FAO - Statistical database

Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN.
Statistics,  Databases, Country Info.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

 Surveys.  A Think Tank.

Industry Analysis McKinsey

 Hit Industries for analyses of 23 sectors.

how to access Bloomberg World Equity Indices & World Economic Indicators (Premium dbase)

WEI:  World Equity Indices      ECST: World Economic Indicators

HDSK   See all messages sent to Help desk.  

The state of fashion 2019 | McKinsey

In depth industry report. Global. 109 pp.
Company info:page 92.

Open Data Catalog | The World Bank

 Links to all World Bank datasets (18,387 Datasets available)
"Browse by data type or country/region."

Forbes List Directory Annual

"a variety of categories ranging from the wealthiest people on the planet to the best colleges America has to offer."

BP Statistical Review of World Energy

(Thanks, Anna Gryshko)

Equilar 100: CEO Pay at the Largest Companies by Revenue

Includes CEO Pay Ratio.
Click here for the SEC's Pay Ratio Rule

Public Opinion - European Commission

1974 - current. "Each survey consists of approximately 1000 face-to-face interviews per country. Reports are published twice yearly."  No product info.

Deutsche Bundesbank

Financial & economic stats for Germany.  up-to-date.

Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject

Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nice format. Loaded!

truck-manufacturing - McKinsey

Regional views of truck-industry profit pools -

Scroll down to view Full Report.

Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics - Global

The Commonwealth iLibrary   Annual, 1997-current.
50 countries w/ fewer than five million inhabitants.  

Entrepreneurship Data Resources

Kauffman Foundation.  (Thanks, BestBizWeb.com)
latest data- 2017

Al Jazeera

News.  Middle East & Global.   

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Enforcement & Litigation Statistics

America's Top Charities 2018

Forbes

National Bureau of Statistics. China.

National Data  Immense.  Annual, Quarterly, Annual, Regional.

Economic Survey of China 2017 - OECD

This is the latest release.

Surveys of Consumers - Data US

U of Michigan.  1978 - current. Nearly 59 different data sets.  wow.

National Center for Education Statistics

A part of the U.S. Department of Education:  "NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."

Wages by Area and Occupation

Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS. Nat'l, Regional, State, Metro Area.

World Travel & Tourism Council

Economic Impact | WTTC  Country, Regional Reports, League Tables, Rankings. Trade ass'n.

China Statistical Yearbook 2018

The landing page is sort of a mess.  Fiddle around a bit and you'll find extensive stats.

Real Estate Sales Statistics: US

National Association of Realtors. NAR
" housing statistics on the national, regional, and metro-market level where data is available."

LATIN AMERICA

Regional Designations/Organizations .  the List

 Latin America and the Caribbean:

       Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,           Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,           Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,       Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

  Caribbean:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad &     Tobago

 

  Central America:

    Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

 

 Comunidad Andina (CAN, the Andean Community):   

     Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
 

  Latin America 12:

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,       Cuba,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,         Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

 

  MERCOSUR

(Click Mercosur links at your own risk ...links to (UGH) Wikipedia.)

Member states

•  Argentina (1991)^[4]
•  Brazil (1991)^[4]
•  Paraguay (1991)^[4]
•  Uruguay (1991)^[4]
•  Venezuela Associate state (2004),^[5] Protocol of Accession (2006),^[6] Full Member (2012)^[6]

Associate states

•  Chile(1996) ^[7]
•  Bolivia (1996),^[5] Protocol of Accession (2012)^[4][8]
•  Colombia (2004)^[5][7]
•  Ecuador (2004)^[5][7]
•  Peru (2003)^[5][7]

Observer states

•  New Zealand
•  Mexico

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States    

Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada,                         Montserrat,St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,  
and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 

(Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are associate members).

    

 

Top Wealth Advisors Forbes Annual

See other rankings on landing page - state listings, women, next-gen, etc.

Billionaires | UBS

Annual, 2013 - current. Search by region or year.

no individual's info.  35 pp.

Top 100 Tech— Red Herring magazine Annual

Top 100 Asia; N. America; Europe

"The winning companies selected from thousands of prospective startups and tech firms"
Links to company websites.

Health Data Tools and Statistics

Big bibliography of US health Web stats resources.
"A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries"

LibGuides at BRASS - Business Reference & Services Section. ALA

"Selected free and fee-based resources highly relevant to information professionals providing business reference services."  SUPER & up-to-date!

The Nation's Report Card - Annual

National Assessment of Educational Progress - NAEP.  Grades 4 - 8.
by State, District.  US Dept of Education.

US News Best Global Universities

Annual.  There's a whole lot more rankings here.  Check it out!

export.gov/ Country Commercial Guides

"Market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries"

World Economic Outlook Int'l Monetary Fund

 Biennial.  +Regional Economic Reports.  2001 - current.

Venture Monitor - NVCA

Nat'l Venture Capital Ass'n.

"provides a complete look at venture capital activity, reporting on fundraising, investments, exits and other relevant industry analysis in one comprehensive report each quarter."

Industries in India

A good resource!

Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

BRASS Business Guides

BRASS Business Guides Business Reference & Services Section  ALA"selected free and fee-based resources"

Data US Census

"Access data through products and tools including data visualizations, mobile apps, interactive web apps and other software."

Gateway to all the Census reports

Links to Population, Economic and the other pubs, including American Fact Finder.

500 Top Cybersecurity Companies

"the definitive list of the world's hottest & most innovative companies in the industry"

"Our Sponsors:   MEDIA PUBLISHERS, EVENT PRODUCERS & CYBER FIRMS"

(thanks, Monica Hagen)

FollowTheMoney.org

"nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP) ... compiles comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available at FollowTheMoney.org."

PayScale 2018

US.   Average Salaries - Job Descriptions -  PayScale. by state, city, Company size, Type, Job, experience + more.
Payscale is a Seattle compensation consultancy.
updated 2018

Global Talent Competitiveness Index.

Insead. 
"an annual benchmarking report that measures and ranks countries based on their ability to grow, attract and retain talent." 

Quarterly Financial Report - Industry Profits - U.S. Census

Quarterly Financial Report - Corporate Profits - U.S. Census Bureau.
1996 - current.    Manufacturing, Mining, Trade, and Selected Service Industries.

Yahoo Finance -

 Business Finance, Stock Market, Quotes, News

A winner!  Hit Industries or Screeners or Markets.
(Thanks, Chad Boeninger and BESTBIZWEB Newsletter.)

National Accounts: Global Statistics Portal

OECD

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook

Biennial.
"recent and future changes in global science, technology and innovation (STI) patterns and their potential implications on and for national and international STI policies"
Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development.

Defined Benefit Administration Survey

by PLANSPONSOR.  Annual, 2009 - current

"Major defined contribution providers are rated in the various client categories they serve"