I’ve listed some authoritative open datasets.

There's a lot of data, accessible to everyone, that can be used to make sense of our society, our time, our differences, or just to have fun with curiosities.

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CIA World Factbook
  • various
 world

DBPedia
  • various
 world

Food and Agriculture Organization
  • food
 world

UN Human Development Report
  • various
 world

FAO Aquastat
  • environment
 world

WHO Global Health Observatory
  • health
 world

United Nations Comtrade
  • economy
 world

Business Regulations for Local Firms
  • economy
 world

USDA Food Data
  • food
 world

Football.db
  • sports
 world

TuTiempo Global Climate Data
  • environment
 world

The Humanitarian Data Exchange
  • society
 world

International Monetary Fund
  • economy
 world

Million Song Dataset
  • entertainment
 world

OECD Open Data
  • various
 world

Open Flights – Airports, Airlines and Routes
  • transports
 world

Open Weather
  • environment
 world

The Numbers – Movie Business Stats
  • entertainment
 world

United Nations Data
  • various
 world

UNICEF data
  • society
 world

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • crime
 world

World Bank Open Data
  • various
 world

Pew Research Center
  • society
 world

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • health
 US

FBI Crime Data Explorer
  • crime
 US

Data.gov
  • various
 US

National Cancer Institute
  • health
 US

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • transports
 US

U.S. Energy Information Administration
  • energy
 US

Data.gov.uk
  • various
 UK

Dati.gov.it
  • various
 IT

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
  • various
 IT

EU Open Data Portal
  • various
 EU

Eurostat
  • various
 EU

Federal Statistical Office of Germany
  • various
 DE

National Bureau of Statistics of China
  • various
 CN