Due to differences in the concepts and methods used to identify persons with disabilities, prevalence rates should not be compared across countries.

Inequality between women and men tends to be severe and highly visible in power and decision-making arenas. In most societies around the world, women hold only a minority of decision-making positions ...

Improving data disaggregation is fundamental for the full implementation of the SDG indicator framework to fulfil the ambition of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable of leaving no one behind. The United ...

Giving people in all parts of the world the support they need to lift themselves out of poverty in all its manifestations is the very essence of sustainable development. Goal 1 focuses on ending ...

Table 1 - Population, rate of increase, birth and death rates, land area and density for the world, major areas and regions: selected years pdf xls Notes - pdf Table 2 - Estimates of population and ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Population registers have consolidated their status as a reality in several countries, especially those of Northern Europe, where they have become an important source of information for various ...

At its twenty-ninth session, the Statistical Commission considered its agenda item "Critical problems in economic statistics" on the basis of the Report of the Expert Group on Critical Problems in ...

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 ...