About this Resource

The UN produces a large number of databases. Many are freely available from UN Data. The UK Data Service hosts the databases produced by the United National Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the Industrial Statistics Databases and Demand Supply Balance Database.

These annual databanks cover employment and trade world-wide, broken down by country and manufacturing sector. They provide data that can be used to analyse patterns of growth, structural change, industrial performance and employment by gender and sector worldwide.

The United National Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) produces the Industrial Statistics Databases and Demand Supply Balance Database.

These annual databanks cover employment and trade world-wide, broken down by country and manufacturing sector. They provide data that can be used to analyse patterns of growth, structural change, industrial performance and employment by gender and sector worldwide.


The University of Manchester; Mimas; ESRC; RDI

Countries and Citizens: Unit 1 Macro and Micro Data: The Basics by Celia Russell, University of Manchester is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.