Statistics

Education

• Edstats. From the World Bank. Provides data for key topics in education.
• Gapfinder. Displays time series of development statistics for all countries.
• Higher Education. From the United Nations Institute of Statistics (UNIS). Provides data to track trends in the global, national and regional higher education sector.
• OECD Education Statistics.
• UNESCO. Covers statistics on education, science, technology, and more.

Environment and Energy

• Energy. Includes energy consumption, reserves and production by country.
• OECD iLibrary. Select from list of energy related databases.
• UNData. From the United Nations. Select the Environment Statistics database
• WWF (World Wildlife Fund). Search by individual country

Health

• Demographic and Health Surveys. From the U.S. AID (Agency for International Development)
• Gapfinder. Displays time series of development statistics for all countries.
• Health and Social Statistics.  Includes birth rates, life expectancy, leading causes of mortality, regional statistics for AIDS, the best countries for mothers, and more. 
• Health at a Glance. From the OECD. Includes the most frequently requested statistics.
• World Health Statistics. From the World Health Organization

Population

• Demographic statistics. From the United Nations Statistics Division.
• Gapfinder. Displays time series of development statistics for all countries.
• Population statistics. Includes population milestones, population density, and more
• UNData. From the United Nations. Select the Population database

Social indicators.

• Gapfinder. Displays time series of development statistics for all countries.
• Research and Development Statistics. From the OECD. Covers statistics on resources spent on research and development.

The Library's collection contains both current and historical statistics. These are available both on the web and in print.The most recent statistics are generally available on the Web. 

To find statistics, search the CityU LibraryFind by subject.

Examples of of a search by subject include the following:

• Asia - Social conditions - Statistics
• Education - Statistics
• Population - Statistics
• Social indicators
• World health - Statistics

Also search by country e.g.

• Education - China - Statistics.
• Population - United States - Statistics