Research Guides: Middle East: Economic, Financial & Trade

Economic & Financial Statistics

ForeignAssistance.gov
U.S. Government foreign assistance funds

GINI Index (World Bank)
Measures the inequality among values of distribution for things such as income or consumer expenditures.
Global Competiveness Report 2017-2018
This assesses the competitiveness landscape of 137 economies

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
A range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators

SESRIC BASEIND (BAsic Social and Economic INDicators)
This provides data on 313 socio-economic variables under 19 categories for the 57 OIC Member States dating back to 1970.
UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
Industry, national accounts, trade statistics, and more
Use the Data tab drop down to access the various databases listed below.

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UN Data, Open SDG Data Hub, Montly Bulletin of Statistics Online, SDG Indicators Global Database, UN Comtrade, National Accounts Main Aggregates, Joint Organisations Data Initiative, Disability Statistic Database, Population Census Datasets, Population and Vital Statistics Report, Demographic Yearbook System, Minimum Set of Gender Indicators, UNSD Questionnaires
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants (Greenbook)
The Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States’ foreign aid to the rest of the world by reporting all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for each fiscal year.
US State Dept - Foreign Assistance
Provides budget information for US funded programs and foreign operations by program and country.
World Bank Data & Statistics - Middle East & North Africa
Drill down by region, country or by topic for a large variety of statistical information from the World Bank.
World Economic Outlook (WEO) database
Updated twice yearly, this site allows to build information by region & country and then by national accounts information (e.g. GDP, inflation, imports, exports, unemployment and more). Coverage is from 1980 forward.

Trade

International Trade Centre - Trade Map
Monthly, quarterly and yearly trade data. Import & export values, volumes, growth rates, market shares. Covers 220 countries from 2001 forward.
International Trade Statistics
This site from the World Trade Organization (WTO) provides extensive access to trade and tariff data.
Observatory of Economic Complexity Atlas
"International trade data and economic complexity indicators available through millions of interactive visualizations."
UN Comtrade Database
This UN Commodities Trading database covers a wide variety of trade related statistics
UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
Industry, national accounts, trade statistics, and more
Use the Data tab drop down to access the various databases listed below.

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UN Data, Open SDG Data Hub, Montly Bulletin of Statistics Online, SDG Indicators Global Database, UN Comtrade, National Accounts Main Aggregates, Joint Organisations Data Initiative, Disability Statistic Database, Population Census Datasets, Population and Vital Statistics Report, Demographic Yearbook System, Minimum Set of Gender Indicators, UNSD Questionnaires
WTO Statistics Database
This World Trade Organization interactive site retrieves information for trade, tariff, by service and has a time series option.

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