SDD updates

Welcome to the February updates!

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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)

New

• COVID-19 cases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
  • Monthly data
  • Daily data
• Degree of urbanization (country source and estimates based on population densities)
• Balance of Payments (source IMF)

Updated

• International merchandise trade statistics for Cook Islands and Fiji
• Currency exchange rates (data from IMF)
• Selected international commodity prices (data from World Bank and FAO)

​Reports and Documents

New

• Pacific Statistics Standing Committee (PSSC) 3 Nov 2020 Meeting Outcome statement
• Pacific Statistics Standing Committee (PSSC) 3 Nov 2020 Meeting Report

Updated

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

​Innovations

• PDH.stat
  • COVID19 and PDH data integration and visualisation
  • Trade statistics updated for Fiji (November 2020 added)
  • Release of Pacific Nutrient Database and User Guide
  • New dataset on Degree of Urbanization in PDH.stat
  • Statistics on COVID-19 cases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories now available in PDH.stat
  • Trade statistics updated for Cook Islands
  • Balance of Payments now on PDH.stat (source IMF)
  • Commodity prices updated to include latest data from World Bank and FAO
  • Trade statistics updated for Fiji
  • Currency exchange rates updated to include latest data from IMF

​Events (December) 

• none

Upcoming Events (January)

• none

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents