Data downloads
HDR 2020 Tables and Dashboards
Complete composite indices time-series with components
Documentation and resources
Overview
The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) offers this REST API for the developers to query human development related data in JSON format. The data can be queried by indicator id(s), year(s) and country code(s) and group by any order.
Where to access the API
The user has to register at http://ec2-54-174-131-205.compute-1.amazonaws.com/API/Login.php in order to access the HDRO API. Upon successful registration, the user will be navigated to a page with information on using the API. Users should query the API using the GET method. The resource selection can be done using single or multiple strings, as follows: country_code = 'AFG' indicator_id = '72206' year = '1980, 1990, 2019'. The options selection is by default set to: Data Structure: structure = ciy [ciy, yic, yci, iyc, icy].
About the Data
HDRO produces a small dataset each year which consists over 150 indicators by country and year. The data is entered into a SQL Server database by the statistics unit and stored and archived there. For the API, the data is manually extracted from SQL Server and copied into a separate MySQL database. This happens at least once a year upon the publication of the global Human Development Report, which coincides with the release of the data. When this happens, the data present in the API (MySQL) database is wiped and replaced with the new data. This is due to the fact that the data is recalculated retroactively each year, in light of new methodologies and updated data. Throughout the year, when updates are made to the database, the API data may also be updated manually by the database/website manager.
Support
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Calculating the Indices using Excel is a tool that helps you learn how the composite human development indices - the human development index (HDI), the inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) the gender inequality index (GII) and the gender human development index (GDI) can be calculated using EXCEL, based on the current methodologies described in the technical notes.
Each worksheet contains a set of sample calculations for one country for a specific index, with built-in EXCEL formula. It also includes sample data and results.
To replicate a specific step, you may copy the formula in the sample cell and adjust for the relevant cell(s) you are working on.
Using this tool, you could also input your own data and calculate the relevant human development indices for real applications.
In the case of the MPI which uses micro survey data, the STATA do files for several countries are available.
This tool could be used for practice and verifying your results. To replicate a specific step, you may copy the formula in the sample cell and adjust for the relevant cell(s) you are working on.
For more detailed explanations about the composite indices, please refer to Technical notes: Calculating the human development indices.
2020 HDR Technical Note
Download at: https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/data/2020/hdr2020_technical_notes.pdf
Previous HDR Technical Notes
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2019 HDR Technical Note
Download at: https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/data/2020/hdr2019_technical_notes.pdf
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2018 Statistical Update Technical Notes
Download at: https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/data/2020/hdr2018_technical_notes.pdf
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2016 HDR Technical Note
Download at: https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/data/2020/hdr2016_technical_notes.pdf
By generously sharing data, the following organizations made it possible for the Human Development Reports to publish the important human development statistics appearing in the indicator tables. Many of our indicators can be obtained directly from: http://data.un.org/
Barro-Lee Educational Attainment Dataset
Barro-Lee Educational Attainment Dataset provides data on educational attainment for 146 countries in 5-year intervals from 1950 to 2010, updated in June 2018.
Professor Jong-Wha Lee
Economic Department Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Tel: 82-2-3290-2216
Fax: 82-2-928-4948
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.barrolee.com
CEDLAS (Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies)
The Center of Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) is a research center that specializes in the empirical study of distributive, labor and social issues in Latin America. CEDLAS constructs two sets of statistics based on microdata from household surveys. SEDLAC includes statistics on poverty and other distributive and social variables for all countries in Latin America and several of the the Caribbean, while LABLAC includes labor statistics for Latin American countries based on microdata of labor surveys on a quarterly basis.
Calle 6 Nº 777 e/47 y 48 – 3º Piso – Of. 312
CP(1900) La Plata – Buenos Aires – Argentina
Tel: +54 221 4229383 interno 14
Fax: +54 221 4229383
Email: [email protected]
Website https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/
CRED EM-DAT (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters)
The International Disaster Database, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED): Since 1988 the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government.
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters – CRED
School of Public Health
Université catholique de Louvain
Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, Bte B1.30.15
1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)2.764.33.27
Fax: +32 (0)2.764.34.41
Website: http://www.emdat.be
Eurostat
Eurostat. 2019. European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EUSILC). Brussels. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata/european-union-statistics-on-....
The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is an instrument aiming at collecting timely and comparable cross-sectional and longitudinal multidimensional microdata on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions. This instrument is anchored in the European Statistical System (ESS).
European Commission, Eurostat
L-2920 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 4301-1
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/home
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) collects, analyses and disseminates data and information on food and agriculture. It is the source of food insecurity indicators: http://www.fao.org/statistics/en/ and http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm
FAO Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: (+39) 06 57051
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.fao.org/
Gallup
Gallup World Poll Analytics database. Gallup World Poll is a global leader in behavioral economic research. Gallup conducts surveys in more than 150 countries and is committed to doing so for the entire century. Employing gold-standard methodology, this initiative provides a scientific window into the thoughts and behaviors of 98% of the Earth's population through nationally representative samples.
Gallup World headquarters
The Gallup Building
901 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Tel: +1-202-715-3030
Website: www.gallup.com/products/170987/gallup-analytics.aspx
GCP (Global Carbon Project)
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) integrates knowledge of greenhouse gases for human activities and the Earth system. It’s platform, Global Carbon Atlas, explores and visualizes the most up-to-date data on carbon fluxes resulting from human activities and natural processes.
Pep Canadell
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1700
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: +61-2-6246 5631
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm
ICF Macro, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Since 1984, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has collected, analyzed, and disseminated accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 400 surveys in over 90 countries. Demographic and Health Surveys are main source of distributional data for computation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index and Inequality-adjusted HDI.
The DHS Program
530 Gaither Road, Suite 500
Rockville, MD 20850 USA
Tel: (301) 407-6500
Fax: (301) 407-6501
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://dhsprogram.com
IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. Its IDP database provides frequently updated information and analysis on conflict-induced internal displacement around the globe. It is the only provider of comprehensive information on all situations of conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.
IDMC
3 Rue de Varembè, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 552 3600
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.internal-displacement.org
IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation)
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is a global health research center at the University of Washington. It provides measurement of the world's health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. It conducts Global Burden of Disease Study and publishes Disability-Adjusted Life Years and Healthy-life Expectancy data over the period of 1990-2019.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2301 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Tel: +1.206.897.2800
Fax: +1.206.897.2899
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.healthdata.org/
ILO (International Labour Organization)
International Labour Organization (ILO) maintains an extensive statistical publication programme with the Ilostat as its most comprehensive collection of labour market data. The ILO is the source of data on wages, employment and occupations and information on the ratification status of labour rights conventions.
International Labour Office
4 route des Morillons
CH-1211 Genève 22 Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 22 799 6111
Fax: +41 (0) 22 798 8685
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ilo.org
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has an extensive programme for developing and compiling statistics on international financial transactions and balance of payments. Much of the financial data provided to the Human Development Report Office by other agencies originates from the IMF.
International Monetary Fund
Headquarters 1
700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431
Tel: + 1 (202) 623-7000
Fax: + 1 (202) 623-4661
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.imf.org
IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) provides data on trends in political participation and structures of democracy. The Human Development Report Office relies on the IPU for data relating to elections and information on women’s political representation.
Inter-Parliamentary Union
5, chemin du Pommier
Case postale 330
CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex /
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 919 41 50
Fax: +41 22 919 41 60
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ipu.org
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a specialized UN agency which among other activities maintains an extensive collection of statistics on information and communications. The data on trends in telecommunications come from its World Telecommunication Indicators database.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5111 (ITU Switchboard)
Fax: +41 22 733 7256
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.itu.int
LIS (Luxembourg Income Study)
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cooperative research project focusing on poverty and policy issues. It has an income database of harmonised microdata collected from about 50 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia spanning five decades.
LIS: Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
Maison des Sciences Humaines – 5e étage
11, porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-Belval
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 466 644 59 50
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lisdatacenter.org
OECD (organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Education at a Glance 2019: OECD Indicators. Paris.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2019_f8d7880d-en, and PISA 2018 Results in Focus. Paris. http://www.oecd.org/pisa/
OECD
2 Rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris,
France
Tel: +33 1 45 24 82 00
Website:http://www.oecd.org/
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
UNCTAD statistics is the United Nations’ focal point for the integrated treatment of trade and development and the interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development, UNCTAD compiles, validates and processes a wide range of data collected from national and international sources.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Development Statistics and Information Branch
Palais des Nations, 8-14
Av. de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://unctadstat.unctad.org
UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
UN Population Division. 2011. World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York. http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/trends/pop....
———. 2018. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision. New York. https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/.
———. 2019a. World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision. Rev 1. New York. https://population.un.org/wpp/.
———. 2019b. International Migrant Stock: The 2019 Revision. New York. www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/
———. 2020. World Contraceptive Use 2020. New York. www.un.org/en/development/desa/popula-tion/publications/dataset/contrace....
UNDESA
Population Division
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Tel: +1-212-963-3209
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.un.org/development/desa/
UNECLAC (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019. Santiago.
www.cepal.org/en/publications/45001-preliminary-overview-economies-latin....
UNECLAC (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean). Headquarters
Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477
Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
Tel: (56) 22471-2000 - 22210-2000
Fax: (56) 2208-0252
Postal address: Casilla 179-D, Santiago de Chile
Zip code: 7630412
Website: http://www.cepal.org/en
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the source of data related to education. The Human Development Report Office relies on data in UNESCO’s statistical publications as well as data received directly from its Institute for Statistics.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-ville
Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7 Canada
Tel: (1-514) 343-6880
Fax: (1-514) 343-5740
Website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/
UNESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia)
UNESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia). 2020. Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2018-2019. Beirut. www.unescwa.org/publications/survey-economic-social-development-arab-reg....
UNESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia)
P.O. Box 11-8575, Riad el-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-981301
Fax: +961-1-981510
Website: http://www.escwa.un.org
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2020. UNHCR Global Trends 2019. Geneva. http://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2019/. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the UN organization that provides data on refugees through its Statistical Yearbook or other on-line statistical publications.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse
Tel: +41 22 739 8111
Fax: +41 22 739 7377
Website: http://www.unhcr.org
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) monitors the wellbeing of children and provides a wide array of data https://data.unicef.org. Its Global Databases on Infant and Young Child Feeding https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/infant-and-young-child-feeding/ as well as its Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys http://mics.unicef.org are important sources of data for the Report.
UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017 U.S.A.
Tel: 1 212 326-7000
Fax: 887 7465
Website: http://www.unicef.org
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) 2019. http://www.childmortality.org/.
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) was formed in 2004 to share data on child mortality, harmonize estimates within the UN system, improve methods for child mortality estimation, report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and enhance country capacity to produce timely and properly assessed estimates of child mortality. The IGME, led by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), also includes the World Bank and the United Nations Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs as full members.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.childmortality.org/
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Group (World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund and World Bank)
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Group (World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund and World Bank). 2019. Maternal mortality data.
Website: www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal-mortality-2000-2017/.
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) carries out international comparative research to support to fight against illicit drugs and international crime. It provides data on crime victims from the International Crime Victims Surveys, on human trafficking and related conventions. http://dataunodc.un.org
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Research and Analysis Branch (RAB)
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
1400 Vienna
Austria
Tel: (+43-1) 26060
Fax: (+43-1) 263-3389
Website: http://www.unodc.org
UNOHCHR (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
UNOHCHR (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights). 2020. Human rights treaties. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/countries.aspx.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel: +41 22 917 9220
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ohchr.org/
UNSD (United Nations Statistics Division)
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) provides a wide range of statistical outputs and services. Much of the national accounts data provided to the Human Development Report Office by other agencies originates from the UNSD http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama, as well as from the SDG Indicators Database https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/.
Statistics Division
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Fax: +1 212 963 9851
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://unstats.un.org/unsd
UN Women
UN Women. 2019. “UN Women Global Database on Violence against Women.” New York. http://evaw-global-database.unwomen.org/.
UN Women
405 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
United States
Tel: +1 646 781-4400
Fax: +1 646 781-4444
Website: www.unwomen.org
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine)
UNRWA 2020. “UNRWA in Figures 2019-2020”. www.unrwa.org/resources/about-unrwa/unrwa-figures-2019-2020.
UNRWA Headquarters Amman
Address:
Bayader Wadi Seer
PO Box 140157, Amman 11814
Jordan
Tel: + 962 6 580 8100
Fax: + 962 6 580 8553
Website: https://www.unrwa.org/
WHO (World Health Organization)
World Health Organization (WHO) maintains a large array of data series on health issues, the source for the health related indicators in the Report http://www.who.int/gho
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Website: http://www.who.int
World Bank
The World Bank produces and compiles data on economic trends as well as a broad array of other indicators. Its World Development Indicators is the primary source for many indicators in the Report, including economic indicators such as GDP, GNI and remittances.
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: (202) 473-1000
Fax: (202) 477-6391
Website: http://www.worldbank.org
World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab maintains the World Inequality Database. It also produces inequality reports and working papers addressing substantive and methodological issues.
World Inequality Lab
World Inequality Database
Tel: (202) 473-1000
Website: http://wid.world
Arab States (20 countries or territories):
Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, State of Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
East Asia and the Pacific (26 countries):
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
Europe and Central Asia (17 countries):
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, North Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Latin America and the Caribbean (33 countries):
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
South Asia (9 countries):
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Sub-Saharan Africa (46 countries):
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde,Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini (Kingdom of), United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bearing in mind that statistics are essential for sustainable economic, environmental and social development and that public trust in official statistics is anchored in professional independence and impartiality of statisticians, their use of scientific and transparent methods and equal access for all to official statistical information, the Chief Statisticians or coordinators of statistical activities of United Nations agencies and related organizations, agree that implementation of the following principles will enhance the functioning of the international statistical system.
In doing so, they note the endorsement of these principles by the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities on 14 September, 2005; they further recall the adoption by the United Nations Statistical Commission of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics in its Special Session of 11-15 April 1994, and the endorsement of the Declaration of Good Practices in Technical Cooperation in Statistics in its 30th Session of 1-5 March 1999.
- High quality international statistics, accessible for all, are a fundamental element of global information systems
Good practices include:- Having regular consultations with key users both inside and outside the relevant organisation to ascertain that their needs are met
- Periodic review of statistical programmes to ensure their relevance
- Compiling and disseminating international statistics based on impartiality
- Providing equal access to statistics for all users
- Ensuring free public accessibility of key statistics
- To maintain the trust in international statistics, their production is to be impartial and strictly based on the highest professional standards
Good practices include:- Using strictly professional considerations for decisions on methodology, terminology and data presentation
- Developing and using professional codes of conduct
- Making a clear distinction, in statistical publications, between statistical and analytical comments on the one hand and policy-prescriptive and advocacy comments on the other
- The public has a right to be informed about the mandates for the statistical work of the organisations
Good practices include:- Making decisions about statistical work programmes publicly available
- Making documents for and reports of statistical meetings publicly available
- Concepts, definitions, classifications, sources, methods and procedures employed in the production of international statistics are chosen to meet professional scientific standards and are made transparent for the users
Good practices include:- Aiming continuously to introduce methodological improvements and systems to manage and improve the quality and transparency of statistics
- Enhancing the professional level of staff by encouraging them to attend training courses, to do analytical work, to publish scientific papers and to participate in seminars and conferences.
- Documenting the concepts, definitions and classifications, as well as data collection and processing procedures used and the quality assessments carried out and making this information publicly accessible
- Documenting how data are collected, processed and disseminated, including information about editing mechanisms applied to country data
- Giving credit, in the dissemination of international statistics, to the original source and using agreed quotation standards when re-using statistics originally collected by others
- Making officially agreed standards publicly available
- Sources and methods for data collection are appropriately chosen to ensure timeliness and other aspects of quality, to be cost-efficient and to minimise the reporting burden for data providers
Good practices include:- Facilitating the provision of data by countries
- Working systematically on the improvement of the timeliness of international statistics
- Periodic review of statistical programmes to minimise the burden on data providers
- Sharing collected data with other organisations and collecting data jointly where appropriate
- Contributing to an integrated presentation of statistical programmes, including data collection plans, thereby making gaps or overlaps clearly visible
- Ensuring that national statistical offices and other national organisations for official statistics are duly involved and advocating that the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics are applied when data are collected in countries
- Individual data collected about natural persons and legal entities, or about small aggregates that are subject to national confidentiality rules, are to be kept strictly confidential and are to be used exclusively for statistical purposes or for purposes mandated by legislation
Good practices include:- Putting measures in place to prevent the direct or indirect disclosure of data on persons, households, businesses and other individual respondents
- Developing a framework describing methods and procedures to provide sets of anonymous micro-data for further analysis by bona fide researchers, maintaining the requirements of confidentiality
- Erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics are to be immediately appropriately addressed
Good practices include:- Responding to perceived erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics
- Enhancing the use of statistics by developing educational material for important user groups
- Standards for national and international statistics are to be developed on the basis of sound professional criteria, while also meeting the test of practical utility and feasibility
Good practices include:- Systematically involving national statistical offices and other national organisations for official statistics in the development of international statistical programmes, including the development and promulgation of methods, standards and good practices
- Ensuring that decisions on such standards are free from conflicts of interest, and are perceived to be so
- Advising countries on implementation issues concerning international standards
- Monitoring the implementation of agreed standards
- Coordination of international statistical programmes is essential to strengthen the quality, coherence and governance of international statistics, and avoiding duplication of work
Good practices include:- Designating one or more statistical units to implement statistical programmes, including one unit that coordinates the statistical work of the organisation and represents the organisation in international statistical meetings
- Participating in international statistical meetings and bilateral and multilateral consultations whenever necessary
- Working systematically towards agreements about common concepts, classifications, standards and methods
- Working systematically towards agreement on which series to consider as authoritative for each important set of statistics
- Coordinating technical cooperation activities with countries between donors and between different organisations in the national statistical system to avoid duplication of effort and to encourage complementarities and synergy
- Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contribute to the professional growth of the statisticians involved and to the improvement of statistics in the organisations and in countries
Good practices include:- Cooperating and sharing knowledge among international organisations and with countries and regions to further develop national and regional statistical systems
- Basing cooperation projects on user requirements, promoting full participation of the main stakeholders, taking account of local circumstances and stage of statistical development
- Empowering recipient national statistical systems and governments to take the lead
- Advocating the implementation of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics in countries
- Setting cooperation projects within a balanced overall strategic framework for national development of official statistics