1. SDMX Global Conference 2017
2017 SDMX Survey Results
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2. Presentation contents
The Survey
Breakdown by type of organisation & who are the data exchange partners
Usefulness perceptions of SDMX
SDMX Implementations: planned and actual
Demand for Global DSDs
Conclusions
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The Survey
Purpose: to measure acceptance level, challenges and implementation plans of SDMX in official statistics. Also to capture some needs and priorities of the official statistics community
Population: National Statistics Agencies, Central Banks, International Organisations, Government Agencies
Taken during September 2017 – Many replies in short time frame!
2017: 175 Respondents
2009: 113
2011: 124
2013: 110
2015: 160
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4. Breakdown by type of organisation
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5. Closest Relationships in Data Exchange (with SDMX Sponsor organisations)
Count of Survey participants
Stress this is the sponsor organisations
Highlights the wide footprint of SDDS+
European orgs have a smaller constituency (though well advanced in SDMX)
Most “Other” responses were Afdb
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6. Usefulness perceptions of SDMX
“Not useful” is only one organization in 2017
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7. Does your organization use SDMX now, or plan to in the next 12 months?
Plans to use SDMX
Does your organization use SDMX now, or plan to in the next 12 months?
*** Redo axis as count, change year order ***
Main reasons “not to use in next 12 months”:
Plan to start using it after then
Not enough motivation to do so in next 12 months, but could change if they are motivated by their exchange partners
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8. Implementation Domains and SDMX Variants
Status of domain implementation
SDMX Variant/Format(s)
Planned
Pilot
Production
SDMX-EDI
SDMX-JSON
SDMX-ML 1.0
SDMX-ML 2.0
SDMX-ML 2.1
VTL
National Accounts 21 6 64 13 1 8 42 29
Balance of Payments 15 54 18 2 7 31 22
Foreign Direct Investment 14 3 38 12 5 16
Government Finance Statistics 33 25
IMTS (UNSD)
Census (Eurostat) 34 20
SDDS+ (IMF) 23 30
STES (OECD) 9
Development Indicators (UNSD)
Other 11 27 4
Adoption of 2.1 is slowly catching up on 2.0.
EDI is still quite popular for the Global DSDs.
National Accounts most popular Global DSD implementation, Census and SDDS+ most popular shared DSD
VTL small takeup due to the required SDMX implementation, tools
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9. Implementation Purposes
Count of Survey participants
*** Redo axis as count ***
Dissemination and reporting are chief purposes
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10. Benefits to implementation
In 2015 highest ranking was Enhancing data dissemination, Easing reporting burden, Improving metadata management
Could show an increase in that SDMX is seen as a good model for building systems, not only for exchange
The smaller the number the more benefits perceived
Average rank
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11. Challenges to implementation
The higher the number the more challenging
Same 3 most significant as in 2015
Waiting for a broader user community to be established climbed 6 places. This could point to need for much better communication and outreach.
Average rank
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12. Use of SDMX Content-Oriented Guidelines (COG)
Same 3 as in 2015
Least challenging was getting top management buy-in in 2015
No obvious benefits drop means that SDMX business case is understood better
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13. Demand for Global DSDs by domain
Domain/Reporting framework
Count
Prices Statistics 94
Labour 87
Business statistics 80
Population, housing and migration 77
Income and consumption 74
Sectoral statistics (Agriculture, Construction, Tourism, etc.) 70
Education Statistics 62
Health 52
Environment Statistics 51
Regional statistics 48
Social protection 40
Science, Innovation, Technology 39
R&D Statistics 37
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) 36
Justice and crime
Culture 30
Time use 29
Political and other community activities 23
Other 17
Highlighted those underway in red
Obviously Business statistics, Population…, Income and Consumption should be considered soon.
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14. Conclusions of the 2017 SDMX Survey
The number of organisations using SDMX has risen significantly
More organisations perceive the usefulness of SDMX
Dissemination and reporting continue to be chief use cases
Internal data management is now perceived as an important benefit
Challenges to implementation are still mainly due to lack of resources
Human skills are the biggest challenge followed by budget and training
Need to provide impetus to a broader SDMX user community
Lack of subject matter support and DSD/MSD harmonisation are also important challenges
High awareness and plans to use the Content-Oriented Guidelines
Great demand for more Global DSDs
Most popular Prices and Labour are underway
Next most popular domains will be considered as part of the action plan
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