations being able to make better decisions. Economic statistics and indicators allow us to know how a certain market or country evolves, discover trends and act accordingly.
If you are interested in accessing this type of data, below, we collect 10 examples of repositories related to the economy at an international level:
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Publisher: World Bank
This is a website belonging to the World Bank. This platform offers a complete range of economic data that are frequently updated and allows access to open information produced by the World Bank itself. Among the type of data it offers are international debt statistics, world development indicators or databases on household consumption patterns around the world, among many others.
Two interesting sections stand out. One is its data catalog, where you can find information on economic topics such as statistical performance indicators or data on COVID-19, for example. Another is its microdata section, which offers a collection of datasets from the World Bank and other international, regional and national organizations.
Much of this data are offered in the most popular formats (HTML, JSON, PDF, CSV, ...). In addition, it has a space for reusers, with information on APIs.
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Publisher: IMF (Internationaly Monetary Fund)
This portal contains IMF datasets on global financial stability, regional economics, global financial statistics, economic outlook, and more. Data can be downloaded in various formats, including XLSX and XLS.
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Publisher: OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
The OECD data catalog has a classification by sector, including the economic sector. It offers the possibility of filtering data according to whether or not they have access to the API. In addition, this portal allows queries to be made on large databases in its OECD.Stat data warehouse.
Particularly interesting are its data visualizations, such as these developed to show information about global employment rates, as well as other employment-related indicators.
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Publisher: UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
On its public information portal, you can find various datasets, mostly economic, linked to the different countries of Europe. It also offers other datasets on population and transport and some alternative resources such as visualizations or data maps.
The data is displayed in four different forms: graphs, rankings, tables and maps. In this example, information about the global youth unemployment rate can be queried through the 4 means mentioned above. The data can be downloaded in CSV, TSV or JSON.
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Publisher: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL, United Nations).
This portal brings together databases and statistical publications, as well as economic datasets for Latin America and the Caribbean, often accompanied by other resources such as data visualizations or maps. It also provides access to these data through an API to speed up and facilitate the data search process for its users. Data can be downloaded in XML, JSON or XLXS.
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Publisher: ECB (European Central Bank)
The ECB, in collaboration with the national central banks and other national (statistical and supervisory) authorities of the European Union, offers a service for the development, collection, compilation and dissemination of statistics in open format.
The Statistical Data Warehouse provides indicators for the euro area, including in some cases national level breakdowns. Each of the statistics offered on this portal has a brief introductory description of the topics covered. All data are available for download in Excel and CSV format.
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Publisher: World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an international organisation that deals with the rules governing trade between countries. Its main objective is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers to conduct their activities in an optimal way.
The organisation offers access to a selection of relevant databases providing statistics and information on different trade-related measures. This information is classified in four main blocks: goods, services, intellectual property, statistics and other topics, making it easier for users to search for data.
On this page you can consult the WTO online systems (databases/websites) that are active. Some of them require registration.
UNIDO Statistics Data Portal
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Publisher: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
UNIDO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalisation and environmental sustainability.
It publishes, among other things, datasets on industrial development, manufacturing production and investment. On its website, it has a search engine for information on indicators such as population growth or GDP growth by country. These data can be visualised through a graph that is updated with the selected information, also offering the possibility of comparing data from different countries within the same graph.
By accessing the DataBase section, each dataset can be downloaded in excel and CSV format.
UNCTADSTAT
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Publisher: UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
UNCTAD is an organisation charged with helping developing countries harness international trade, investment, financial resources and technology to achieve sustainable and inclusive development.
On its open data portal, it collects statistical series by country and product, with a special focus on countries with developing and transition economies. Digital economy, international trade in services, maritime transport or inflation and exchange rates are just some of the topics that can be consulted on this platform.
In addition, for users who are not used to navigating this type of portal, UNCTAD provides a series of video tutorials that introduce the user to the data centre and show, among other things, how to export information from the platform (downloadable in CSV or XLSX).
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Publisher: IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is an inter-national financial organisation whose main objective is to finance viable economic, social and institutional development projects and promote trade integration in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In its data section, it offers country development indicators related to the macroeconomic profile, global integration and social prospects of each country. Moreover, in this section you can find some additional resources such as graphs and visualisations that allow you to filter the information according to different indicators or courses to increase your economic knowledge based on the data.
Most of the data can be downloaded in CSV, JSON or RDF.
This has been just a small selection of data repositories related to the economic sector that may be of interest to you. Do you know of any other relevant repositories related to this field? Leave us a comment or send us an email to dinamizacion@datos.gob.es
