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UNdata
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- Description
- UNdata is a multi-disciplinary source providing official statistics produced by countries
and compiled by the
United Nations data system. The resource also includes estimates and projections. Areas of
coverage are: agriculture,
employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and
communication technology,
national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism. Indicators such as Millennium
Development Goals are also part
of the collection.
Some of the data sources included are:
- Commodity Trade Statistics
- UNSD Demographic Statistics
- Energy Statistics
- FAO Data
- Gender Info 2007
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data
- Human Development Report
- ILO Data
- Indicators on women and men
- Industrial Commodity Statistics
- Key Global Indicators
- National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates
- National Accounts Official Country Data
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- UNHCR Statistical Yearbook
- The State of the World's Children
- WHO Data
- World Population Prospects
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
- World Statistics Pocketbook
- World Tourism Organization Statistics
- Help
- Links to FAQs, a glossary, a Wiki, and a feedback form are provided.
- For help using these indexes see: How do I find an article on my
topic?
- User tools and features
- Related tools such as a thematic mapping engine and a plugin for Firefox are available
from the tools page:
http://data.un.org/wiki/Tools.ashx
- Dates covered
- Varies for each data source and series; range of coverage is from the 1940s to projections for the
future.
- Updating frequency
- Varies for each data source. See http://data.un.org/wiki/Tools.ashx
- Sources
- Data sources are the UN Statistics Division's own databases in areas
such as merchandise trade, national accounts, demography and
population, energy, status of women, and industrial commodities
production; and statistics from United Nations Organizations (UNOs)
such as FAO, ILO, ITU, UNDP, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, and the World
Tourism Organization, among others.
- Type of coverage
- Viewable and searchable statistical series that can be output in delimited (.csv) or structured
(xml) format.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
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Some publications included in the database are available in other formats and may be found through a
search of IRIS , the Libraries'
online catalog.
- Producer/content provider
- United Nations Statistics Division and various United Nations Organizations
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- United Nations Statistics Division
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