The World Bank

Summary:
The World Bank provides a database of official-source development statistics–The World Development Indicators (WDI). The WDI includes over 800 economic, social, and environmental indicators, with data available for most countries. CO2 emissions (metric ton per person) and energy use statistics are included. The World Bank also publishes a variety of other data resources.

Path:
The World Bank’s home page
The World Bank’s data and statistics on China

Scale:
Global, regional, national

Years:
1960-2008

Data Availability:
Development indicators and statistics are available online or exportable into Microsoft Excel.