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Invisibility to inclusion: Pacific-led guidance to transform disability statistics

December 3, 2025
When disability data are missing, so are the people they represent. A new guidebook sets out to change that, making sure everyone is counted and helping build disability-inclusive societies.

Pacific Gender Outlook reveals women’s representation in parliaments one third of global average, and major gaps in meeting other SDGs

November 4, 2025
A new publication produced jointly by UN Women and the Pacific Community (SPC) highlights gender gaps in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across the Pacific.

Pacific senior leaders to ‘set the trend’ on statistics and planning in Aotearoa

October 31, 2025
More than 100 decision-makers from the Pacific and beyond meet in Wellington next week for HOPS7, the region’s highest-level platform for planning and statistics. Co-hosted by SPC and Stats NZ, the week champions Pacific leadership and innovation with the theme ‘Setting the Trend’.

World Statistics Day in the Pacific: Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone

October 20, 2025
The Pacific is leading the global community in marking the fourth-ever World Statistics Day this 20 October, celebrating the critical role of quality statistics and data in driving change for everyone.

Award-winning storytellers transform Pacific data into past, present and future insights

September 22, 2025
From a conch shell that maps disappearing biodiversity, to an interactive game where players govern the Pacific in 2050: Pacific Dataviz Challenge participants have turned raw numbers into narratives that explore the depth of the region’s open data, its past, present and future.

Pacific trade data goes near-instant: SPC and partners launch PACComtrade

August 1, 2025
Bringing a decade-long vision to life, PACComtrade—the Pacific Commodity Trade Database—has launched on the Pacific Data Hub, unlocking near-real-time access to structured, open and licensed trade data from participating countries, sourced directly from national customs systems.

New e-learning on data cleaning and quality assessment for production of civil registration-based vital statistics

July 31, 2025
A self-paced e-learning course on data cleaning for civil registration-based vital statistics (CRVS) has been launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC), Vital Strategies and the Norway Office for National Statistics.

Two weeks to go: Turn Pacific data into powerful stories and win a share of $15k

July 17, 2025
From data to impact: the Pacific Dataviz Challenge empowers creatives, analysts, developers and designers to transform open data into visual insights that inform, inspire and drive change.