PSC 365: Quantitative Sources

Measures political terror and violence in countries

Contains reports and indicators on population, health, and the environment. Use the Datafinder to search by country

Resources on international migration.

Data on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, and more at the country, regional, and global levels

Measures the following indicators in 212 countries from 1996-2007: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption.

Presidential and national legislative elections from around the world.

Contains information on upcoming national elections around the world, political parties and candidates, government and electoral structures, election results and voter turnout. Covers 1998 to present.

From the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Documents voter turnout (total, by age, by gender, and more) in presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 worldwide.

Data and reports on the status and treatment of ethnic groups internationally

Annual reports on terrorism country by country.

Reports on human rights practices from the U.S. Department of State

Country information and rankings on conflict risk assessment, corruption, and democracy. From Carleton University and the Canadian government.

Reports on individual countries and various human rights issues worldwide

Latin American governments and electoral systems.

Environmental data from the World Bank.

Provides information on agriculture, food imports and exports, and food crises.

Searchable database of terror events from 1968-2009.

Monitors floods around the world as well as flood mitigation and recovery efforts.

Profiles of the health care systems of nineteen countries.

Great site that provides demographic data on US and International religions. Quick stats, national profiles, GIS maps, and data files.

Quantitative content analyses of parties’ election programs from more than 50 countries covering all free, democratic elections since 1945.

Country information on external relations and internal conditions.

Reports on internaitonal conflict development, escalation, and settlement.

Description and data of over 482 conflicts from 1918-2006.

Details the funding requested by many different U. S. government agencies and departments for overseas operations

Documents and reports that define the primary goals and progress of U.S. foreign policy, development and humanitarian assistance.

Publishes reports on war, the arms trade, terrorism, militaries and more.

Country's military budgets in actual local currency, constant US dollars, and as a percentage of GDP.

Records of international transfers of seven categories of conventional weapons from 1950 to the current year.

Reports and analysis of current international concerns.

Tracks terrorism from 1970 to 2013. Searchable by region, country, date, weapon, target, and more.

Searchable by country. Gives a summary of US historical recognition and diplomatic relations with other countries.