是最具代表性的一种年鉴，内容属于国际性，又以美国的资料最为丰富。正文由一系列简短条目和各类图表组成，对于美国的文教、生活等多个方面都有详细的统计资料。

For general use and importance, they might be ranked as follows. They have in common:(1) They enjoy healthy sales and are found in many homes. (2)depend heavily on government sources for statistics.(3)except for updating and revising, much of the same basic material is carried year after year.

《世界年鉴》(The world almanac and book of facts)

由于其正文编排具有随意性，故重视索引的编制。书前有，书后有。每页天头都列出显示该页内容的所有标题，以便读者阅读。