Research Guides: Marketing: Websites

Small Business & Nonprofits

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library
A service of the U.S. Commercial Service, offers more than 42000 market research reports for all countries in the world.
CIA World Factbook

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Includes Country Overviews after you select Country from Search menu

Country Studies
globalEDGE
Free registration required for data from mid-1990s to present for over 2500 variables, over 200 countries and more.
International Monetary Fund Data & Statistics
Provides time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
International Database
IDB offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more.
Statista
Statistics portal integrates over 60,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources. Categorized into over 20 market sectors, Statista provides researchers with direct access to relevant quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and more. Some content is generally free to access.

U.S. Energy Information Administration
Statistics and analysis from EIA
Economic Indicators
Charts about retail sales, manufacturing, construction, food services and more.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measures labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
Annual Survey of Manufactures
Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries presents manufacturing establishments statistics at the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels. Available from 2008 to 2020.
globalEDGE
Free registration required for data from mid-1990s to present for over 2500 variables, over 200 countries and more.
Current Industrial Reports
Data (2011 ceased publication) on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector.
NationMaster
Has more than 300 data sets on topics such as population, economy, environment, crime, media, military expenditures and more, on all countries of the world.
County Business Patterns
Data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets.