American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas
Category: Market Research Databases
Resources that provide information on a firm’s business, structure, background and annual reports including sales and net profits
Country Infrastructure Statistics
Infrastructure helps determine the success of manufacturing and agricultural activities.
Some useful places to look for Infrastrucure data are
eurift.eu which is an independent internet based information portal, supported by TuTech Innovation GmbH (TuTech), providing comprehensive information on Intermodal Freight Transport.
Containers Data Hub-Aggregates data sets from a wide range of sources, the data hub provides a one-stop shop for gaining an insight into the sector.
The International Road Federation is a global not-for-profit organization, headquartered in Washington, DC since 1948 and supported by regional offices throughout the world.
The World Factbook provides data on Roadways that compares the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Logistics Performance Index – The LPI is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance.
Online Tool to Visualise Key Transport Indicators
Free Data sets on Country Level Infrastructure
Quality of roads -the quality (extensiveness and condition) of road infrastructure can be viewed here.
Ease and affordability of shipment -Ease of arranging competitively priced international shipments.
Availability and quality of air transport infrastructure.
Assess the railroad system in a country.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index– Quantity of services provided by liner companies.
Quality of port infrastructure |
Availability and quality of transport infrastructure |
Trade maps
Trade indicators/country or territory
Urban population
World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division’s World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.
Population growth (annual %)
Population source: ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017
The Global Findex database
The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.
WEO country statistics OCT 2018
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.
Automobile Sales Statistics
International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers provides Automobile sales and production statistics on country basis.
Global inequality
What is inequality and how does it affect global business? A curation of resources on the topic is listed here.
Where are the world’s most unequal countries? | The world bank data on the Gini index shows income inequality | An empirical evidence of how inequality between incomes has changed over time, and how the levels of inequality in different countries is also useful to explore the topic | Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index which combines a country’s average achievements in health, education and income with how those achievements are distributed among country’s population by “discounting” each dimension’s average value according to its level of inequality can be accessed on the UNDP page |