Human Rights

Freedom House provides annual scores of civil and political rights for most countries.The Freedom in the World dataset covers the period 1972-present. The Freedom of the Press dataset offers scores of press freedom for the years 1980-present.

Dataset looks at government respect for 13 internationally recognized human rights. Coverage is from 1981-2011 across 202 countries.

The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalog.

EMDAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 12,800 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.

ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Mason Users Only: must create MyData account to download data.

Data on international development and foreign aid, including geospatial. 1945 to present.