Introduction Statistics Standards and methods Demographic Yearbook data collection system The United Nations Statistics Division is the primary agency responsible, at an international level, for ...

Bearing in mind that statistics are essential for sustainable economic, environmental and social development and that public trust in official statistics is anchored in professional independence and ...

As part of their preparation for the 2010 global round of population and housing censuses, some countries are developing, testing, and implementing alternative techniques for collecting, processing ...

This page contains data specific resources for monitoring the SDG indicators: such as data portal, baseline reports etc. It also includes reference materials pertinent to regional and sub-regional ...

The Group of Experts is composed of experts from various linguistic/geographical divisions that have been established by the UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Countries ...

Inequality between women and men tends to be severe and highly visible in power and decision-making arenas. In most societies around the world, women hold only a minority of decision-making positions ...

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 ...

The list of issues to be considered for updating the 2008 SNA is presented below. The detailed descriptions of the issues can be found here. 9. New data sources needed to measure global production 10.

In 2021 the United Nations Statistical Commission called for the revision of the ISIC Rev. 4 following the recommendations of the UN Committee of Experts on International Statistical Classifications ...

The United Nations Statistics Division, mandated to deliver the responsibilities of the Secretariat of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme in terms of monitoring its implementation, ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) collects and compiles international labour migration statistics. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) collects and compiles data on ...

Stefan Schweinfest was appointed Director of the Statistics Division (UNSD/DESA) in July 2014. Under his leadership, the Division compiles and disseminates global statistical information, develops ...