Library Guides: Human Rights: Find Statistics & Data

STATISTICS DATABASES

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Generates maps, data visuallizations, and spreadsheets of Census data from 1790-2010. Additional data available up to the 2020 census.
Updated regularly. Provides easy access to historical census data for the United States. Allows users to visually analyze and understand the demography of any part of the United States with access to the following:

* Interactive thematic maps of historical census data
* Customized reports for any chosen area or areas (including aggregates)
* Complete coverage of the United States, down to neighborhoods and streets
* Simple navigation buttons and a find tool make it easy and efficient to study neighborhoods

Users can examine geographic areas while selecting the type of data to be shown, such as population density or income level. The corresponding data tables are also available.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Data on the United States, including demographics, economics, government, & finance from 1790-2000.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Providing statistical data for over 170 industries in 50 countries.

CIRI Human Rights Data Project
Contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 202 countries, annually from 1981-2011.
Freedom in the World
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
An open platform for sharing data across crises and organisations. The goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis.
Minorities at Risk
University-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000.
Human Rights Data Analysis Group
Non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world
WomanStats Database
A crossnational compilation of data, statistics, and maps on the status of women worldwide; over 350 variables for 176 countries.
SERF Index
From the Economic and Social Rights Empowerment Initiative. An index measuring the performance of countries and sub-national units on the fulfillment of economic and social rights obligations