Research Guides: Business Databases: Country Information

Country Information

EIU Online
Includes Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) publications analyzing and forecasting the economic, political and business environments of almost 200 countries. Current publications include Country Reports, Country Commerce (business and trade regulations), Country Finance (taxation and investment), ViewsWire, Premium Country Access for China, Global Forecasting Service.

Country Insight Reports (dun & bradstreet) via Mergent Online
Global coverage. Country Insight Reports from dun & bradstreet. Economic outlooks, market potential, business and political risks, key indicators and forecasts.

Passport
Passport by Euromonitor is a comprehensive market research database providing key business intelligence on markets, consumers and companies, emphasizing consumer-related industries. It is an excellent source for international data, including market forecasts, consumer market sizes, consumer lifestyles, brands, and more.
ProQuest One Business
All of ProQuest's business content is now available in one new platform. More than 130 million documents. Includes more than 2,400 journals, plus eBooks, news and magazines, videos, and hundreds of thousands of reports on companies, industries, markets, and countries. Includes The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and The Economist. Includes "Country Economic Forecasts" from Oxford Economics. Also includes BMI Risk Reports (now Fitch Solutions). 10-year forecasts for many countries.
Business Source Complete
Over 3,800 full-text journals, including nearly 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. Industry reports, market research reports, SWOT analyses, case studies, country economic reports, conference proceedings, working papers collections, and over 1 million company profiles.

China Data Center (National Level) via Data-Planet
National-level indicators of social and economic characteristics of the People’s Republic of China, dating back to the 1950s in some cases. Population; national accounts, including Gross Domestic Product and Balance of Payments; employment, labor, and wages; financial and banking data; price indices; government income and expenditures; agriculture; industry, construction, and transportation; domestic and foreign trade; education; health; and natural resources. Data collected primarily by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Mergent Online
Comprehensive global company financials database with custom reporting features. Includes Mergent Country Profiles.

globalEDGE (free)
Data by country. Includes a "...wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."
IMF DataMapper (free)
"Plot, compare, and import data from countries and regions."