Information on individual countries can be found by using the country name along with other keywords or subject terms when searching the catalogue or databases. Overviews of each country can also be found in the electronic resources listed below.
Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.
Online version of the Europa World Year Book and Europa Publications' nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series, which cover political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories and provide information on a variety of international organizations.
comoparative statistics; international organizations; africa; south of the sahara; australia; near east; far east; united states; western europe; north africa; central, eastern europe; russia; southeastern europe; south america; central america; caribbean; canada; australasia; south asia; economics; development; united nations
comparative statistics; international organizations; africa; south of the sahara; australia; near east; far east; united states; western europe; north africa; central, eastern europe; russia; southeastern europe; south america; central america; caribbean; canada; australasia; south asia; economics; development; united nations
United Nations member states with the available HDI values.
The Human Development Report Office releases five composite indices each year: the Human Development Index (HDI), the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), the Gender Development Index (GDI), the Gender Inequality Index (GII), and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Data used in these indices and other human development indicators included here are provided by a variety of public international sources and represent the best statistics available for those indicators at the time of the preparation of the human development report.