The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Since 2007, more than half the world’s population has been living in cities, and that share is projected to rise to 60 per cent by 2030. Cities and ...

The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains 12 tables of monthly, quarterly and ...

The Population and Vital Statistics Report presents most recent data on population size (total, male and female) from the latest available census of the population, national official population ...

The United Nations Demographic Yearbook collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 ...

The Good Practices Database, established in 2000, provides reference material from countries on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, in particular examples of policies and practices in ...

The National Accounts Main Aggregates Database presents a series of analytical national accounts tables from 1970 onwards for more than 200 countries and areas of the world. It is the product of a ...

Introduction Statistics Standards and methods Demographic Yearbook data collection system The United Nations Statistics Division is responsible at an international level for collecting data on ...

The United Nations Statistics Division maintains a Learning Management System, which hosts e-learning courses developed by UNSD, as well as e-learning courses developed under the UN Committee of ...

The Sustainable Development Goals Progress Chart 2023 presents a comprehensive overview of global progress with respect to the targets outlined in the 17 Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

Terrestrial ecosystems are vital for sustaining human life, contributing to over half of global GDP and encompassing diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values. However, the world faces a triple ...

The broad objective of the System of National Accounts (SNA) is to provide a comprehensive conceptual and accounting framework for compiling and reporting macroeconomic statistics for analysing and ...

The 2023 UN World Data Forum truly highlighted the power of data in advancing the sustainable development goals. However, a recurring theme across many of the Forum’s plenary discussions and sessions ...