At 8.30 am tomorrow, March 19th, the UNSD Web server will be shut down for 2 hours for a scheduled maintenance.


Latest UNSD Brochure:
Advancing the Global
Statistical System
- UNSD's major work areas
and accomplishments

MDG Report 2009

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 was launched in Geneva by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6 July. more...

MDG Progress Chart 2009

Most of the targets set for progress on the Millennium Development Goals are benchmarked for the period 1990 to 2015 more...

 
The Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the UN Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system. For more, see About us.
 
UN Statistical Commission

The UN Statistical Commission is the apex entity of the global statistical system. It considers and approves international statistical standards and programmes to address emerging issues.

The
41st session of the Commission was held from 23 to 26 February 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York. more..

Opening Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
to the 41st Session of the Statistical Commission

Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung
Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the
41st Session of the Statistical Commission

Commission side event highlights
This seminar on “Emerging Trends in Data Communication and Dissemination" is meant to provide a discussion forum for statistical managers to share experiences on new approaches in the way National Statistical Offices and International Agencies disseminate their data to users and engage actively in communication with them. more..
This Forum is one of the special side events organized by the UN Statistics Division on the occasion of the Statistical Commission, to discuss special challenges confronting the global statistical community. This year's topic will explore how the effectiveness of the national statistical systems can be assessed. more..
This lunchtime seminar, organized by Statistics Norway will provide a forum to discuss measurement issues related to the compilation of property price indices.The recent financial crisis points to the importance of compiling accurate and comparable property price indices across countries. more..
This lunchtime seminar will present the key outcomes from the recent Conference on Modernization of Statistical Production organized by Statistics Sweden as well as the experiences of two statistical offices, those of New Zealand and United Kingdom.. more..
This seminar, organized in partnership with UNFPA, will discuss the specific challenges faced by countries emerging from conflicts in the preparation and the conduct of a Population and Housing Census. Three case studies will be presented: the census 2008 in Liberia, the preparation of the 2010 census in Iraq...more..

The UNSD, in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA, has developed a free software package, CensusInfo, to help countries disseminate census data on CD-ROM and on the web.  The objective of this Learning Center is to share experiences of countries on using CensusInfo to disseminate the results of population and housing censuses and... more..

This Learning Center is a forum for discussion on specific topics related to environmental-economic accounting and supporting statistics. The seminar will cover presentations on the current discussions on environment statistics in particular with regard to the ecosystem approach to environment statistics and its relationship with the SEEA. more..

This Learning Center will focus on SDMX, the preferred standard for the exchange of statistical data and metadata by several countries and international organizations. The participants will be able to learn about the challenges in the implementation of SDMX...
more..

This seminar is intended to provide countries with additional information on what is new in the draft revised recommendations for international trade statistics as contained in International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions 2010 (IMTS2010) and Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MSITS 2010). more..

The exhibition will focus on statistical developments and achievements in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Statistical publications including books, posters, brochures, and CDs as well as promotional material on statistical activities will be displayed at the exhibition.
Temporary North Lawn Building
,
23 - 26 February, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 
 Data search:

March 2010

 

International Workshop on Regional Products and Income Accounts

Beijing, China,

15-17 March 2010

 

Expert Group Meeting on the Human Development Index

UNHQ, New York,

24-25 March 2010

February 2010

 

5th Meeting of the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics

Cork, Ireland,

1-4 February 2010

 

41st Session of the UN Statistical Commission

New York, New York,

23-26 February 2010

March 2010

 

International Workshop on Regional Products and Income Accounts

Beijing, China,

15-17 March 2010

The website of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census
Programme facilitates the international exchange and sharing of knowledge and information on census taking, as well as provision of guidance to countries, and
monitoring progress on the implementation of the Programme. more...
UNSD Questionnaires
or Data Requests
to be sent to countries

(2009-2010 Calendar)
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