SDD updates

Welcome to the September updates!

Below you can find information about new releases through SDD's online platforms - documents, news, events, datasets, innovations and key website functionalities.

NOTE: thanks to those who informed us that the links in the coloured section at the bottom of this newsletter were all pointing to our old beta site. These have been fixed now and we apologise for the broken links.

Recent updates

Data / Indicators (via PDH.stat)

• Vital statistics
• International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) (update)
• Sustainable Development Goals (update)
• Selected International Commodity Prices (update)
• Currency exchange rates for PICT currencies (update)
• Pocket summary : yearly snapshots of latest available data (update)

Reports and Documents

• Kiribati 2010 Census Report Vol 1 Basic Information and Tables
• Cook Islands 2001 Census Report
• Vanuatu 2006 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Report
• Samoa 2000 Agriculture Survey Report
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) final Report
• Samoa 2013-2014 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Hardship and Poverty Report
• Guam 2001 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2004 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2005 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2008 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2010 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2012 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 2016 Statistical Yearbook
• Guam 1980 Census Report. Detailed Social and Economic Characteristics
• Guam 1990 Census Report. Social, Economic and housing Characteristics
• Guam 2000 Census Report. Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics
• Guam 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Revised
• Guam 1959 US Census of Agriculture, Report Vol 1.
• Guam 1987 Census of Agriculture Report, Vol 1. Part 53
• Guam 2002 Agricultural Census. Main Results
• Guam 2002 Agricultural Census. Main Results
• Guam 2002 Agriculture Census. Vol 1, Geographic area series. Part 53
• Guam 2007 Agricultural Census. Vol 1, Geographic Area Series. Part 53
• Guam 2010 Census Demographic Profile Summary File
• Guam 2018 Census of Agriculture Report. Vol 1. Part 53
• American Samoa 1930 Census Population and Agriculture Report
• American Samoa 1940 Population Agriculture Report
• American Samoa 1987 Census of Agriculture. Vol 1, Geographic Area Series. Part 55
• American Samoa 2008 Agricultural Census. Vol 1, Geographic Area Series. Part 55
• American Samoa 1970 Population Statistics Report
• American Samoa 1980 Census Social and Economic Characteristics
• American Samoa 1990 Population & Housing Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics
• American Samoa 2000 Population and Housing Profile, Revised
• American Samoa 1980 Census Population profile
• American Samoa 2018 Census of Agriculture Report Vol 1. Part 55
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1995 Mid-Decade-Census
• Mariana Island (CNMI) 1978 Census of Agriculture Report. Part 56
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1987 Census of Agriculture Report. Part 56
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1980 Census Report, Social and Economic Characteristics
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1980 Census Report, General Population Characteristics
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1990 Population & Housing Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Revised
• Mariana Island (CNMI) 2000 Population & Housing Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics
• Mariana Islands (CNMI) 2018 Census of Agriculture Report, Vol 1. Part 56
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands excluding the Northern Mariana Islands 1980 Census Report, Social and Economic Characteristics
• Niue, Non Communicable Disease Risk Factors STEPS Report (STEPS=WHO Stepwise approach to NCD surveillance)
• Nauruan Mortality 1976-1981
• Nauru 1992 Census Tabulations
• Tuvalu International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) table
• Vanuatu International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) tables
• Fiji International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) table (update)
• Samoa International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) table (update)

News

• Economic statistics 2030 agenda: where does pacific stand
• 2020 pocket statistical summary
• 2020 Pacific Islands Population Poster

Videos (via Pacific Statistics YouTube channel)

• PopGIS3 Tutorial - Map controls
• Webinar 4 Where a population register and unique identification system is in place.
• Webinar 5 Register based statistics in the absence of a population register or identification system
• Pacific round table session on use of registers and administrative data for census outputs

Innovations

• PDH.stat
  • Latest currency exchange rates published by the IMF for PICT currencies collected
  • Selected International Commodity Prices refreshed to include latest prices published by the World Bank in its “pink sheet”
  • Trade statistics updated for Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Fiji
  • SDG dataset enriched with more time series data from UNSD and custodian agencies
  • SDG indicators 3.1.2 and 17.19.2 updated
  • Vital statistics now available on PDH.Stat
  • Selected International Commodity Prices updated with latest prices from FAO
• NSO Websites Network

  • New PNG Statistics Office website launched

​Events (September) 

• Webinar 4: Register based statistics: Where a population register, and unique identification system is in place
• Interim meeting of the Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB)
• Webinar 5: Register based statistics: In the absence of a population register or unique identification system
• Webinar 6: Pacific Island use of admin data

Upcoming Events (October)

• none

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents