SDD updates

Welcome to the August updates!

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

Recent updates

Data / Indicators (via PDH.stat)

• Population Projections (update)
• Coastal Population (update)
• Population Densities
• Currency Exchange Rates (update)
• Selected International Commodity Prices
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (update)
• International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) (update)
• Pocket Summary
• Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) (update)
• National Minimum Development Indicators (NMDI)

Reports and Documents

• Selected health indicators for countries-areas of the Western Pacific 1998 World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Samoa 2000 Demographic and Vital Statistics Survey
• Western Pacific country health information profiles 2011 WHO
• Fiji National Agriculture Census 2009
• Tonga 2011 Census Basic tables and administrative Report Vol 1
• Tonga 2011 Census Consistency boundaries basic tables Report Vol 3
• Tonga 2016 Disability Monograph Report
• American Samoa 2000 Census Summary File
• American Samoa 2000 Census Population and Housing Profile
• American Samoa 2000 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2006 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2007 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2008 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2009 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2010 statistical yearbook
• American Samoa 2011 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2012 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2013 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2014 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2015 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2016 Statistical Yearbook
• American Samoa 2017 Statistical Yearbook
• FSM 2000 Census Report Kosrae
• FSM 2000 Census Report Chuuck
• FSM 2000 Census Report Pohnpei
• FSM 2000 Census Report Yap
• FSM 1994 National Census Report
• FSM 1994 Census Basic Tables
• Samoa 1997 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Selected Tables
• Samoa 1997 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Food and Basic Needs Expenditure Report
• Nauru 1992-2002 Census demographic Profile 
• Nauru 1992-2002 Census Fact Sheet
• Nauru 1992 National population Census report
• Tokelau 2001 Census Tabular Report
• Tokelau 2006 Census Tabular Report
• Pacific Economic Indicators Q1-2020 Summary Analysis
• Regional Covid economic lead indicators
• Niue 2004 Statistical Release National heads count
• Niue 2006 Q1 Population Estimates-June
• Niue Dec 2010 Statistical Release - Vital Statistics
• Niue Jun 2011 Statistical Release - Vital Statistics
• Niue Dec 2011 Statistical Release - Vital Statistics
• Niue-Jun 2017 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Niue-Dec 2017 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Niue-Jun 2018 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Niue-Dec 2018 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Niue-Jun 2019 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Niue-Dec 2019 Statistical Release - Vital-Statistics
• Fiji International Marchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Tables 2020 (updated)
• Cook Islands International Marchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Tables 2020 (updated)

Videos (via Pacific Statistics YouTube channel)

• Webinar 1: International Developments in Census Methods in Recent Years
• Webinar 2: Roles Registers Play in Meeting Data Requirements Sought by Population + Housing Censuses
• Webinar 3 Understanding the Key Requirements for the Utilisation of Registers for Census Statistics

Innovations

• PDH.stat
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators updated for goals 1/2/3/4, National Minimum Development Indicators (NMDIs) refreshed accordingly
  • Metadata documents now available for most statistics in PDH.stat (download > metadata)
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators updated for goal 15
  • New dataset on Selected International Commodity Prices released (combines data from World Bank and FAO)
  • Selected indicators from legacy National Minimum Development Indicator (NMDI) database ported to PDH.stat
  • Content now available in English and French
  • Major upgrade of PDH.stat Data Explorer (version 5.3)
  • Minor upgrade of PDH.stat Data Explorer (version 5.3.1)
  • Release of a PDH.stat version of the pocket summary (yearly snapshots of latest available data)
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators updated for goal 14
  • Trade statistics updated for Fiji
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) refreshed to include latest values provided by ILO for some indicators of goals 1, 8, 9, 10

Key Functionalities Added to SDD Website

• More links to PDH.Stat added to Data (Indicators) page including NMDIs and links to dataset metadata files
• Animated GDP chart added to GDP topic page
• Animated inflation rates chart added to CPI topic page

​Events (August) 

• [Virtual] 5th Pacific Geospatial and Surveying Council Meeting
• Webinar 2: What role can registers play in meeting the data requirements sought by a Population and Housing census?
• Webinar 3: Understanding the key requirements for the utilisation of registers for census statistics

Upcoming 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

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents