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Welcome to the March 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 accounts for one-half of all exports from Vanuatu? (49.1% in 2020, and 774 tonnes).  More data here. 

 

Papua New Guinea has an estimated 35.9 million hectares of forest. More data here.

 

Agricultural land in Marshall Islands makes up an estimated 47.8% of the total land area. More data here.

 
 

Recent Updates

 
 

Data / Indicators (via PDH.stat)

 
 

New 

  • Indicators from the Universal Postal Union (UPU)

  • Indicators from IMF Financial Access Survey (IMF FAS)

Updated datasets

  • Trade statistics updated for Fiji, Palau and Samoa

  • Commodity prices updated to include latest data from World Bank and FAO

  • Currency exchange rates updated to include latest data from IMF

  • SDG data updated to include latest data from ILO, UNSD and WHO, NMDI updated accordingly

 
 

Documented Datasets (via Microdata Library)

 
 

New 

  • Barometre Sante Jeune

 
 

Reports and Documents

 
 

New 

  • Pacific Wheat: Import dependence & global shocks

  • Kiribati 2019-2020 household income and expenditure survey report: copra brief

  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in New Caledonia

  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in French Polynesia

  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Samoa

  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Wallis & Futuna

  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Solomon Islands, 2021

Updated

  • Pacific kava production, trade and consumption: Gaps in data hinder full analysis

  • Palau International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) tables

  • Fiji International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) tables​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

 
 
 

Events

 
 

March

  • Open Data for Good Governance
  • ESCAP Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series - Survey design: Are we asking what we think we're asking?
  • 66th Session of the Commission on Status of Women
  • ESCAP Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series - The Compilation of Input and Output Tables and the Applications in Policymaking
  • ESCAP Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series - Estimating completeness of vital events: Launch of the Guidelines
  • Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2022
  • UN World Data Forum Enabling a data-driven culture between the national and city level: How can National Statistical Offices and City Data Officers work together

April

  • PSD Steering Committee meeting
  • PARIS21 Spring Meetings - Data Ecosystems for Climate Action
  • Data world summit
  • 9th Statistics Methods Board Meeting (PSMB)

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents

 
 
 
 
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• Browse statistics by topic or by country and download recently published reports
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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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