Statistics is an inherent part of UNCTAD. Being 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.
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We are proud to announce the first electronic version of our Handbook of Statistics previously only available on paper and PDF format. This new version includes interactive maps and graphs as well as summary tables and infographics which offer practical tools for a better understanding of development trends and their evolution over time. For those users wishing to deepen their knowledge, links to underlying UNCTADstat data have been included in each section. Enjoy!
Growth of global merchandise trade resumed in 2017, as UNCTAD-WTO figures show. World exports annual growth rate in 2017 reached 10.6%.
Global trade in services increased by more than 7% in 2017, UNCTAD and WTO estimate. All main service categories enjoyed strong growth, the transport sector in particular.
The UNCTAD Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2016 is dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 (2030 Agenda Declaration).
UNCTAD is responsible for dealing with economic and sustainable development issues with a focus on trade, finance, investment and technology. Through these actions, UNCTAD contributes to progress on 52 specific Sustainable Development Goal targets, grouped under 10 of the 17 SDGs.
UNCTAD assists national statistical agencies in developing and transition countries in their data collection and dissemination efforts. In cooperation with UN agencies, development banks and other international organisations, such as Eurostat. UNCTAD coordinates technical cooperation activities with donors and other organisations to avoid duplication of work and to encourage complementarity and synergy. For this purpose UNCTAD contributes to the Partner Report on Support to Statistics (PRESS) maintained by Paris21, which provides a snapshot of support to statistical capacity development worldwide and, thus, is a valuable tool for collaboration building among statistical international organisations.
UNCTAD assists national statistical agencies in developing and transition countries in their data collection and dissemination efforts. In cooperation with UN agencies, development banks and other international organisations, such as Eurostat, capacity-building initiatives are carried out in various areas.
There are several common ongoing projects in the area of data quality improvement, statistics dissemination and communication, education:
Explore UNCTAD statistics in our data centre, compare key indicators from countries all over the world in our Country Profiles and discover a selection of key facts in our infrographic library.
These fact sheets are designed to provide a short summary overview for a selection of topics or an introduction to a selection of indicators. The topic factsheets are typically taken from the Handbook of Statistics where accompanying tables can be found.
We are proud to announce the first electronic version of our Handbook of Statistics previously only available on paper and PDF format.
16 April 2018
At the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New Yorkt the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) on Friday, 16 March in New York, Steve MacFeely spoke about the role of big data.
26 March 2018
23 March 2018
16 March 2018
During the latest United Nations Statistical Commission in New York, the Permanent Missions of Nigeria and Norway to the United Nations, UNODC and UNCTAD have organized a side-Event on Measuring Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Thursday, 8 March 2018.
15 March 2018
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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