A starting point for international comparison. Confirm definitions → re-pull Japan's figures from e-Stat.
A representative source of national development indicators. Beware of missing values and estimates.
Stronger when you can also explain "why these comparison countries".
The more you can read assumptions (currency, base year, etc.), the stronger your analysis.
An entry to handle global-scale data.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) publishes official country-level data on energy supply and demand, the power mix, and CO2 emissions. A standard reference for comparing policies across developed economies, and strong evidence for climate and energy inquiry.
Official statistics run by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), covering global agricultural production, food security, land use, and forests. Commodity-by-commodity long-run time series let you compare food and farming across the world.
Official global data on health, disease, health workers, and infectious disease, published by the World Health Organization (WHO). Clearly mapped to SDG 3, making it the baseline for health- and medical-policy inquiry.
Official global statistics from the UN specialized agency ILO — labour, employment, wages, and gender. Lets you compare working conditions across developing and developed countries on a single platform.
Official trade statistics compiled by the UN Statistics Division from member-state governments, covering trade volumes and values by country, commodity, and partner. Lets you verify bilateral relationships and global-economic structure as numbers.
The annual Human Development Index (HDI) database published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), with related indicators. Lets you compare "well-being" internationally beyond income alone.
The consolidated scientific assessment reports on climate change by the IPCC, published together with the governments-approved "Summary for Policymakers". The most trusted international evidence for climate-change inquiry.
The official database run by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, visualizing more than 800,000 economic time series. Lets you compare U.S. and world economic indicators across decades on one interface.
Official international statistics on trade, investment, and maritime shipping published by UNCTAD, covering developing countries as well. Enables international comparison that includes the Global South, not just advanced economies.
The IAEA's official database of nuclear reactor operation, shutdown, and construction worldwide. Essential for international comparison of energy policy and nuclear safety.
The UN Refugee Agency's central database of official statistics on refugees, IDPs, and stateless persons worldwide. An international baseline for handling refugee issues with numbers rather than emotion.
The EU's official statistics office, publishing standard statistics with definitions aligned across member states. The standard entry point for intra-EU comparisons and for comparisons with the EU, covering economy, population, and environment.
Official statistics on international finance, FX, and credit published by the BIS, often called "the bank of central banks". Useful for visualising cross-border capital flows and financial imbalances.
Open data published by the ADB on economy, development, poverty, and climate in Asia-Pacific. A usable international-organisation dataset for comparisons across East / Southeast / South Asia.
The AfDB's official data portal on Africa's economy, population, infrastructure, and climate. A starting point for international comparison of African countries.
The official economic and social statistics database for Latin America and the Caribbean, published by ECLAC. Gives comprehensive coverage of data that is often missing when comparing Japan with LAC.
The U.S. federal statistical agency in charge of population and economic censuses. Publishes the decennial census, the American Community Survey (ACS), and business statistics. A reference point for comparison with Japan's population and economic censuses (MIC).
The UK's official statistics office, publishing the census, labour, prices, and GDP in one place. A model of European-standard statistics, usable as a comparison point for Japan.
The English / German portal of Germany's federal statistical office. Publishes official census, economic, population, and environmental data. Under the EU statistical system, consistent with Eurostat.
INSEE's English / French portal. Publishes the census, labour, prices, and regional statistics. In addition to EU standards, handles social indicators specific to the French community.
Italy's national statistical institute. Publishes official data on population, economy, and society. As a Southern European model case, it helps confirm diversity within Europe.
Canada's official statistical agency (English / French bilingual). Publishes statistics on population, economy, labour, and Indigenous matters. A federal and multicultural country's data — suggestive when compared to Japan.
Australia's official statistical agency. Publishes statistics on population, economy, society, and environment. As a Southern Hemisphere developed-country dataset, it helps read common ground and differences with Japan via geography and climate.
Korea's official statistical agency. With a well-maintained English portal, it is an easy neighbour to pair with Japan for population, economy, labour, and family comparisons.
Taiwan's official statistical agency. Publishes data on national income, labour, prices, and households. Usable for East-Asian comparison with Japan and Korea as official statistics.
China's official statistical agency. The English edition publishes major macro indicators. A starting point for referencing the dynamics of a very large economy in primary form.
A directory maintained officially by Japan's Statistics Bureau (MIC) linking to statistical agencies in countries around the world. Works as a comprehensive hub for navigating national statistical offices in international-comparison inquiry.
An international public platform integrating over 2.3 billion species-distribution and specimen records provided by museums and research institutions worldwide. Used alongside the Japan node (JBIF), it lets you verify species distributions on a global scale.
The official Red List of threatened species worldwide, run by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Centralises assessment categories, distributions, and threat factors per species — the international standard for conservation inquiry.