Recent News

PACHS22 now available

March 15, 2023
The PACHS22 is a multipurpose goods nomenclature that forms the basis for Customs Tariffs and International Merchandise Trade Statistics and has been derived from the World Customs Organisation’s (WCO's) HS22.

Improving medical certification of cause of death in the Pacific

March 9, 2023
Medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) is a key source of mortality statistics. The death certificate is a permanent record of the fact and characteristics of death. It provides important personal information about the decedent, the circumstances and the cause of death.

Pacific Statistical/Economic Briefing Dashboard, Covid-19 Economic Impacts Updates - Q2, 2022

December 6, 2022
The newly Pacific Statistical/Economic Briefing established dashboard summarises the latest available information on the leading economic indicators for the Covid-19 Economic impacts in the second quarter of 2022.

Levels and trends in imports of alcoholic drinks and interventions to control use in selected PICTs

December 1, 2022
The paper outlines the increasing efforts being made by the governments of PICTs to reduce alcohol consumption.

QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping 2022

November 14, 2022
The 2022 version of the QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping has been revamped to adapt the manual to the latest Long Term Release version of QGIS.

Pacific Statistical/Economic Briefing Dashboard, Covid-19 Economic Impacts Updates - Q1, 2022

October 20, 2022
The newly Pacific Statistical/Economic Briefing established dashboard summarises the latest available information on the leading economic indicators for the Covid-19 Economic impacts in the first quarter of 2022.

Rugby, household surveys, census and COVID-19

October 18, 2022
During the onset of COVID-19, the CSTS team of the Pacific Community (SPC) provided remote technical support to the National Statistics Offices of the Pacific region in their round robin of household surveys. Since March 2020, the CSTS team has supported the implementing 10 censuses and 7 HIES. 

The relevance of statistical classifications for PICTs

October 6, 2022
For the compilation of statistics data needs to be organised into homogenous groups with common characteristics. Statistical classifications facilitate this; they form the basis for the production of reliable and methodologically sound statistics to inform policymaking.