Social issues

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Topics included: Environment and Energy, Arts and Culture, Rural and North, Driving and Roads, Health and Wellness, Business and Economy Ministries included: Environment, Tourism, Culture and Sport ,Northern Development and Mines, Transportation, Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Finance Files

Worldometers is part of the Real Time Statistics Project, which is managed by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world.

Provides worldwide information on quota provisions for women in parliament.

Statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections promotes high quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making.

The CIRI Human Rights Dataset contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 195 countries, annually from 1981-2010. Contains measures of government human rights practices.

Population Data BC is a multi-university, data and education resource facilitating interdisciplinary research on the determinants of human health, well-being and development.