Numbers

Everything interesting and worthwile to follow.

Facts,figures,earnings,statistics and much more at one place.

Barcharts futures overview HiLo page.

World Bank Data

World Bank Data can be found at http://data.worldbank.org. Data sets such as the World Development Indicators (with 100 indicators), Africa Development Indicators, and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators are available in several languages.

Main page for documents and reports.

Mapping results are here.

Apps developped for these data sources are here

Two top applications are http://www.statplanet.org/ and http://www.indicatorslab.com/

This is paradise for data geeks.

Great country page about China.

Economic Data Resources

Excellent summary of economic news sources at http://www.econlib.org/

Especially their page on world sources.