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Data and statistics

This page lists some of the major sets of data available from the Economic and Social Data Service, if what you want isn't listed here please try their Data Catalogue or their associated resources links. In addition there are also some Chinese language statistical databases.

Most of the data is only available to SOAS staff and students on or off-campus. You'll need to use your SOAS id and password (the same as you use for SOAS e-mail and computers) to access the data on or off-campus. When you use the ESDS site for the first time you will need to complete an additional registration form; also some of the data sets require you to agree to further terms and conditions when you use them for the first time. 

If you need help with any of the databases you can:

  • Ask at the Library Enquiry Desk (Ground floor/Level E), Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
  • E-mail electronic@soas.ac.uk  
  • Phone 020 7898 4146
TitleDescriptionLinks
Afrobarometer, Arab Barometer, AsiaBarometer and Asian Barometer Survey
 Access to data from and about the Afrobarometer, Arab Barometer, AsiaBarometer and Asian Barometer Survey; comparative surveys on social and political attitudes.   On-campus use

Off-campus use
Apabi Digital Library 阿帕比数字资源库
Access to over 500 e-books, 50+ yearbooks and 10 newspapers. 
Apabi Digital Library 阿帕比数字资源库
URL 

On-campus: http://dlib.apabi.com/soas/
Off-campus: https://ezproxy.soas.ac.uk/login?url=http://dlib.apabi.com/soas/

Access

Available to all Library users on-campus. Off-campus access available to SOAS staff and students, using their SOAS id and password. 

Authentication

Available to all Library users on-campus. Off-campus access available to SOAS staff and students, using their SOAS id and password.

Full-text or bibliographic

Full-text. 

Description

Currently, the database includes:

  1. Reading China:   564 eBooks collected from the best modern literature works.   
  2. Yearbook: 53 titles, 553 volumes in the yearbook database. Latest issues will be uploaded into the database when published. The subjects are chiefly statistical yearbooks. Please click guide to yearbooks ( 年鉴导航) for more information.
  3. Newspaper: 10 titles. In addition to inquiry and searching service using professional classifying system and indexing methods that are suitable to newspaper resource.  The database provides such service as browsing original -newspapers online and other value-added services. Latest issues will be uploaded into the database when published.   
Dates covered:

Reading China: Since 1950s to the turn of the century;
Yearbook: varies according to title - earliest 1970s and latest one year ago;
Newspaper: updated everyday 

Download/e-mail/print /reference software

Users need Apabi Reader to download/borrow eBooks to read offline.

No Apabi Reader required to read newspapers or yearbooks 

Special requirements

Simplified Chinese, GB code.  

User guide:

URL: http://dlib.apabi.com/eastview/help.aspx?t=2&cult=US,

 On-campus use
Bankscope
 Bankscope contains detailed financial information for more than 29,000 banks worldwide, including accounts, ratios, ratings, ownership and news. You can use it to analyse data, compare banks, and download charts and graphs. 
Bankscope
URL

On campus
Off-campus

Access

Any Library user from computers on-campus. SOAS students and staff only from computers off-campus.

Authentication

Available to all Library users on-campus. Off-campus access available to SOAS staff and students, using their SOAS id and password.

Description

Bankscope is a global database of 30,000 banks' financial statements, ratings and intelligence. Information includes:

  • Detailed financials - statements are in multiple formats including a new universal format to compare banks globally   
  • Interim data
  • Ratings, and rating reports, from FitchRatings, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Capital Intelligence
  • Country risk and country finance reports
  • Stock data for listed banks
  • Directors and contacts
  • Original filings/images
  • Detailed bank structures
  • Economic country profiles and outlooks
  • Business and related news
  • M&A deals and rumours

 

Dates covered

Bankscope has up to 8 years of detailed accounts for each bank.

Download/e-mail/print

Bankscope allows exporting to other software programmes, including spreadsheets, databases, word processors and ACSII formats.

More information

For tutorials, guides and FAQ's, visit the Bankscope Support Centre or email info@bvdinfo.com

 On-campus use

Off-campus use
China Statistical Data Online 中国数据在线
 Online access to the following databases for statistical data on China: Monthly Statistics, National Statistics, Provincial Statistics, City Statistics, County Statistics, Monthly Industrial Data, Yearly Industrial Data, Statistics on Maps, Statistical Yearbooks (Provincial, City and National). Census data.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
Datastream
 Access to key financial data for both developed and emerging markets; statistics on equities and equity indices, company fundamentals, forecast earnings, bonds, international macro data, interest and exchange rates, commodities and derivatives; a comprehensive time-series of up to 50 years for 175 countries and 60 markets; in total more than 255 mil time series data. 
Datastream

Access
Available for SOAS staff and students only. Access is on-campus via a computer on Level E (ground floor) in the Library, daily 9.00-12.00. Booking is required - 1 hour sessions only, to make a booking visit the Library Enquiry Desk, call  020 7898 4163 or e-mail libenquiry@soas.ac.uk

Description
Datastream is the largest and most renowned historical financial database with more than 255 million time series data. Information includes:

  • Equities – over 100,000 active equities (plus another 100,000 inactive) for 100 developed and emerging markets, and with over 200 fields
  • Estimates – Forecasts from IBES available for 31 key financial measures, including earnings, profits, sales and price targets
  • Company Fundamentals – fundamental data and financial ratios for all developed and many emerging markets, across 79 markets
  • Unit and Investment Trusts – unit trust coverage for 11 countries, including the top five European Funds Markets – complete coverage of UK Investment Trusts
  • Equity Indices –over 280,000 indices with extensive coverage of market indices for 68 countries; Equity index and constituent data for major index suppliers (such as MSCI, FTSE, S&P); Global Equity Indices span over 30 years of daily frequency covering 55 markets; also coverage of third party bond indices (such as JP Morgan, Citygroup, Barclays Capital)
  • Bonds – over 230,000 active bonds, 220,000 warrants, certificates and convertibles, and 500,000 fixed income securities
  • Macroeconomic Data – nationally sourced indicators for 118 markets and another 130 with comparable data from international sources (e.g. Eurostat, IMF, OECD)
  • Commodities – more than 77,000 live spot prices, including agricultural, energy and metal prices
  • Interest and Exchange Rates
  • Derivatives – excellent futures coverage across 34 countries, with history as back as 1976; options database covers 2,000 active contracts for over 490,000 live series


Dates covered
Dates vary by data category and country/market - starting from as far back as 1950s for major economies - annual, monthly, weekly or daily (when available) frequency - Updated continuously

Download/e-mail/print
All data can be downloaded easily using the Advance for Office (AFO) Add-in in Excel

More information 
Short User Guide
Datastream Comprehensive User Guide

 On-campus use
EIU CountryData
 EIU CountryData contains over 280 variables, divided into the following major categories: Gross domestic product, Fiscal and monetary indicators, Demographics and income, Foreign payments, External debt stock, External debt service, External trade, Quarterly, and for some countries, Monthly indicators. Covering 150 countries, this powerful database contains more than a million individual data points-covering over 280 series and running from 1980 to 2008. Updated monthly.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
European and World Values Surveys
 The European Values Surveys and World Values Surveys series was designed to enable a cross-national, cross-cultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
Indiastat.com
 Indiastat contains India specific socio-economic secondary level statistical data. Contact electronic@soas.ac.uk for username and password [SOAS staff & students only] 
Indiastat.com
URL

http://www.indiastat.com/

Access

Access restricted to SOAS staff and students only. One concurrent user only.

Restrictions: viewing of 7500 data tables or downloading of 5000 data tables. Access will cease after one of these limits has been reached.

Authentication

Available to SOAS staff and students using password available from the enquiry desk or by emailing electronic@soas.ac.uk.

Full-text or bibliographic

N/A - content is statistical datasets & related news

Description

Indiastat contains India specific socio-economic secondary level statistical data. Sources include reports, statistical publications, policies, other releases of various ministries/departmets of Govt. of India and its states, semi-government departments, autonomous and trade bodies, parliament question-answers and other authentic material. Contents of Indiastat.com are classified in over 30 major sections. These sections are: Administrative Setup, Agriculture, Banks and Financial Institutions, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Companies, Cooperatives, Crime and Law, Demographics, Economy, Education, Electoral Data, Environment and Pollution, Foreign Trade, Forest and Wildlife, Geographics, Health, Houses and Households, Industries, Insurance, Labour and Workforce, Market Forecast, Media, Meteorological Information, Mines and Minerals, Per Capita Availability, Petroleum, Power, Social and Welfare Schemes, Sports, Telecommunication, Tourism, Transport, Urban Areas and Villages.

Dates covered

Dates covered vary according to dataset, starting from 1990 onwards.

Download/e-mail/print/reference software

N/A

More information

http://www.indiastat.com/faqs/faqs.aspx#Contents
http://www.indiastat.com/mustsee/navigatesite.aspx

 On-campus use

Off-campus use
International Energy Agency data
 Access to International Energy Agency data: CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, Coal Information, Natural Gas Information, Electricity information, Oil Information, Energy Prices and Taxes, World Energy Statistics and Balances, Renewables Information, Energy Technology Research and Development Database.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
IMF data
 Access to International Monetary Fund (IMF): Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), International Financial Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payment Statistics (BOPS), Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and World Economic Outlook (WEO).   On-campus use

Off-campus use
International Social Survey
 Download data from the International Social Survey. Special topics have included: the environment; the role of government; social inequality; social support; family and gender issues; work orientation; the impact of religious background, behaviour and beliefs on social and political preferences; and national identity. Participating countries vary for each topical module.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
Latinobarómetro
 Access to the data for the Latinobarómetro annual public opinion survey, which is conducted in 18 countries in Latin America. Begins in 1995.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
McGregor BFA
 South African financial reporting database; provides historical and fundamental information on South African and international listed and unlisted companies. Available for SOAS staff and students only. You need to register to gain access - please email bc3@soas.ac.uk 
McGregor BFA
URL

http://www.mcgregorbfa.com/

Access

Available for SOAS staff and students only. You need to register to gain access - please e-mail bc3@soas.ac.uk 

Description

McGregor BFA is South Africa's leading provider of financial data feeds and analysis tools. Information includes:
Standardised financial statements dating back to 1971, and published financial statements since 1988, covering all JSE listed and delisted companies, as well as parastatals and unlisted companies that have published data.
Get instant access to data on nearly 3 million instruments from 60 global exchanges, including equities, bonds, commodities, derivatives, unit trusts and other exchange traded and interest bearing instruments.
View key economic data from 78 countries: GDP, inflation, repo rates, population, bond yields, money market rates and more.

Dates covered

Database stretches back over 40 years.

Download/e-mail/print

Use Expert for fast, flexible online analysis, or import your own selection of data direct to Excel.

More information

Website: http://www.mcgregorbfa.com/

 On-campus use

Off-campus use
OECD data
 Access to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Education Statistics, Globalisation, Main Economic Indicators, Main Science and Technology Indicators, Quarterly Labour Force Statistics, Social Expenditure Database, International Development, International Direct Investment Statistics, International Migration Statistics, International Trade by Commodities Statistics, Services Statistics, National Accounts, STructural Analysis Database.   On-campus use

Off-campus use
Oriana
 Oriana is a comprehensive database of over 10 million companies across the Asia-Pacific region. It combines data from various sources with software for searching and analysis.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
UN Common Database
 Access to United Nations Common Database (UNCDB) and United Nations Comtrade.   On-campus use

Off-campus use
UNIDO data
 Access to United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Industrial Statistics and Industrial Demand Supply databases.   On-campus use

Off-campus use
World Bank data
 Access to Africa Development Indicators, World Development Indicators and Global Finance Statistics.   On-campus use

Off-campus use
Young Lives Survey
 The Young Lives survey is a long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India (in the Andhra Pradesh state), Peru and Vietnam.  On-campus use

Off-campus use
Zephyr
 ZEPHYR is an information solution containing M&A, IPO and venture capital deals with links to detailed financial company information. Pan-European deals date back to 1997 and North American deals to 2001.  On-campus use

Off-campus use