The United Nations Statistics Division issues standards and methods approved by the Statistical Commission to assist national statistical authorities and other producers of official statistics in ...

This website is a searchable repository, providing information on current practices in National Statistical Systems around the world, and international guidelines on statistical organizations. It ...

Why is the UN Statistics Division involved in censuses? The importance of population censuses as a procedure to systematically acquire and record information about the members of a population has long ...

Sustained and inclusive economic growth is a prerequisite for sustainable development, which can contribute to improved livelihoods for people around the world. Economic growth can lead to new and ...

B. Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use ...

To serve the analytical purposes of the United Nations and the public the UNSD, mandated by the UNSC, annually collects national accounts data from Member States using a questionnaire based on the SNA ...

Life depends on oceans. They make up the planet’s largest ecosystem— covering more than two thirds of the Earth’s surface— and provide billions of people with food and livelihoods. Oceans produce ...

The International Family of Classifications primarily contains those classifications that have been reviewed and approved as guidelines by the United Nations Statistical Commission or other competent ...

The Statistics Division’s work on gender statistics was initiated in the early 1980s, mid-way into the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace (1976-1985) and in response to ...

Medical and technological improvements over several decades have extended the lives of both women and men, who are expected at present to live an average of 72 and 68 years, respectively. An analysis ...

In 2018, the Statistical Commission, in its decision 49/105, created a subgroup on open data under the Friends of the Chair group on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (FOC-FPOS) to ...

The National Accounts Main Aggregates Database presents a series of analytical national accounts tables from 1970 onwards for more than 200 countries and areas of the world. It is the product of a ...