Russia and Eastern Europe
Belarus
Ministry of Statistics
and Analysis (Minstat)
http://www.belstat.gov.by/homep/en/main.html
In English or Russian.
Dates of Coverage: 1990-2003 for data on population, labor, standard
of living, trade, investment, transportation, consumer and producer
price indices and agricultural and industrial production. Main socio-economic
indicators for 2004 are in a separate section on the same main page,
with data listed by month.
Bulgaria
National Statistical Institute
http://www.nsi.bg/Index_e.htm
In Bulgarian and English.
Dates of coverage: some data back to 1990
Now has an enormous amount of data in English--trade, economic and social
data, some in monthly increments, some annual. Includes statistics on
the environment back to 1997, including emissions, waste generated,
and water use. A link to the final 2001 census results (in English)
is also included
Croatia
Central Bureau of Statistics
http://www.dzs.hr/
In English and Croatian
Dates of Coverage: mostly 2000-2004, some earlier years are included
in tables.
The Croatian census 2001 is available as of 7/2001 including population
and housing data for the counties, towns and municipalities. The 2003
Agricultural Census is also available. "Statistical Information 2004"
provides statistical yearbook information in Croatian and English, including
figures on industry, labor and production, prices, cost of living, trade,
tourism, and GDP. The 2003 Statistical Yearbook is online (pdf) as well.
The "First Release" section has an enormous amount of monthly
statistical data on population, labor, agriculture, industrial production,
and general economic information going back to about 2000.
Czech Republic
Czech Statistical
Office
http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/home
In Czech, English, French, and German.
Dates of Coverage: 1998-present; some earlier years are included in
current coverage
Outstanding page with links to data releases by the Czech Statistical
offices plus Eurostat news releases. Election data (http://www.volby.cz/)
with voting behavior down to the polling station level is a unique feature(1996-2002
in English, additional years in Czech). Graphs and charts provide additional
data about the composition of the ruling bodies for the most recent
elections. The full version of the Czech Statistical Yearbook for 1998-2001
are now online. Archive files (under "aggregate information")
contain information from 1997 through 2000, and it appears that the
Statistical Office intends to make the past ten years available online
(much in zip files). The "Hot Data" section is updated regularly and
includes the most recent economic data, including consumer and producer
prices indices and GDP.
Estonia
Statistical Office of Estonia
http://www.stat.ee
In Estonian and English
Dates of coverage: 1980 to present
The Statistical database page has a search feature for data on the economy,
environment, population, and 'social life', as well as searching specifically
in the 2000 population census or 2001 agricultural census. Regional
data is also available for the same catagories. In most areas, data
goes back to 1992, but some data can be found going back to 1980. The
"Main Indicators" section has the most recently released economic and
demographic data.
Hungary
Central
Statistical Office
http://portal.ksh.hu/ Hungarian version
In Hungarian and English.
Dates of coverage: 1996 to present
There is a free statistical database for the following areas: industry,
construction, health, social welfare, foreign direct investment, national
accounts, price indices and turnover of external trade, internal trade,
consumer price indices, producer price index, and environment, but it
requires that you download a java applet. Census information is
linked from the portal page, including a large amount of data available
in English. In the 'downloadable publications' section, one will find
a large number of pubications with monthly and annual data in pdf format,
data can be requested via email in Excel or Word format.
Latvia
Central Statistical Bureau of
Latvia
http://www.csb.lv/avidus.cfm
In English and Latvian
The page "Basic Indicators" provides detailed statistics for 18 broad
categories, including GDP, population, employment, health, personal
income, trade, and crime. Under each category are detailed statistical
reports, most with data going back 5-7 years. Some of the statistical
tables are pulled from press releases. The "News" section contains
newly released statistical reports and is updated frequently.
This section also contains recently release data on the Latvian census.
Lithuania
Lithuanian Department of Statistics
http://www.std.lt/web/main.php
In English and Lithuanian
Dates of coverage: 1990-present; small amount of data for earlier years
Available statistics include: GDP, national budget, labor force, employment,
population, prices, earnings, pensions, industry, construction, balance
of payments, and trade. Main indicators of economic development cover
1994-2002, by month. County statistics include data on farms,
housing, employment and crime for each county. Has a link to data
from the 2001 Population Census and 2003 Agricultural Census as well.
Moldova
Department of
Statistical and Sociological Analysis
http://www.statistica.md/index.php?lang=en English verison
http://www.statistica.md/index.php?lang=ro Romanian version
In Romanian, English, or Russian. Has some data in Romanian only,
plus a link to information on the Moldovan census of October 2004 (information
available only in Romanian and Russian as of 3/2005). Has press releases
and a catalog of available print publications. A few online reports
are in English.
Poland
Central Statistical
Office
http://www.stat.gov.pl/
In English and Polish
Dates of coverage: 1989 to present
The "Social Economic Data" section links to a number of statistical
reports in English, including basic population and economic statistics
back to 1989, population and housing projections to 2030, monthly economic
data, and population statistics for 1999-2004. Price indices are given
for 1950-2004. "Hot data" contains the most recent economic data such
as employment and salary information. The "Regional Data Bank"
allows free access to regional and local data back to 1995 for a broad
array of statistics, including housing, number of shops in a town, hospital
beds, libraries, and schools. Has a link to the 2002 Population and
Agricultural Census pages.
Romania
National Institute of
Statistics http://www.insse.ro/indexe.htm
In Romanian and English.
The National Commission for Statistics was apparently replaced by the
National Institute of Statistics in 2001. Press releases offer
the most recent data and are archived back through 1999. Macroeconomic
and social indicators are available for 1998-August 2001 (as of 10/01).
The 1999 Statistical yearbook is available in .pdf and .zip format.
The Romanian version of the page has only slightly more information
that the English version, and data releases appear to be identical.
Russia
Goskomstat (State Committee for
Statistics)
http://www.gks.ru/eng
In Russian and English.
The English version has free access to electronic versions of a few
statistical publications, including Russia 2002, under "Database
Catalogue." Russia 2002 contains a wide range of data,
including prices, trade, living standards, and agriculture. The Russian
version has more information, but most of it requires a subscription
to access. The Statinformatsiia section contains some basic regional
data (by oblast or republic), as well as some socio-economic statistics.
The Russian version also has links to information on the population
and agricultural censuses: mostly overviews with some very general data.
Serbia and Montenegro
Federal Statistical Office http://www.szs.sv.gov.yu/
In Serbian and English.
The 2004 Yugoslav Statistical Yearbook is available in its entirety
in English (pdf format), along with some statistics from the 2002 census.
Statistics for the Kosovo region are not available.
Statistical
Office for the Republic of Serbia
http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/en/index.php
In Serbian or English--a very nice page with some demographic information
(1991 and 2002 census data). Also has election data. Links under 'statistical
areas' do not seem to work in the English version, but there is more
information on the Serbian language page.
No data on Kosovo here either.
Slovak Republic
Statistical
Office of the Slovak Republic http://www.statistics.sk/
In English and Slovak
Dates of coverage: 1995-present; most data from 1999-2002
The "Indicators on Economic Development" section includes basic statistics
on GDP, employment, prices, wages, industry, construction, trade, population,
and the state budget. The "Actual Information" section gives the most
current data in press-release format, and it is updated daily with new
information. Data includes prices, inflation, employment, GDP,
trade, and annual population reports. Also has a link to Election data
from presidential and parliamentary election from 1992 onward. The 2002
Election data is in Slovak and in English: previous years vary, but
most other years have more data in Slovak than English.
Slovenia
Statistical Office of the
Republic of Slovenia
http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp
In Slovenian and English.
Dates of coverage: 1990-present
The English language version now has much more information: the Slovenian
statistical yearbook is online from 1995-2004 in pdf formatl. Links
to the 2002 Census page. The Statistical Databank, in English, German
and Slovenian, has a large amount of free data, including census data,
consumer prices, population, labor force, and trade information. It
is rather slow to load. The Slovenian versions of these pages has much
more information and more current data..
Ukraine
State Committee of Statistics of
Ukraine http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
Much improved site with information in Ukrainian, English and Russian.
Has a huge amount of data going back to 1990 in English in a wide variety
of socio-economic categories. Updated frequently with new statistics.
Has a link to an English language page of the 2001 census as well.
Central Asia and the Caucasus
Armenia
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
http://www.armstat.am/
In Armenian, Russian and English.
Basic statistics up front, including the 2004 Armenian Statistical
Yearbook in .pdf format under "Statistical Data." The Statistical
Yearbook is published in Armenian, Russian and English. Under "Publications"
is a treasure trove of full text statistical publication going back
to 2001.
Azerbaijan
State Statistical Committee
of the Azerbaijan Republic
http://www.azstat.org/indexen.php
In Azeri, English or Russian.
Enormous number of statistical tables for social and economic data including
population, refugees, crime, health, tourism, publications, libraries,
prices and price indices, employment, wages and manufacturing.
Dates covered are mostly 1990-2000. Azeri page appears to have the same
data, but requires Azeri fonts, provided in a .zip file on the
entry page.
Georgia
State Department for
Statistics for Georgia
http://www.statistics.ge/index_eng.htm English version
http://www.statistics.ge Georgian version
In Georgian or English. Contains a broad array of social and economic
statistics going back to 1999 in English.
Kazakhstan
Agency for Statistics of the Republic
of Kazakhstan
http://www.stat.kz/
In English, Kazak or Russian.
Most of the English language material located here is recently released
economic statistics. The Russian language page has much more data available.
Kyrgyz Republic
National Statistical Committee
of the Kyrgyz Republic
http://stat-gvc.bishkek.su/English/
In English and Russian. Contains a large amount of economic data,
including price and labor market data, trade, exchange rates and balance
of payments. Also contains basic information on poverty and literacy
rates. Some information is provided monthly, other data is annual.
Summary data from the 1999 population census is available in pdf format,
and there is a minimal amount of information on the agricultural census
as of 3/2005.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Statistics
http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/ekonom/ek&stat_eng.htm
A very general site in English of current economic statistics. Also
has a Russian version of the page with an archive, but the archive links
do not work as of 3/2005.
Uzbekistan
State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
on Statistics
http://www.stat.uz
Not working as of 3/2005
Regional Sources
Interstate Statistical Committee of
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS STAT)
http://www.cisstat.com/
Some current economic statistics for all of the CIS countries can be
found here. Many categories go back to 1995. Good site for CIS countries
such as Tajikistan or Russia that have little available online.
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