Country overview of statistical capacity 2017
Results of capacity screening of economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Background
The country overviews are based on information from the national statistical offices of 50 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The information was compiled to assess progress of the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (RPES).
RPES is an initiative of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics, designed to improve soundness of economic analysis and related decision making through increased availability and effective use of timely, reliable and comparable economic statistics.
RPES is implemented in three phases (2010-2013; 2014-2017; 2018-2020), with progress assessed at the end of each phase.
Results of the assessment conducted at the end of the first phase of RPES in 2013 is available here.
More information on RPES is available here.
