Statistical databases
African Development Indicators
Balance of Payments Statistics (IMF)
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Barro og Lee's Cross Country Panel data
Bureau of Economic Analysis
DA-Statistics (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening)
Danish Statistics (Danmarks Statistik)
Datastream
Demographic and Health Surveys
Direction of Trade Statistics (IMF)
EcoWin
Eurostat
Global Development Finance
Government Finance Statistics (IMF)
Greenland Statistics
Historical Statistics of the United States
IMF
International Financial Statistics (IMF)
International organizations
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
National statistical offices
OECD full access to a large number of books and statistics databases
Penn World Tables
Statistics Denmark
WIDER
World Bank
World Development Indicators
WTO
HOW TO:
Enter comma separated (CSV) files to excel
Links to online statistics:
African Development Indicators (World Bank)
ADI is the most detailed collection of data on Africa, containing over 1,600 indicators, covering 53 African countries and spanning the period 1961 to 2008. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators. It also brings an essay on a key topic for Africa, and this years’ theme is the long term growth challenges of the continent.
Balance of Payments Statistics (IMF) 
International Monetary Fund.
Access via IMF elibrary
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
On this site you will find a.o. "Quarterly Review: International Banking and Financial Market Developments", but also a link to Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt, which contains:
- Total external claims of banks in the BIS reporting area
- Official and officially guaranteed or insured trade-related claims of banks and non-banks in twenty OECD countries
Barro og Lee's Cross Country Panel data
This is a dataset which contains figures for 138 countries covering 1960 to 1985, for these subjects:
- National accounts
- Education
- Population/fertility
- Government expenditures
- PPP deflators
- Political variables
- Trade policy and others
Start with the "Readme" file to learn how to work with the data.
Once you have downloaded the database it is best to open the single files in Excel
Bureau of Economic Analysis
This page contains data on th United States and also socalled international data, a.o.
- GDP
- Time series estimates
- Personal saving rate
- Export and imports
DA-Statistik (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) Danish only.
Access to statistics from the Confederation of Danish Employers (DA). Data cover Main indicators on labour markets (incl. statistics on wages); International statistics on wages; Statistics on conflicts and Structural statistics on the labour market, all in Danish.
Danish Statistics
Statistics Denmark: (Danmarks Statistik): The official Danish statistical office
StatBank Denmark (Statistikbanken) contains detailed statistical information on the Danish society
Free access to: Statistical Yearbook (Statistisk årbog), News from Statistics Denmark (Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik), and other statistics free of charge
Restricted access to: Statistiske Efterretninger and Konjunkturstatistik (Danish only). Please contact the library for user id and password
Statistisk Tiårsoversigt (Danish only) is available in pdf-format from 2006 (access from the department only)
Other Danish organizations that provide statistical information
The list with links to Danish organizations is maintained by Statistics Denmark.
Datastream
Students have access from the students' pc basement.
Faculty members can have the database installed on their work pc.
Datastream contains comprehensive financial data, both current data and time series.
The library has no guide to this database, but online help and tutorials in the use of the database can be found in the "Help" section.
However, different other libraries have made excellent guides to the database, try Berkeley University, Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library:
Datastream Guides - Business & Economics Library - UC Berkeley
Or from Princeton University : Datastream Guide
Other guides to Datastream may be found on the internet.
Datastream includes access to I/B/E/S (Institutional Brokers Estimate System),
which is a system that gathers and compiles the different estimates made by stock analysts on the future earnings for U.S. and international companies.
NB! If you are looking for data in this field you may consider to have a look at EcoWin Pro, which also contains information on stock markets and is quite easy to use.
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DHS collects and analyses data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 200 surveys in over 75 developing countries.
Create customized tables online from numerous indicators via STATcompiler. Or log on as a registered user and download complete surveys as data sets to work .
Choose 'Data' and find the access in the left margin under Dataset Access and Online Databases. Help functions and explanations are extensive.
Direction of Trade Statistics (IMF)
International Monetary Fund.
Access via IMF elibrary
EcoWin Pro
This is a Windows based program, with access to several statistical databases on the internet. Data sources are: national statistical offices, OECD, IMF a.o. For the Equities base sources are: MSCI, Financial Times and Dow Jones a.o.
Eco Win Pro covers seven subdivisions/databases:
- EcoWin Economic (Worldwide economics data ) read more
- EcoWin Financial (Capital markets and financial statistics from all over the world) read more
- EcoWin Equities (Financial statistics and company information from all over the world) read more
- Deutsche Bundesbank
- International Financial Statistics from IMF. List of abbrevations used in IFS
- OECD Main Economic Indicators
- OECD Outlook
EcoWin is easy to use, you can open data from Excel. It is updated daily, and contains time series.
EcoWin Pro is installed in the start menu of all the pc's in the students' pc basement, open it under Programs >EcoWin >EcoWin Pro.
EcoWin Pro Tutorial in Excel.
If you open from the start menu, you will get a "welcome menu" where you can choose "Create a basic chart". If this menu has been closed go to the top left of the toolbar and choose the icon "New document with chart". Next, choose the relevant database from the dropdown menu in "Source", and choose different categories in "View". The result will be shown as a graph, in order to see the data behind the graph, go to the left side ("Analysis tree") and place the cursor on "Series list". That will activate "Table" in the left side above the Analysis tree, and you can see the data.
Or right click on "Series list", "Create", "Table".
To take data to Excel, right click on your table, "Select all", "Copy" and insert in an Excel arc.
If you are working from inside Excel you open the program from the toolbar in the top of Excel. Click "EcoWin Pro" and choose "Time series". To the right of the top window in EcoWin Pro you should choose the button "Select series" (the icon on the button is + and a litte blue graph). Once chosen you have the same options as mentioned above. When you have selected a table use use the bottom left button "Export to excel".
We have a small leaflet with some help which can be borrowed in the library, but the main help is found via the help functions inside the program.
Eurostat website
Eurostat publications and databases. Access to data and full text from the homepage.
Helpful links and short cut to European statistics from Statistics Denmark: European Statistical Data Support
A good link to economic databases: Eurostat database devided in 9 themes:
- General and regional statistics
- Economy and finance
- Population and social conditions
- Industry, trade and services
- Agriculture and fisheries
- External trade
- Transport
- Environment and energy
- Science and technology
Foreign trade statistics: Go directly to External Trade Detailed Data or to External Trade (Comext Easy)
All databases have helptexts to explain the contents and use of the database and how to download data.
Global Development Finance (World Bank)
Global Development Finance is the sole repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries derived from loan-by-loan records. This edition of GDF presents reported or estimated data on the total external debt of 128 individual countries that report to the World Bank's Debtor reporting System (DRS).
Global Development Finance is an annual publication, which includes a narrative account of recent trends with tables summarizing the capital flows and debt statistics for reporting countries. The database covers more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 128 countries with data from 1970 to 2016, where available.
Government Finance Statistics (IMF)
International Monetary Fund.
Access via IMF elibrary
Further documentation can be found on IMF's homepage: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfs/manual/index.htm
Government Finance Statistics 1972-1999 can also be found at the Global Development Network Growth Database from the World Bank.
Grønlands Statistiks årbog 2009- (Danish only)
Historical Statistics of the United States
New online edition (Millenial edition): more than 37.000 data series, covering 1790-2000
The database has five sections of US data covering:
- Population
- Work and welfare
- Economic structure and performance
- Economic sectors
- Governance and international relations
The database includes more than 37.000 data series. Data can be downloaded as excel or CSV files, and the help functions are detailed. Covers the period 1790-2000.
IMF
If you need information abour a specific country IMF's Country Information is a good starting point. Global data can be found from 1980 onwards in the "Data and statistics" section, such as World economic outlook databases, a.o.
Access to data in IMF elibrary covers Balance of Payments Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Government Finance Statistics and International Financial Statistics in one collective search builder
IMF has a pamphlet : The system of macroeconomic accounts statistics, 2007, (pdf, 1 MB) explaining the macroeconomics statistics.
International Financial Statistics database (IMF)
Access via IMF elibrary
The IFS database contains time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
You have an alternative access to IMF's "International Financial Statistics" via EcoWin
International organizations
This list of links to international organizations is maintained by Statistics Denmark.
Remember: OECD access via SourceOECD or via EcoWin
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
You can find a lot of macro-, industry-, trade-, individual- and other data, also patents, and demographic data.
'Macro data' covers a.o.:
- Penn World Tables, Mark 6.1 (see also Penn World Table for PWT 6.2)
- Barro & Lee's Educational Attainment Data, 1960-1985
- Official Business Cycle Dates
- Imports and Exports by SIC category 1972-1994
- Consumer Expenditure Survey Extracts
- Data appendixes from NBER working papers and books
National statistical offices
This list of links to national statistical offices is maintained by Statistics Denmark.
Many countries have a large amount of free data available from their national statistical offices.
Alphabetical list by country, A-L
Alphabetical list by country, M-Z
Statistics Denmark
Other Danish Statistics
Some national statistics may also be found in EcoWin
OECD
OECD is reorganising their homepage, and redirection to the new iLIbrary homepage does not work properly right now.
OECD statistics:
Do not use SourceOECD if you need statistics, go to the new iLibrary homepage:
iLibrary Statistics
iLibrary Statistics Fjernadgang/remote access
Search and extract your own tables from OECD statistical databases and export them to excel. Thorough user guide on the homepage.
SourceOECD: Full access via SourceOECD to books, reports, journals and statistics. SourceOECD Fjernadgang/remote access
Useful link to help: SourceOECD userguide
Another easy access to OECD Indicators and OECD Outlook is via EcoWin
Penn World Tables
Penn World Tables is a large international database with macroeconomic time series. The special force of this database is that data are easy to compare because they have been converted to the same currency. The new version of PWT 6.1 and 6.2 is very user friendly.
Penn World Tables 6.2: data for 188 countries covering 1950-2004 (base year 2000).
Penn World Tables 6.1: data for 165 countries covering 1950-1998 (base year 1996)
To get started: Go to "Penn World Table" and choose either "PWT 6.1" or "PWT 6.2" .
Help functions are conveniantly placed.
For the older version of PWT 6.1, if you prefer an excel version:
Follow the link on PWT to "previous downloads". Choose "PWT 6.1" or "National Accounts". Decode the country codes in the link to "Country codes" and variable codes in the two "Variable list" links. The database, which opens in an Excel arc, is very big.
Problems with the excel version: It may vary from pc to pc how data are opened, some times you have to save the file on the desk top, and then open it as an Excel arc. If the database looks strange when opened it may be because it is comma separated. This can be solved when the file is opened in Excel: mark column A (which contains data), go to Data, Text to columns, and follow the guide (choose comma as a separator) to convert data so that they are spread nicely in the sheet.
Statistics Denmark
The official Danish statistical office, homepage with links and statistical information. Free access to Danish statistics in StatBank Denmark
WIDER
World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University.
Their database World Income Inequality Database collects and stores information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.
World Bank
There is a lot to be found on this site! Tables, graphs, links to dataset and references to literature. It is a good idea to use some time to explore this site.
If you are looking for data the Macroeconomics and Growth page is a good starting point. This is a subsite to the World Bank site where you will find overviews of articles, working papers and data sets from their program of macroeconomics.
See also Global Development Network Growth Database, with Macro & Micro time series, Government finance, and Social indicators and fixed factors.
Full access to World Bank data: http://data.worldbank.org/
Go to Data catalogue http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog to see a list of available databases. Access to WDI, African Development Indicators, and Global Development Finance, a.o.
World Development Indicators (World Bank)
WDI is now available , but the Department still has a subscription to the cd-rom edition which is kept at the library office.
The World Development Indicators (WDI) provides a comprehensive selection of economic, social and environmental indicators, drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partner agencies. The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960.
WTO
Access to International Trade Statistics 1998-2006: Annual publication including detailed analysis and tables for 1997-2005 (leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs, etc.).
Statistics Database: Interactive access to the most up-to-date WTO trade statistics.
HOW TO:
Enter commaseparated or tabulator separated files to excel:
This can be solved when the file is opened in Excel: mark column A (which contains data), go to Data, Text to columns, and follow the guide (choose comma (or tabulator) as a separator) to convert data so that they are spread nicely in the sheet.