United Nations Statistics Division A focus on the shared collection and data exchange of annual national accounts from member countries and its challenges UNSC Side Event: A dialogue on how International Agencies can better collaborate with National Statistical Authorities New York, March 4, 2014 Ivo Havinga United Nations Statistics Division

Outline of Presentation The UNSD national accounts data Data collection and dissemination Other UNSD data cooperation projects Way forward 2

Rest of the World 160 countries/areas UN National Accounts data Data collection UNECE CARICOM Rest of the World 160 countries/areas Eurostat OECD UN National Accounts data SQL format Excel NAQ 3

National Accounts Data: MADT Annual data officially submitted – not always timely Local currency, CP & KP (country specific base year) GDP by expenditure GDP by production (Value added by industry) Output, IC, VA and fixed assets by industry Integrated Accounts for institutional sectors From production account to the financial account Less than half the non-EU/OECD countries MADT - September Print: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/madt.asp Web: Undata http://data.un.org/ National Accounts data Validation XLS 4

National Accounts Data: AMA Annual data 1970 – t-1 focus on comparability US$ Current & Constant GDP by expenditure Value added by industry Derived analytical indicators Shares of GDP by exp Shares of GVA by industry Growth rates GDP implicit price deflators GDP and GNI per capita AMA - December Print: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/ama.asp Web: AMAdata http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp Undata http://data.un.org/ MADT Secondary sources 5

National Accounts Data Users AMA Web site activity 2013 UN National Accounts Data Collaboration UNSD National Accounts Data requests Regional Commissions Various other users World Bank UNCTAD UNIDO UN policy departments 6

UN Comtrade

UN Comtrade

Brining Information to the World http://data.un.org/ Brining Information to the World Quick facts 34 Databases 216 Country/area profiles 6 Glossaries 60+ Million records UNdata partners

Undata usage Visits per month

SDMX implementation in UNdata Undata API SDMX implementation in UNdata Web Service: http://data.un.org/WS Web Client: http://data.un.org/SdmxBrowser 5 Datasets online International MDG Database CountryData UIS database on education, literacy, science, culture, and communication World Population Prospects World Development Indicators

Way forward Liaise with RC to improve data cooperation Upgrade UNdata Web Service – continuous To support RESTful interface and SDMX 2.1 Develop Data Structure Definitions for UNdata datasets and implement mappings Implement SDMX Registry for UNdata Lead the work on developing DSD for international trade data due end 2014 Established a UNSD working group to accommodate the 2008 SNA due end 2014 accommodate the NA DSDs for SDMX Dissemination June 2014 Collection Dec 2014 Liaise with RC to improve data cooperation

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/data.asp SNA@un.org

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