The
United Nations Statistics Division
The Statistics Division's main functions are:
- the collection, processing and dissemination of statistical information;
- the standardization of statistical methods, classifications and definitions;
- the technical cooperation programme; and
- the coordination of international statistical programmes and activities.
To carry out these functions, it:
- provides a global centre for data on international trade, national
accounts, energy, industry, environment, transport and demographic and
social statistics gathered from many national and international sources
- promotes international standards of methods, classifications and definitions
used by national agencies
- assists Member States, at their request, to improve their statistical
services by giving advice and training
- coordinates international statistical programmes and activities entrusted
to the Division by the United Nations Statistical Commission and the
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
- provides input and secretarial support to the United Nations Statistical
Commission and its Working Group
- helps to implement Agenda 21, particularly in the development and
dissemination of integrated environmental and economic accounting, environmental
statistics and indicators of sustainable development
- promotes modern surveying and mapping techniques as a tool for growth
and development
The Division regularly publishes data updates, including the Statistical
Yearbook and World Statistics Pocketbook, and books and reports on statistics
and statistical methods. Many of the Division's databases are also available
on this site, as electronic publications and data files in the form of
CD-ROMs, diskettes and magnetic tapes, or as printed publications.
For further information contact:
Director, Statistics Division
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Fax: +1 212/963 4116
E-mail:statistics@un.org
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