Stat of the week: 98% of children in Palau achieve minimum proficiency in literacy by the end of primary school
98% of children in Palau achieve minimum proficiency in literacy by the end of primary school. (PILNA 2018)
Stat of the week: proportion of the population in the Pacific aged from 15 to 24 years old
Did you know that Pacific populations are young? 18% of the population in the Pacific Islands Countries and territories is aged from 15 to 24 years old.
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The benefits of the partnership between the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Pacific Community, a blog by Hugh Stehlik, ABS
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has a long-standing relationship with the Pacific Community (SPC), including contributing technical expertise, support and assistance to the Ten Year Pacific Statistics Strategy (2010-2020) which is led by the…
Pacific food systems and data Talanoa
SPC's Pacific Data Community of Practice presents Pacific Food Systems and data on July 27, 2pm (Fiji time).
Join our panel of experts for a talanoa on Pacific Food Systems, how they are impacted by COVID-19 and the role of data and statistics in…
Pacific islands making the move to electronic data collection
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This story was originally published on Data for change website.
Meet Toga Raikoti, Population Census & Survey Data Processing Specialist Programmer at SPC
Can you tell us about yourself and your work?
My name is Toga Raikoti, I work for the SDD, in SPC, Noumea, as a population census and survey data processing specialist.
Changes in Consumer Prices in Selected Pacific Island Countries and Territories in 2020
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“When it comes to regional comparison, that is where the data gap is”
Photo credit: Joseva Naisua
Stat of the week: COVID-19 vaccination in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
As of 30 March 2021 a little over 260k doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in 12 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (Am. Samoa, Fiji, Fr. Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Ils, FSM, New Caledonia, Mariana Ils, Palau, PNG, Solomon Islands,…
Taming the ever-evolving COVID-19 data through the Pacific Data Hub
Though less affected than some regions of the world, the Pacific has not been spared from COVID-19. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Community (SPC)’s Public Health Division has been closely monitoring the global and regional…