Industrial Location Theory

International Data Sites

CIA’s World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

UN
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/introduction.asp

Economic Sector and Per Capita GDP:

• Data Selection->Country Profile
  • Select Country from drop-down menu and click on Value Added by Economic Activity, Percentage Distribution. Click here to find a legend for the sector codes: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcst.asp?Cl=27&Lg=1.
  • Select Country from drop-down menu and click on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Per capita GDP, GDP growth rate, Implicit Price Deflators

Per Capita GDP & Economic Activity Rates by Gender: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/inc-eco.htm

Social Indicators (e.g. literacy):
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/statistics.htm

Gapminder (don’t spend too much time on this site, it’s addictive):
http://www.gapminder.org/data/