Economy

Tokelau’s international supply lines run across vast ocean distances. Now, for the first time, the atoll nation has trade numbers that trace those currents—showing what is imported, where it comes from, and how exposed Tokelau’s trade can be to shocks.

Food trade plays a vital role in daily life across the Pacific. Many island nations depend on imported food and beverages. This shapes what people eat, how healthy their diets are and how secure their food supply can be.

The Pacific Data Hub now hosts key fisheries stock assessment results for tuna and billfish species across the Pacific Ocean—a step forward for open data and fisheries science in the region.

From tourism to traditional food production, the economic participation and livelihoods that sustain Cook Islands residents are highlighted in a new labour force report providing critical data to guide the nation’s decision-making.

How Palauan households earn, spend and eat: A survey release sheds light on a diet heavy in rice, employment-driven incomes, and challenges with health and inequality, among other themes.

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.

Statistics launched by Kiribati and Pacific partners this week provide the most comprehensive picture ever of how I Kiribati live, work, and should navigate a changing future.

Growing food and incomes: Kiribati survey results shared today show average daily income at $12, nearly half of household spending going to food, and 15% of rural diets grown or reared at home.

From economic trends to social insights, a new data portal has been launched to unlock access to Fiji’s official statistics—delivering open, user-friendly datasets underpinned by global best practice in statistical dissemination.

From trade to employment, an online portal for Samoa’s national statistics has launched, built on the same world-class, open-source platform used by other statistics innovators internationally.