Global Data

Below are links to data resources from international organizations and databases.


  • Arms Trade

SIPRI Arms Transfers Database

https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers

United Nations Register of Conventional Arms

http://www.un-register.org/HeavyWeapons/Index.aspx

  • Crime and Corruption

Interpol

http://www.interpol.int/

Aleph (OCCRP)

https://aleph.occrp.org/ 

Investigative Dashboard (OCCRP)

https://investigativedashboard.org/

Transparency International

https://www.transparency.org/

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/statistics/

  • Environment

United Nations Environmental Data Explorer

http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/

FAO GeoNetwork

http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/gosic

IPCC Data Distribution Center

http://www.ipcc-data.org/observ/index.html

  • General

United Nations central repository and list of national statistics

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_natstat.asp

World Bank data

http://data.worldbank.org/

  • Health

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/

International Accountability Project:

Funds for Covid-19 response

WHO Mental Health Atlas

http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/profiles/en/

Demographic and Health Surveys Program Data

http://dhsprogram.com/Data/

Global Health and Human Rights Database

http://www.globalhealthrights.org/

Global Health Data Exchange

http://ghdx.healthdata.org/

  • Migration and Refugees

GIJN Human Trafficking Resources

https://helpdesk.gijn.org/support/solutions/articles/14000075896-human-trafficking

International Organization for Migration

https://www.iom.int/

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Data

http://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations#_ga=1.89916818.886356702.1487856614

UNHCR’s Refworld (reports and news)

http://www.refworld.org/

  • Regional

Data for Spanish-speaking journalists (Periodismo de Base de Datos)

http://periodismodebasededatos.blogspot.com/

Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

http://en.arij.net/