SDD updates

Welcome to the October 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)

New

• Thematic indicators on education (data from UIS
• Government Finance Statistics (revenue data from OECD and expenditure data from NSOs)
• Labour force statistics for Cook Islands, Kiribati and Federated States of Micronesia
  • Employed population by education, occupation and economic sector
  • Labour force participation rates and unemployment rates
  • Population by labour force and employment status
  • NEET - Youth not in education, employment or training (15-24 years)
  • Household expenditure for Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia

Updated

• Commodity prices (data updates from World Bank & FAO)
• International merchandise trade statistics (update for Guam)
• Currency exchange rates (data update from IMF)
• Population projections (median age added)
• Sustainable Development Goals (more data)

​Documented Datasets (via PDH Microdata Library)

New

• Pacific Nutrient DataBase 2020: Dataset documented and microdata disseminated as “Public access”.

Updated

• Kiribati 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES): DDI updated + inclusion of datasets and External Resources (Manuals, Fieldwork schedule, classifications etc).

Reports and Documents

New

• Fiji Country Gender Assessment 2015
• Pacific Statistics Steering Committee 2 (PSSC) Oct 2019_Outcome statement
• Pacific Statistics Steering Committee (PSSC) Oct 2019_Meeting Report
• Interim Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB)_Summary Report and Outcomes

Updated

• Tonga International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Tables
• Regional Government Expenditure 2008-2020
• Guam International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) tables

News

• Impact of COVID-19 on International Merchandise Trade (IMTS) in the Pacific
• Tonga boosts nationwide data on women and children with the release of first MICS results
• The Population Registers: A Key Resource for Producing Vital Statistics brief

​Videos (via Pacific Statistics YouTube channel)

• Introduction to Pacific Data Hub.stat (PDH.stat)
• Pacific Data Hub - Microdata Library

Innovations

• PDH.stat
  • Household expenditure for Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia published on PDH.Stat.
  • Labour force statistics for Cook Islands, Kiribati and Federated States of Micronesia published on PDH.Stat.
  • Median age added to population projections dataset
  • More data for SDG 3
  • Data update for SDG 4 and SDG 8
  • Data update for SDG 16 and SDG 17
  • Government Finance Statistics now available in PDH.stat
  • New thematic indicators on education published on PDH.stat
  • Currency exchange rates updated to include latest data from IMF
  • International trade statistics updated for Guam
  • PDH.stat Data Explorer upgraded to version 5.4
  • Commodity prices updated to include latest data from World Bank and FAO

  • Major upgrade of SDG Dashboard

​Events (October) 

• none

Upcoming Events (November)

• 6th Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB) Meeting - November 2020
• 3rd Pacific Statistics Standing Committee (PSSC) Meeting

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents