United Nations
Social statistics
In the field of social statistics, the Statistics Division promotes conceptual and methodological development of social statistics and indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean, disseminates comparable information at a regional level and provides technical assistance and training to countries in the region.
Activities
Twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
The twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas will be held virtually from 29 to 30 April 2025.
News
ECLAC Launches New Edition of its Statistical Yearbook with Relevant Data on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Economic, Social and Environmental Situation
The 2024 version of this annual publication updates a selection of key statistics on the three pillars of development in the region.
ECLAC Presents Portal on Statistics based on Small Area Estimation Models in Latin America
The platform provides diverse social statistics at a subnational level, produced via the application of Small Area Estimation methods by the UN regional organization’s Statistics Division.
Subnational statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean available on the ECLAC statistical portal
Subnational statistics are fundamental for the development and implementation of effective and equitable public policies and are essential for responding to the principle of "leaving no one behind" proposed by the 2030 Agenda.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary: Accurate, Up-to-date and Comprehensive Data are Crucial for Measuring Development Gaps and Traps
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs represented the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at Brazil’s National Conference of Data Producers and Users.
Publication featured
Índice de pobreza multidimensional para América Latina
2 April 2025 | Publication
En las últimas décadas, la comunidad internacional ha reconocido la necesidad de medir la pobreza de manera más integral, incorporando diversas dimensiones del bienestar. Más de la mitad de los…
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Time-use measurements in Latin America and the Caribbean
“Information systems: transforming data into information, information into knowledge and knowledge into political decisions” Pillar 9 of the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional…
