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Medical practitioners across the North Pacific gathered in Guam last week for a hands-on training aimed at one of civil registration’s critical challenges: accurately recording causes of death.

Users of population projections and estimates in PDH.stat on the Pacific Data Hub are notified of an important change in the source for these data from 10 April 2025.

From the right to vote to reliable population counts, the high number of births and deaths that go unrecorded in the Pacific has generational impacts on both individuals and their country.

Pacific trade and public health were in focus for statistics, customs and health officials from across the region late last year, part of broader joint efforts to develop trade data for better policy.

Improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in official data and decision-making is at the heart of a partnership of Pacific organisations, with a multi-year project funded by Australia launched this International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Computer tablets and cloud software are making Pacific statistics more accurate, advanced and cost-effective, with Pacific Community (SPC) support and World Bank software.

A dashboard that tracks transformation and progress towards the Pacific region’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has been recognised by government representatives at the Pacific Community (SPC)’s chief governance meeting.

Spreadsheets, spreadsheets, spreadsheets: With the public sector still powered by office stalwart Excel, SPC’s Director of Statistics for Development Peter Ellis has advocated for greater use of ‘R’—open-source statistical software with Pacific roots and potential.