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Country Facts & Figures

The World Factbook
CIA. The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
FAOSTAT: Country Indicators
Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Select country for indicators, compare countries.
Gapminder
Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions. Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious, or economic affiliations.
IndexMundi
Contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources. You can explore and analyze thousands of indicators organized by region, country, topic, industry sector, and type.
World Bank: Topics
Also search by country

Government Reports & Statistics?

Example: I need wind and solar energy statistics for Thailand!

To find governmental reports search by country domain site:

In a search box: (wind or solar) power site:.th

Animal Diversity Web This link opens in a new window
Online animal encyclopedia. Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy. Descriptions of taxa above the species level, especially phyla, classes, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare these pieces, for the most part.
BBC Earth This link opens in a new window
Short stories and videos about animals and habitats, plus discoveries and challenges on planet Earth.
The World's Biomes This link opens in a new window
UCMP Berkeley. Biomes are defined as "the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment" (Campbell). Biomes are classified in various ways. This page will group biomes into five major types:
National Geographic Education Resource Library This link opens in a new window
All topics, grades PK - 12+

Sustainable Systems Factsheets
The University of Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems has developed since 2001 a growing set of factsheets
that cover topics including energy, water, food, waste, buildings, materials, and transportation systems. Each factsheet presents important patterns of use, life cycle impacts and sustainable solutions. They are designed to inform policymakers, business professionals, students and teachers. The factsheets are peer-reviewed and updated annually.
The 2021 edition contains more than 2226 facts and 135 graphics compiled from 995 sources.

UN Sustainable Development Goals This link opens in a new window
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
WWF: World Wildlife Fund This link opens in a new window
WWF has teams of experts working in over 100 countries to protect the natural resources that sustain and inspire us: our forests, rivers, ocean, climate, food and wildlife.