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