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Thursday, 19th September 2002

Need Statistics? A Trip to WebStat Might Help

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Statistics--Global
Source: Library of Statistics Finland
Need A Statistic? Check WebStat
If you're in need of statistics compiled by governments from around the world, WebStat might be a very useful to in helping you access what you need. From WebStat, "The material is classified by subject field and by country. The search result contains both a description of the source and a direct link to it."
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The database is straightforward and simple to use. At the bottom the home page you'll find several clickable links.
Select "subject fields" to see the vocabulary used to describe various types of statistics. Selecting "search" will take you to the interface. You can conduct a free-text search and/or limit by publisher, title, description, keywords, country, region, and subject. Another link at the bottom of the home page will take you to a comprehensive list of links to statistical publishers. Not only useful but also interesting! Thanks to B.B. for alerting me to this site a long time ago.
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See Also: If Webstat wasn't enough, the Library of Statistics Finland also provides "The World In Figures"
Here you'll find packaged and ready to view/download in Excel spreadsheet format. From the site, "The World in Figures table package contains 28 Excel tables of country-specific structural data on all the countries of the world. The number of countries is 241 and themes 248. The data can be found easily by means of a separate index." Each spreadsheet (table) is labeled as to when the data was last updated. Wow!

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