 The ESCAP online database contains time series
data for selected indicators covering a wide
range of issues in relation to the secretariat's
work: demography, migration, education, health,
poverty, gender, employment, economy, government
finance, employment, transport, and environment.
Among other indicators, it contains data series published in the Statistical
Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2009 and
the Asia
and the Pacific Trade and Investment Report
2009.
ESCAP is a secondary data provider repackaging, on a continuous basis, key development indicators from a number of most respected and internationally comparable data sources, Original data sources are always indicated. Value is added by making Asian and Pacific data available through one convenient free-of-charge web site and making calculations that allow comparisons between various subregions, country groupings and world regions.
New online dissemination tools (launched in June 2010)
The Statistics Division is pleased
to make available a set of tools that help visitors
create tables and dynamic charts and maps from
the ESCAP database of development indicators.
It is hoped that the tools broaden the use and
understanding of statistics among all types
of data users.
We have tried to make it convenient for data users to share the results of their explorations and illustrations. To achieve this, a number of interpretations and simplifications had to be made. For instance, only one indicator per chart axis and per map can be selected; some logarithmic scale had to be used; representation of smaller country/area as a circle on maps. |
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Representing statistical data series as animated charts is a new technology for ESCAP and we are learning by doing. We are also committed to improving them gradually. Therefore, we need to hear how you find our tools. Please send your comments and suggestions, including any bugs that you might encounter in this pilot version, through the feedback form provided in the application.
http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/swweb/ |
