7 Free Data and Economics Research Tools Used by Analysts
Economists, journalists, and policy researchers rely on these tools. They're all free and publicly accessible.
Published May 31, 2026
FRED Economic Data
fred.stlouisfed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database of over 800,000 economic time series from hundreds of sources.
View full details →Our World in Data
ourworldindata.org
Interactive charts and research on global development, health, and energy.
View full details →Gapminder
gapminder.org
Interactive visualization of global development data across health, wealth, and population over time.
View full details →Statista
statista.com
Statistics and market research portal aggregating data from 22,500+ sources, with infographic exports and curated industry reports.
View full details →Data Commons
datacommons.org
Google project aggregating public datasets from governments and research institutions into one queryable graph.
View full details →Kaggle
kaggle.com
Community platform for datasets, machine learning competitions, and collaborative notebooks.
View full details →Datasette
datasette.io
Open-source tool for exploring, publishing, and sharing SQLite databases as a browsable web API.
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