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International Historical Statistics; Africa, Asia and Oceania 1750-2005 is the latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available.
It is available in our Reference collection at HG2 MITC (this means that you won't be able to take the book out, however, you can make photocopies)
Updated to 2005 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 255 years, serving as an essential reference source.
Contents provides:
- statistical data in easy to use tables
- for the last 255 years (where available)
- of every country in the African, Asian and Australiasian continents
Covering:
- Population & Vital Statistics
Includes population of countries at enumerations, by sex and age groups, of major cities, vital statistics, international migrants
- Labour Force
Includes economically active population, unemployment, industrial disputes, indices of wages/earnings
- Agriculture
Main arable food crops; various foodstuff outputs; livestock, exports of various agricultural commodities
- Industry
Includes coal , crude petroleum, natural gas and iron ore production; assembly of motor vehicles, imports & exports
- External Trade
Includes aggregate current values, main trading partners and major commodity exports
- Transport & Communication
Includes length of railway open lines, freight/passenger traffic on railways, merchant ships registered, motor vehicles in use, civil aviation traffic, postal/telegraph traffic, radio/tv sets in use
- Finance
Includes currency/banknotes in circulation, demand deposits in commercial banks, savings, money supply, total central government expenditure,central government revenue (tax yields)
- Prices
Includes wholesale and consumer price indices
- Education
Includes number of children schools and higher education
- National Accounts
Includes national accounts totals , proportions of GDP by sector of origin, balance of payments
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