Country Studies: Federal Research Division Library of Congress
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Watch the dates of publication on this series.
Note: The Country Studies Series should be cited as eBook resources.
Country Background Notes: U.S. Department of State
Country Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN): U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA'S Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) provides information on the agricultural economy, products and issues in foreign countries that are likely to have an impact on the United States' agricultural production and trade.
Country Analysis Briefs: US Energy Information Administration
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects independent energy information. Country Analysis Briefs have comprehensive information about a country's energy resources.
To retrieve these reports:
The World Bank's Doing Business Project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
The problem with statistics on countries is not that they don't exist but rather that they can be hard to find. Below find a selection of highly useful, somewhat hidden statistical sites for countries and regions around the world
International Monetary Fund - Country Information
Find additional information about a country--specifically, any IMF interactions or discussions a country has had