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International Survey Data

Data for internationally comparative analyses

GESIS offers a wide range of data from international survey programs with broad potential for secondary analysis. In the following, we present selected international study programs that are intensively supervised in our research data centers and in some cases also collected. What these international study programs have in common is that they cover a large number of countries and predominantly long periods of time. A broad spectrum of data and topics is optimally prepared and made accessible for comparative analysis.

Eurobarometer Survey Series

Monitoring the public opinion in the European Union, commissioned by the European Commission with the four survey series "Standard & Special Eurobarometer", "Flash Eurobarometer" and the "Eastern Europe and Candidate Eurobarometer."

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International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)

International cooperation program that conducts an annual joint survey on topics relevant to the social sciences in almost 50 countries.

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European Values Study (EVS)

Transnational empirical long-term study on the perceptions of Europeans on all important areas of life, which has been conducting surveys in Europe in a nine-year cycle since 1981.

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European Election Studies (EES, PIREDEU)

Surveys conducted since 1979 on voter turnout and voter behavior in the context of elections to the European Parliament.

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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)

Data from post-election surveys in around 40 countries. It has been conducted every five years since 1996.

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Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)

International comparative study funded by the OECD to examine the skills of the adult population.

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GESIS also offers access to selected international data collections such as the EU Neighbourhood Barometer or the Eurofound Surveys and is a member of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data. These data can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers, or theses. (More information)

The FDZ International Survey Program has been accredited by the RatSWD.

Since July 2016, the RatSWD has set up a Complaints Office. When using RDC data  you will have the opportunity to address unresolved problems which you could not handle in exchange with the responsible contact person in the RDC. You can find the contact form, as well as details on the competence and procedure, on the website of the RatSWD.