Statistical Databases for IB Math
International and Global Data
World Bank
https://data.worldbank.org/
Find world-wide and country-specific statistics on economies, education, climate change agriculture & more. Browse by country or compare multiple countries’ data by indicator. Download the data as an Excel or CSV file and open it in Google Sheets.
United Nations Data
http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx?d=UNESCO
A portal to specific databases on nearly every subject, from energy and the environment to economic issues to health and safety, and more. Click on the “Topics” tab and find links to detailed data.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/gho/en/
See global data by topic or select a country and view data on many indicators. Topics include traffic deaths, communicable diseases, maternal health, child health, water and sanitation, and more. You can download data sets directly to Excel.
Crime Data (U.S.)
FBI Crime Uniform Reporting Statistics
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr
Look at data around federal crimes, use of force, hate crimes, law enforcement fatalities and injuries, human trafficking, and other crimes.
Economic Data (U.S.)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/data/
See Oregon, national and other states’ data on inflation, prices, employment and wages.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
https://www.bea.gov/data/all
Find an array of statistics on income, business and personal savings and investment, foreign transactions, and more. Download the data in Excel and open it in Google Sheets.
Education Data (U.S.)
Digest of Education Statistics
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/current_tables.asp
Find national data on college entrance tests, class sizes, school crime, student achievement and much more.
Health and Safety Data
Firearm Mortality by State
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm
Data for each state on mortality from firearms.
Suicide Mortality by State (U.S.)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm
Examine suicide data, broken down by state.
Car Crash Data (U.S.)
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#!/PublicationList/67
Data from the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration about car and traffic safety.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data (U. S.)
https://data.cdc.gov/
Find key statistics on a number of health-related topics, including birth defects, life expectancy, alcohol use, cancer rates, and foodborne illnesses.
Sports
Olympics Data
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/olympic-results
Stats on all the gold, silver and bronze medalists in every Olympic sport since the Olympics began in 1896. No Paris 2024 data hasn’t yet been included.
Soccer Data (NCAA Women)
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-women/d1
Find stats related to college women’s soccer
Soccer Data (U.S. and international)
https://www.espn.com/soccer/competitions
Find data tables for US and international soccer leagues.
Politics
Women in Politics (Global data)
https://data.oecd.org/inequality/women-in-politics.htm
International data on the number of women serving in politics. Be sure to read the definition carefully of which women are represented in this data.
Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/sg.gen.parl.zs
Country by country data from the World Bank.
U.S. Military
World Bank: Size of the U.S. military compared to foreign militaries:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
You can download a dataset comparing the number of U. S. military personnel to the size of other countries’ militaries.
World Bank: Arms imports (global data)
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.MPRT.KD
See how much countries around the world spend to import weapons.
Other Data Sources
Global Meat Consumption – OECD
https://data.oecd.org/agroutput/meat-consumption.htm
Data on meat consumption by country for the 38 OECD countries. You can download the data to Excel.
Voter Registration Data, 2020 election
https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html
Find information about registered voters, including income.
