Pocketbook content & Global market nicheCURRENT GLOBAL POCKETBOOK MARKET 4 Yes (pdf) Yes (pdf) Regional Comparisons/ Income Comparisons/ Includes Income Classification No; $34.50 World Rankings Data (half of the book) Source: Author compilation based on each Pocketbook’s website as listed above, May 2014. Name Organization Description Website Pocketbook free to download? World Statistics Pocketbook (2014 edition, forthcoming July) United Nations/ Statistics Division “An annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over 50 indicators have been collected from more than 20 international statistical sources and are presented in one-page profiles for 217 countries or areas of the world. This issue covers various years from 2005 to 2014.” http://unstats.un.org/unsd/pocketbook/ The Little Data Book (2014) World Bank “The Little Data Book 2014 is the pocket edition of World Development Indicators 2014. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The Little Data Book 2014 contains 55 key development indicators such as population and population growth, GNI, GDP, GDP growth, exports and imports, and gross capital formation, deforestation, water use, energy use and electricity use per capita.” http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-books/little-data-book Pocket World in Figures (2014 edition) The Economist “Annual bestseller- completely updated and revised, and expanded with new features that include mobile banking, a global peace index, museums and art galleries, the shadow economy and species under threat. Now provides rankings on more than 200 topics that take into account over 190 countries, together with detailed statistical profiles of more than 65 of the world’s major economies and profiles of the world and the euro area.” http://store.economist.com/Product-%2820041211%29-EPO%282%29-EB018%282101%29.aspx |