Research guides: Collections and Resources on China: Statistics

Chinese statistics databases and browse tools

中国统计年鉴数据库 / China Statistical Yearbooks
China Statistical Yearbooks (CSYD) collects key statistical yearbooks published in mainland China, covering various types of census and survey data including analysis reports, statistical summaries, investment material, and data compilations.
CEIC China premium database / 中国经济数据库
A statistical database that focuses exclusively on the China market, providing more than 345,000 time-series records on Chinese macroeconomic and industrial data at national, provincial and city levels. Some historical data goes back to 1949. This database supports both English and Chinese interface, and the time series can be exported in Excel format.
China Data Online
China Data Online is a database covering comprehensive Chinese statistical information, including population, education, industrial, economic and cultural statistics.
China economy, public policy, and security database / 皮书
EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service)
EMIS delivers news, company and financial data direct from more than 80 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. China and East Asian countries/regions, ie. Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Korea, etc., are covered.
中国统计年鉴
Online statistical yearbook database (1999-2021) provided by National Bureau of Statistics, China.

Chinese census @ EAL

China Data Online includes part of the census information of the People's Republic of China, extending back to 1982. In addition, the East Asian Library has purchased a full hard-copy set of the 2010 Census of China, which contains the complete 2010 Chinese census information. Below are links to further print census resources for China at the U of T library. If further help is needed in looking for Chinese census information, please contact the EAL librarians.

Social Surveys

Chinese general social survey, 2003
Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) / 中国综合社会调查
East Asian Social Survey, in ICPSR
How to access ICPSR from UofT: https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=577633&p=5207334
China Family Panel Studies（CFPS）/ 中国家庭追踪调查
Chinese Household Income Project Series (CHIP) / 中国家庭收入调查

Cumulative & historical statistics @ EAL

Important statistical yearbooks @ EAL

Zhongguo tong ji nian jian (中国统计年鉴)
China Statistical Yearbook (English)
China Facts and Figures Annual
Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 1969-2014 (香港統計年刊)
The electronic version of Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (1969-2014) is downloadable from the website of the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong SAR. The print version is available at Robarts Government Publication Library http://go.utlib.ca/cat/1444756
Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China (中華民國統計年鑒)

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Online statistics resources -- China

National Bureau of Statistics of China (中华人民共和国国家统计局)
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The official website of the National Bureau of the People's Republic of China. It regularly releases various statistics and statistical reports.
National Bureau of Statistics of China (English version)

Online statistics resources -- Taiwan

Taiwan Colonial Statistics Database (臺灣日治時期統計資料庫)
The chief objective of the Taiwan Colonial Statistics Database lies in the preservation of official statistical records from the Japanese colonial period. It contains digitized materials mainly from the National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Library collections, including 684 volumes of Japanese colonial statistical records, 194,075 digital images, and 103,732 sets of metadata. There are 29 data categories in total, including law and law-related areas.
National Statistics of R.O.C. (Taiwan) (中華民國統計資料網)
Chinese interface: http://www.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=4
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) (臺灣行政院主計縂處)
Survey of Family Income & Expenditure in Taiwan area (臺灣地區家庭收支調查)
This is a data product of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
Digital Repository of Taiwan Provincial Assembly (臺灣省議會史料總庫)

Online statistics resources -- Hong Kong

Hong Kong Statistics, Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong SAR
This is the data/statistics website of the Census and Statistics Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region.
Hong Kong Fact Sheets
The "Hong Kong Fact Sheets" series provides useful information about Hong Kong on a comprehensive range of topics.

Online statistics resources -- international & general

World Bank Data -- Country Profile: China
United Nations Data -- Country Profile: China
World Health Organization -- Countries: China
World Health Organization -- Global Health Observatory (GHO): China
StatsAPEC
Asian Development Bank Statistics
World Trade Organization, International trade and market access data
World Trade Organization, Time Series Data
OECD Factbook eXplorer 2013
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes a lot of world indicators available (e.g. world population and birth rate). Much of it goes unnoticed. The Factbook eXplorer from the OECD is a visualization tool that helps you see and explore the data.
OECD Regional eXplorer

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Collections and Resources on China