International Business & Country Profiles

Web sites for international business education and research.

Data on economic, environmental, and social indicators for individual countries from 1960 to present.

Economic reports on Trade, Tariffs, and Services for over 180 economies. Trade profiles include trade data, top import/export markets, and industrial property. Service profiles include details such as basic information, transportation, telecommunications, and finance and insurance.

Health statistics by country and analysis of global health issues. Created by the World Health Organization.

Global health statistics, including information on health systems, disease prevention, mortality, and nutrition.

Reports on the society, economy, government, and security of each country.

Produced by the World Economic Forum. Assesses and ranks economies based on infrastructure, institutions, and many other factors. Opens as a pdf.

Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Also provides some practical information about starting a business (permit requirements, cost for permits and agencies that should be contacted).

"A unique global inquiry into health and well-being," this index covers over 100 countries. It ranks them based on surveys of their inhabitants views of their own country.

Country reports on Internet freedoms for specific countries.

"Over 3,000 respondents from 54 countries took part in PwC’s Fifth Global Economic Crime Survey...Here are some key findings..." Site includes reports on some individual countries.