AREC 360: The Poverty & Development of Nations

Contains nearly 2,500 reports and datasets from several agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly.

Statistical data from the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division.

Select data by dimension, indicator, year and/or country to see a dynamic interactive visualization of the data (represented as line for trends, or bar for single years).

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

From the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Nutrition Country Profiles are concise reviews describing the food and nutrition situation in individual countries, with background statistics on food-related factors such as agricultural production, as well as selected health, demographic, and economic indicators.

"The Observatory of Economic Complexity is a tool that allows users to quickly compose a visual narrative about countries and the products they exchange..."

"Penn World Table (PWT) version 9.1 is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity, covering 182 countries between 1950 and 2017."

Provides research reports, working papers, country strategy documents, etc. and free and open access to global development data.

"World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates."

From the Central Intelligence Agency. Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.