Online Data and Reference Sites

Downloadable Data

(All of these sites have at least some of their data available in a form that is downloadable and ready for analysis.)

FedStats (www.fedstats.gov) Links to more than 100 agencies in the United States Federal Government that produce statistics of interest to the public.

African Data Dissemination Service (edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/adds/adds.html)
FAOSTAT Home Page (faostat.fao.org)
Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED) (www.stls.frb.org/fred)
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S. (FATUS) (www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FATUS/)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.nass.usda.gov/)
USDA—Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System (usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/homepage.do)
Trade Data Online (strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html)

Online Reference Sites

(These sites present data for viewing, in the format of an atlas, encyclopedia or report.)

World Bank Monthly Summary of Commodity Prices (www.worldbank.org/prospects/gcmonline/subscriber/index.htm)
World Fact Book, CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)