Economics Research Guide

The Economist Country Briefings
From the Economist.  Each country profile includes  a forecast, Factsheet, Economic data, short history, political structure and forces and economic structure.  Currency converter and news articles and links to related country websites.

CIA World Factbook

Penn World Table:
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php
Alan Heston, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version 6.1, Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania (CICUP), October 2002.
Find GDP comparisons for countries worldwide time series 1950- present in a downloadable table.T