Business statistics

17 March to 07 April 2026 | Online

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.

11 to 14 March 2024 | Chiba, Japan

Statistical Business Registers (SBRs) are often described as the backbone of economic statistics, as they provide the core infrastructure to support the collection of economic data and the production of economic statistics. They provide a coherent set of units and classifications to collect and compile data across all domains, and a consistent set of rules to maintain this set of units over time.

06 March 2024 | Online

This webinar will provide the participants with a clear understanding of the importance of measuring digital trade, and the conceptual framework for measuring digital trade whilst focusing on the fundamental concepts and statistical definitions. A variety of examples and practical applications will be shared by country representatives. The webinar will also emphasize the importance of digital trade statistics in evidence-based policy making.

13 September 2023 | Online

Historically business statistics have focused very much in measuring the economic performance and competitiveness of businesses. However, businesses play a very important role toward sustainability and wellbeing. Task team on well-being and sustainability under the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UN CEBTS) identified a set of 17 reference indicators related to the measurement of the business sector’s impact on well-being and sustainability.

31 May 2023 | Online

Historically business statistics have focused very much in measuring the economic performance and competitiveness of businesses. However, businesses play a very important role toward sustainability and wellbeing. Task team on well-being and sustainability under the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UN CEBTS) identified a set of 17 reference indicators related to the measurement of the business sector’s impact on well-being and sustainability.

26 April 2023 | Online

Historically business statistics have focused very much in measuring the economic performance and competitiveness of businesses. However, businesses play a very important role toward sustainability and wellbeing. Task team on well-being and sustainability under the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UN CEBTS) identified a set of 17 reference indicators related to the measurement of the business sector’s impact on well-being and sustainability.

26 September to 11 November 2022 |

Statistical Business Registers (SBRs) are part of the statistical infrastructure and form the backbone for producing economic statistics that meet the increasing demand for better integrated, coherent, and comparable statistics across countries and statistical domains. This course is designed to provide a strong foundation for the concepts, methods and framework required to build high-quality and viable SBRs. This will facilitate the international harmonization of economic statistics in terms of coverage, statistical units, and frame methodology.

27 September to 12 November 2021 | Online

This course is designed to provide a strong conceptual and practical foundation required to build high quality SBRs. This will in turn facilitate the harmonization of integrated economic statistics in terms of coverage, statistical units, and frame methodology.

21 to 25 May 2018 | Online / Perak, Malaysia

The course aims to help countries in the early stages of establishing statistical business registers and provide a platform for demonstrating good practices and exchanging experiences in the improvement, maintenance and use of statistical business registers.

09 to 16 May 2018 | Online / Perak, Malaysia

The course aims to help countries in the early stages of establishing statistical business registers and provide a platform for demonstrating good practices and exchanging experiences in the improvement, maintenance and use of statistical business registers.