Databases | National Statistical Agencies
International Organizations and Recommended Websites | Subjects

Europa World Plus
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions

EIU Country Data (Economist Intelligence Unit)
Economic indicators and financial data on 150 countries

Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources (UCSD)

Latinobarómetro: Opinion Pública
An annual public opinion survey in 18 Latin American countries.

General Statistical Sources: International Statistics (Columbia University Libraries)

Argentina: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)

Belize: Statistical Institute of Belize Formerly Central Statistical Office (CSO)

Bolivia: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia (INE)

Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IGBE)

Chile: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE)

Colombia: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE)

Costa Rica: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)

Cuba: Dirección Nacional de Estadística (DNE), Ministerio de Salud Pública
Cuba: Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas (ONE)

Dominican Republic: Oficina Nacional de Estadística

Ecuador: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)

El Salvador: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos

Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Haiti: Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)

Honduras: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas

Jamaica: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)

Mexico: El Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)

Nicaragua: Instituto Nacional de Informacion y Desarrollo (INIDE) Formerly INEC

Panama: Dirección de Estadística y Censos

Paraguay: Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos

Portugal: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica / Statistics Portugal 

Peru: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadística

St. Lucia: Government Statistics Department

Uruguay: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Venezuela: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Inter-American Development Bank
Statistics and Databases
Established in 1959, IDB is the largest source of development financing for Latin America 

International Monetary Fund
Data and Statistics

United Nations  / Naciones Unidas
Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC): Statistical Information
Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL): Información estadística

Of special note is the publication entitled:
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario Estadístico

USAID
Development Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank
Data and Research

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LANIC: Statistics

Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic collection of available statistical information in a single on-line source.

Knowing the correct subject headings can greatly improve your results when searching in CLIO or WorldCat. Here are some possible headings to help you improve, expand, or narrow your search. Or, simply add terms like "statistics" and "census" to your keyword searches.

• [country name] - statistics
• [country name] - statistics, vital
• [country name] - census
• Cuba--Economic conditions--1959-1990--Statistics

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