There are monthly, quarterly and annual datasets in the databank.

Earliest series in databank start from 1946, whereas others begin at various dates from that year onwards.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Office for National Statistics, Time Series Data, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Time Series dataset user guide: for further information on the dataset
Guide to accessing NS Time Series data using Beyond 20/20 WDS

The OECD produces annual, quarterly and monthly data for around 3,800 economic indicators. The variables cover national accounts, industrial production, employment, prices, business trends and trade. The dataset also includes the OECD's leading indicators (key variables that signal changes in the business cycle).

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Main Economic Indicators, ESDS International, University of Manchester

30 OECD member countries and 8 OECD non-member countries

Data released twice a year from 1981 onwards.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Main Science and Technology Indicators, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in the STAN database

1970 onwards

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, STructural ANalysis database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in National Accounts

1955 onwards (annual and quarterly)

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, National Account Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Quarterly Labour Force Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Social Expenditure Database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

18 countries in the manufacturing sector and 19 countries in the service sector.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Globalisation Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in the Education Statistics

This database contains an up-to-date array of comparative education statistics and indicators from OECD and non-OECD countries. It provides information on the human and financial resources invested in education, on access to, progression and completion of education, on how education and learning systems operate, and on the returns to educational investments.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Over 160 countries

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Development Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in International Direct Investment Statistics

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Development Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in the International Migration Statistics

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Migration Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Countries in the International Trade by Commodities Statistics

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD International Trade by Commodities Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

OECD countries

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Services Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

OECD Services Statistics dataset user guide: for further information on the dataset
See Guide to accessing OECD MEI using Beyond 20/20 WDS

The UNIDO Industrial Statistics are presented in 3 separate databases, covering over 180 countries worldwide. See the user guide for further details.

Data are presented on employment, wages, output, value added, gross fixed capital formation, number of female employees, number of establishments and production level broken down by industrial sector. Data are given in local currency and US$.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: UNIDO, Industrial Statistics Databases, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Overview of ISIC Code system
UNIDO Industrial Statistics databases user guide : for further information on the databases
Guide to access UNIDO via Beyond 20/20 WDS

Covers domestic output, apparent consumption, imports from the world, developing countries and industrialized countries, and exports to the world, developing countries and industrialized countries. Data are broken down by manufacturing sector corresponding to the ISIC 4-digit level categories. All the data are measured in current US$.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: UNIDO, Demand-Supply Balance Database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The Direction of Trade contains data on the value of trade between each country and all its trading partners.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: International Monetary Fund, Direction of Trade Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IMF Balance of Payment Statistics data record the flows of goods, services and finance between an economy and the rest of the world.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: International Monetary Fund, IMF Balance of Payment Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IMF Government Finance Statistics provides current and internationally comparable annual time series data on the finances and fiscal policies of Fund member governments from 1972 onwards. Topics covered include deficit/surplus or total financing, revenues or grants, expenditures, lending minus repayments, domestic financing, foreign financing, domestic debt or total debt, and foreign debt.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IFS database contains approximately 32,000 time series on economic topics including balance of payments, banking and financial systems, labor, exchange rates, fund position, government finance, interest rates, international liquidity, national accounts, population, prices, production, and trade.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The WEO database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.

This database can be used to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The World Development Indicators contains statistical data on over 700 development indicators. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: World Bank, World Development Indicators, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The World Bank's Global Development Finance database contains more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for over 130 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: World Bank, Global Development Finance, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The World Banks Africa Development Indicators (ADI) provide annual time series data for over 1,400 indicators. Topics covered by the extensive database include national accounts, balance of payments, trade, prices and government finance and external debt with data on household welfare (from the Survey-based Harmonized Indicators Program), demography, health, education, the regulatory environment, communications, transport, energy and the environment. A key feature of the database is the level of detail with over 1,200 indicators for each country.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: World Bank, Africa Development Indicators, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains detailed imports and exports statistics. Containing over 1.1 billion records, the UN Comtrade database is considered to be the most comprehensive trade database available and topics include food and live animals, crude materials, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

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The UN Common Database (UNCDB) is a major international databank that draws together hundreds of key human development indicators for all available countries and areas.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: United Nations Common Database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

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***Important*** The United Nations Common Database at ESDS International is no longer updated. The December 2007 edition of this database was the last release via ESDS International as it has now been made available freely via the UN's own interface at - http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp

The Eurostat New Cronos database contains high quality macroeconomic and social statistics data organised into nine statistical themes; General Statistics, Economy and Finance, Population and Social Conditions, Industry, Trade and Services, Agriculture and Fisheries, External Trade, Transport, Environment and Energy, Science and Technology.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: Eurostat New Cronos, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The World Energy Statistics and Balances dataset has now been restructured into six separate databases; World Energy Balances, World Energy Statistics, Energy Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Balances of OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries. Please see the individual database descriptions for further details.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. Please see the individual database descriptions for each of the six databases for bibliographic citations.

The IEA World Energy Balances database is a compilation of the data in the Energy Balances of Non-OECD Countries database and the Energy Balances of OECD Countries database.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA World Energy Balances, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IEA World Energy Statistics database is a compilation of the data in the Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries database and the Energy Statistics of OECD Countries database.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA World Energy Statistics, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Detailed energy balances are provided in thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe). Definitions of products and flows, explanatory notes on the individual country data, indicators (including GDP, population and ratios calculated with the energy data) and net calorific values are also included.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Balances of Non-OECD Countries, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Data are provided for energy supply and consumption in original units (1000 metric tons, terajoules and gigawatt hours) for various types of coal, oil, gas, renewables and waste, as well as for electricity and heat. Definitions of products and flows, explanatory notes on the individual country data and net calorific values are also included. Moreover, oil demand by product is given in tonnes and barrels per day.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Detailed energy balances are provided in thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe). Definitions of products and flows, explanatory notes on the individual country data, indicators (including GDP, population, industrial production index and ratios calculated with the energy data) and net calorific values are also included.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Balances of OECD Countries, ESDS International, University of Manchester

Data are provided for energy supply and consumption in original units (1000 metric tons, terajoules and gigawatt hours) for various types of coal, oil, gas, renewables and waste, as well as for electricity and heat.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IEA Oil Information dataset contains time series oil data on detailed supply/demand balances, end-use consumption, trade by origin and destination as well as for stock levels and changes.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Oil Information, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IEA Natural Gas Information database contains time series of annual gas supply balances. Statistics for the World include data on natural gas production, total imports and exports and gross inland consumption and for the OECD countries, more detailed information on supply and consumption by sector, and trade by origin and destination is available.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Natural Gas Information, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IEA Coal Information dataset contains world-wide coal statistics covering production, trade, use in transformation (electricity and heat production) and final consumption in Industry and other Sectors.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Coal Information, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The Electricity Information database contains time series of electricity statistics of OECD countries for supply, consumption, trade, capacity and price, and some projection data.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Electricity Information, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The CO2 Emissions From Fuel Combustion database provides a comparative analysis of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion, a major source of anthropogenic emissions.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA CO2 Emissions From Fuel Combustion database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The Energy Prices and Taxes database contains data on energy prices at all market levels: import prices, industry prices and consumer prices. The statistics cover import costs and export prices of main petroleum products, natural gas and coal in OECD countries. End-user prices and taxes for selected petroleum, gas and coal products as well as for electricity are provided for industry, electricity generation and households for OECD countries and a selection of non-OECD countries.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Prices and Taxes database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The Renewables Information database contains complete time series of renewables and wastes statistics. Data are based on submissions from national administrations to the Secretariat.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Renewables Information, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The IEA Energy Technology Research and Development database contains information on Government Energy Technology R&D Budgets (for conservation, fossil fuels, renewable energy, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion as well as power and storage technologies) and data on Economic Indicators (used for deflating and currency conversion).

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: IEA Energy Technology Research and Development Database, ESDS International, University of Manchester

The ILO's Key Indicators of the Labour Market has annual time series data for 20 key indicators of the Labour Market, running from 1980 onwards for over 250 countries, areas and territories. Key topics covered include: labour force participation, employment, unemployment, educational attainment, hours of work, wages and earnings, productivity, labour costs, poverty and income distribution.

Publications based on ESDS data collections should always acknowledge the data source with a citation in the reference section. The bibliographic citation for this database is: ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market, ESDS International, University of Manchester

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***Important*** The ILO's KILM Database at ESDS International is no longer updated. The October 2008 edition of this database was the last release via ESDS International as it has now been made available freely via the ILO's own interface at - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/. Access to the legacy version of ILO KILM via Beyond 20/20 was withdrawn on 31st July 2009.