Recent News

Pacific Island Nations begin work on the Pacific Harmonized System 2022

September 19, 2019
The Harmonized System (HS) is the international guideline that identifies and compiles details of commodities imported and exported in an internationally consistent way for customs, statistical and analytical purposes and trade negotiations.

Fertility Trends in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories

July 19, 2019
Data on fertility trends in PICTs are critical for addressing the current unmet need in family planning, and for improving maternal and neonatal health.

Populating labour market indicators and standardising microdata Workshop, 3-7 Dec. 2018

November 30, 2018
PICTs have been implementing a standardised labour force module in census and survey...

Republic of the Marshall Islands HIES Experiment

July 22, 2018
Field operations for the HIES experiment – the HIES experiment – began this week. The experiment is being conducted in RMI with the objective to identify optimal methodologies to collect household consumption and expenditure data for use in economic and social policy formation.

Launch of the PACHS17

June 20, 2018
Launching of the Pacific Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 2017 (PACHS17)...

Gender Equality - Republic of the Marshall Islands 2018 Booklet

May 22, 2018
The Marshall Islands has evaluated its progress towards gender equality and the empowerment of women using gender statistics in this publication produced with support from SPC’s Social Development Programme.

Provisional Pacific Sustainable Development Indicators

April 24, 2018
The first quadrennial Pacific Regional Sustainable Development Report will be released after the Pacific Forum Leaders meeting in Nauru in September 2018.

P-SPAFS strengthening the evidence base for SDGs

March 27, 2018
P-SPAFS is a 10-year plan that aims to guide the development of agricultural and fisheries statistics in the Pacific Small Island Developing States.