Webinar series on Digitalization in the 2025 System of National Accounts (2025 SNA)

The 2025 System of National Accounts (2025 SNA) and Balance of Payments and Integrated Investment Position Manual, 7th edition (BPM7) provide more visibility to digital activities, products and transactions in macroeconomic accounts given its tremendous impact on production, consumption, prices, trade, labour, and other aspects of the economy. Measurement issues associated with digitalization are elaborated in the 2025 SNA and BPM7, as well as in the accompanying guidance notes and manuals. Some national statistical organizations have initiated experimental estimates on capturing digital activities, while others have integrated questions on the use of digital products and services in their regular household and business surveys.
This webinar series builds on outreach missions of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts and Advisory Expert Group members and regional commissions to increase awareness on the developments in the 2025 SNA. This collaboration between the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, through the Statistics Division and Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), and the ASEAN Secretariat contributes to advancing regional dialogue on the complexities of measurement of digitalization and better understanding of methodological approaches.