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Welcome to the July & August updates!

Below you can find information about updates and new releases in the Pacific Community Statistics for Development Division's (SDD) online platforms including:

  • Indicator datasets
  • Documented censuses / surveys & microdata
  • Reports
  • SDD - related news
  • Events
  • and more!

And lastly, at the bottom of this newsletter you can find key links and contact details.  Please don't be shy - we appreciate your feedback!

 
 

Stat Of The Week

 
 

Kava comprised one-half of Vanuatu's exports in 2020. Kava remains a big asset for this country, and Vanuatu's kava has a great reputation in the Pacific. The 30th of July will be Vanuatu Independance Day.  More info

 

6% of people in Kiribati were living below 50 percent of median income in 2019. This indicator is a measure of relative income poverty at the national level. More info

 
 

In French Polynesia, the prevalence of undernourishment is 4% in 2020. Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life (World Bank). More info

 

Recent Updates

 
 

News

 
 

News Articles

  • New Action Plan for CRVS

  • Civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Pacific, 2023

  • Kiribati Gender Statistics Abstract 2020

  • Palau 2023 Gender Fact Sheet

  • Nauru 2021 population and housing census: analytical report

 
 
 

Data / Indicators ( via PDH.stat )

 
 

Updated datasets

  • Visitor arrivals statistics updated

  • Inflation statistics updated

  • GDP statistics updated

  • IMTS updated for Nauru

  • IMTS updated for Fiji

  • Currency exchange rates updated with the latest data from IMF

 
 

Innovation Updates

 
 

New 

  • New version of PDH Microdata Library

  • Housing data from 2020 Vanuatu Census now available

 
 

Documented Datasets ( Via Microdata Library )

 
 

New 

  • Marshall Isld.: Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2019
 
 

Reports and Documents

 
 

New 

  • Civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Pacific: overview of the organisation, status of systems, and levels of completeness of birth and death registration by country
  • Kiribati Development Plan 2016–2019
  • Kiribati National Development Plan 2020-2023
  • Kiribati 20-Year Vision 2016-2036
  • Strengthening the birth registration system in Samoa: intelligence report
  • Papua New Guinea Strategy for the Development of Statistics (Volume 1), 2018 – 2027
  • 1976 Census of population and housing report
  • Action Plan for Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APPCRVS): 2023-26
  • Palau Gender factsheet
  • Summary Report and Outcomes
  • Pacific Regional Data Dissemination Strategy 2018

Updated

  • Regional Table GDP Nominal since 2005

  • Samoa IMTS Tables

  • Fiji IMTS Tables

  • Nauru 2021 population and housing census: analytical report

  • Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in the Pacific Islands Project (PACSTAT): project operation manual

 
 
 

Events

 
 

July

  • Polishing statistical graphics for communication
  • Webinar #3: ICD applications, introduction to WHO-FIC, and in-depth ICD-11 transition discussion
  • 3rd Technical Workshop on Statistical Literacy and Capacity Development for the Pacific
  • 25th OCO Annual Conference

August

  • Nauru Training Workshop on the Use of Census Data for national planning, policy and research
  • Nauru Government stakeholder meetings on data use for national priorities
  • Refreshing the PNG CRVS National Action Plan
  • 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF)

September

  • The Pacific DataViz Challenge 2023
  • Nauru Training Workshop on the Use of Census Data for national planning, policy and research

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents

 
 
 
 
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Pacific Statistics

• Learn all about  SDGs in the Pacific
• Browse statistics by topic  or by country  and download recently published reports
• Find out more about
Statistics Governance in the Pacific region
 

 
 

Events & Calendars

• Read about past and upcoming events
• Check census and survey calendar for each member country 
 

 
 

Technical Assistance & Resources

• Learn all about the technical assistance SDD provides in the Pacific region
• Have a look at our statistical 
guides and training materials
• Follow latest updates in the Innovation section of our website
 

 
 

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