A focus on the shared collection and data exchange of annual national accounts from member countries and its challenges
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A focus on the shared collection and data exchange of annual national accounts from member countries and its challenges UNSC Side Event: A dialogue on how International Agencies can better collaborate with National Statistical Authorities New York, March 4, 2014 Ivo Havinga United Nations Statistics Division Outline of Presentation The UNSD national accounts data Data collection and dissemination Other UNSD data cooperation projects Way forward 2 Data collection UN National Accounts data SQL format Excel NAQ OECD Eurostat UNECE CARICOM Rest of the World 160 countries/areas 3 National Accounts Data: MADT MADT - September • Annual data officially submitted – not always timely • Local currency, CP & KP (country specific base year) • GDP by expenditure • GDP by production (Value added by industry) • Output, IC, VA and fixed assets by industry • Integrated Accounts for institutional sectors • From production account to the financial account • Less than half the nonEU/OECD countries Print: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/madt.asp Web: Undata http://data.un.org/ XLS Validation National Accounts data 4 National Accounts Data: AMA • Annual data 1970 – t-1 focus on comparability • US$ • Current & Constant • GDP by expenditure • Value added by industry • Derived analytical indicators • • • • • Shares of GDP by exp Shares of GVA by industry Growth rates GDP implicit price deflators GDP and GNI per capita AMA - December Print: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/ama.asp Web: AMAdata http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp Undata http://data.un.org/ Secondary sources MADT 5 National Accounts Data Users UN National Accounts Data Collaboration Regional Commissions UNSD National Accounts Data requests AMA Web site activity 2013 Various other users World Bank UNCTAD UNIDO UN policy departments 6 UN Comtrade UN Comtrade http://data.un.org/ Brining Information to the World Quick facts 34 Databases 216 Country/area profiles 6 Glossaries 60+ Million records UNdata partners Undata usage Visits per month Undata API SDMX implementation in UNdata Web Service: http://data.un.org/WS Web Client: http://data.un.org/SdmxBrowser 5 Datasets online International MDG Database CountryData UIS database on education, literacy, science, culture, and communication World Population Prospects World Development Indicators Way forward Upgrade UNdata Web Service – continuous • To support RESTful interface and SDMX 2.1 • Develop Data Structure Definitions for UNdata datasets and implement mappings • Implement SDMX Registry for UNdata Lead the work on developing DSD for international trade data due end 2014 Established a UNSD working group to • accommodate the 2008 SNA due end 2014 • accommodate the NA DSDs for SDMX ▫ Dissemination June 2014 ▫ Collection Dec 2014 Liaise with RC to improve data cooperation http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/data.asp [email protected] Thank You 14