CountryWatch Database

CountryWatch Premium provides socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world’s 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations. CountryWatch Premium is made up of four distinct features, the Country Reviews, Country Wire, CountryWatch Data, and Map Gallery, each complementing the other to provide maximum depth and coverage.

Country Reviews

A comprehensive online report for each country dynamically updated as major events occur

Access over 100 pages of detailed profiling of each county’s historical, political, economic, social, demographic, business and environmental issues

Features sections on foreign relations, political climate, economic conditions and cultural etiquette

Each country report is downloadable into Abode PDF format



Country Wire

A country-specific, real-time news feed to keep current with breaking news in each country

Access real-time, full-text news articles for each country

Real-time news from internationally recognized news services, or search through the vast, online, historical archive of over 180,000 news articles to find specific topics



CountryWatch Data

A storehouse of ten years of raw data for over 250 different variables for all 192 countries

Contains macroeconomic, economic, health, demographic, cultural, sociological and environmental statistics

Allows you to select multiple countries, regions and variables for cross comparison

Features functions for easy download into CSV format and GIS software to create charts and diagrams



Map Gallery

An online gallery of maps, integrating CountryWatch Data to provide an illustration of global trends

Contains over 170 thematic maps covering cultural, economic, macroeconomic, environment and indicators

Wide coverage includes standard of living, education, energy sector, manufacturing, crops, sector employment, inflation, trade balance, debt, greenhouse gas maps.

You can access CountyWatch from the library's Articles and Databases webpage. Currently enrolled students can also access this database from Off Campus locations.