Awesome Public Datasets – Economics Collection

URL: https://github.com/awesomedata/apd-core/tree/master/core/Economics
Category: Themed Directories
Tags: datasets, economics, research
Brand: awesome-public-datasets

Overview

The Awesome Public Datasets – Economics Collection is a curated subset of the broader Awesome Public Datasets project, focused specifically on economics-related data. It aggregates high‑quality, openly accessible datasets covering macroeconomic indicators, trade, productivity, corporate information, and long‑run historical series, aimed at researchers, data scientists, and policy analysts.

Features

• Economics-focused subset of Awesome Public Datasets
  Dedicated section of the Awesome Public Datasets meta‑collection concentrating on economic data sources.

• Curated data sources
  Datasets selected and organized to highlight reputable, useful, and openly accessible economics data for analysis and research.

• Macroeconomic indicators
  Links to data covering national and international macro indicators such as GDP, inflation, employment, interest rates, and other aggregate statistics (as provided by the underlying sources).

• Trade statistics
  References to datasets that include international trade flows, imports/exports, tariffs, and related cross-border economic measures.

• Productivity and growth data
  Sources for productivity metrics, output per worker, sectoral performance, and long‑run growth indicators.

• Corporate and business registries
  Data sources that include information on companies, business registries, and corporate characteristics where available as open data.

• Long-run historical series
  Collections of historical economic time series, often spanning many decades, suitable for longitudinal and historical economic research.

• Open and publicly accessible datasets
  Focuses on datasets that are freely and publicly accessible (subject to each source’s terms of use), enabling reproducible research and open analysis.

• Useful for multiple audiences
  Designed for use by economists, data scientists, policy analysts, students, and anyone needing structured economic data.

• GitHub-based directory
  Hosted as a GitHub repository, making it easy to browse, contribute, and integrate with version-controlled workflows.

• Part of a larger meta-collection
  Integrated into the broader Awesome Public Datasets project, providing a gateway to additional non‑economics datasets if needed.

Pricing

• Cost: No pricing information is provided in the available content. The collection points to public/open datasets; access is generally free but may depend on each underlying data provider’s terms.