Sources

Reference profiles of countries — geography, government, society and more (public domain).

An energy think tank's open data on electricity generation and the power-sector transition.

A meticulously maintained catalog of objects launched into space.

An open database of political administrative boundaries for every country.

An open geographical database covering all countries and millions of place names.

Open data and monitoring of the world's forests.

Estimates of people internally displaced by conflict and disasters.

Records of countries' ratifications of international labour conventions.

The ILO's database of internationally comparable labour-market statistics.

The IPU's open data on national parliaments: structure, elections and composition.

The international standard for country codes and their subdivisions.

Long-run estimates of economic growth, spanning centuries of GDP per capita.

Authoritative geospatial boundaries of exclusive economic zones.

The United Nations' authoritative estimates and projections of national populations.

The depositary record of multilateral treaties and country ratifications.

Composite measure of life expectancy, education and income, published since 1990.

Elements of living heritage inscribed by UNESCO.

The list of cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value.

Authoritative data on refugees, asylum-seekers and other displaced populations.

International statistics on crime, homicide and criminal justice.

One of the largest social-science datasets, measuring hundreds of democracy attributes.

Historical and projected climate data for development analysis.

Benchmarks of trade logistics performance across customs, infrastructure and timeliness.

The World Bank's primary collection of development statistics, compiled from officially recognised international sources.

Aggregate governance measures across voice, stability, effectiveness, regulation, rule of law and corruption.

A worldwide directory of major ports and harbours (public domain).