details cultural issues, political and social change, religious beliefs, and other similar issues. Raw data files, tabulations, and publications are available for download.
provides basic data on the history, population, geography, economy, and other issues for world nations. It also offers various maps categorizing countries by geography and politics.
An international NGO focusing on human rights, with a particular strength in capital punishment issues, Amnesty International's library of issues is searchable by country and by topic.
provides data on mortality broken down by cause; this allows for reliable investigations into homicide; fatal drug use; injuries from accidents, poisonings, etc.; war; and suicide
provides various surveys and other resources designed to detail global crime comparisons. However, do be aware that many of these surveys have low response rates and uneven participation.
features data about the organization and current and former investigations, as well as fact sheets on issues like human trafficking and intellectual property crimes.