Research Guides: Business Research: Country Information

Country Research

BBC Country Profiles
Historical, political, and economic background. Includes audio and video clips from the BBC.

Business Source Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Obtain country reports by selecting "country reports" under Publication Type and searching a country by name.
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Find country information going to "Browse Data by" and selecting Geography.
DataBank (The World Bank) This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of economic and social indicators, with 40 years of data for some series, for every country in the world.

Index of Economic Freedom
The Index covers 12 freedoms – from property rights to financial freedom – in 184 countries.

Passport This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive market research database incorporating research analysis and detailed statistics of global markets and consumers. Its emphasis is on consumer-related industries across more than 200 countries and regions.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Under the Outlooks tab, click Country Outlook to access data on key economic and social indicators.
World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
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.
World Factbook This link opens in a new window
The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world. It provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 250+ world entities.