United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel De Statistiques De La CNUCED – serie

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. The 2024 edition of the Handbook continues in this tradition of excellence and innovation. As in previous years, this edition showcases 'nowcasted' estimates for total merchandised trade, total services trade and GDP. PDF version is only a snapshot of a comprehensive web version containing more data and themes.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the Handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. The 2025 edition of the Handbook continues in this tradition of excellence and innovation. As in previous years, this edition showcases 'nowcasted' estimates for total merchandised trade, total services trade and GDP. PDF version is only a snapshot of a comprehensive web version containing more data and themes.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: International merchandise trade, exports and imports structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; applied import tariff rates; international trade in services, exports and imports of services by service categories; world merchant fleet; commodity free-market prices and relevant price indices; international financial data: current account net of balance of payments, foreign direct investment, external indebtedness, migrants' remittances, international reserves, official financial flows and indicators of development: gross domestic product, population and labour force. The printed edition of the Handbook is a valuable tool for research, policy making and education, which can also be used in conjunction with the DVD containing the full time series of data.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development for individual countries, geographical regions and for selected economic groupings. It presents consolidated reference statistics on International merchandise trade, exports and imports structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; applied import tariff rates; international trade in services, exports and imports of services by service categories; world merchant fleet; commodity free-market prices and price indices; international financial data: current account net of balance of payments, foreign direct investment, migrants' remittances, and indicators of development: gross domestic product, and population.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development for individual countries, geographical regions and for selected economic groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: International merchandise trade, exports and imports structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; applied import tariff rates; international trade in services, exports and imports of services by service categories; world merchant fleet; commodity free-market prices and price indices; international financial data: current account net of balance of payments, foreign direct investment, migrants’ remittances, and indicators of development: gross domestic product, and population.The printed edition of the Handbook is a tool for research, policy making and education, which can also be used in conjunction with the DVD which contains the full time series of data. The DVD presents figures for more economic groupings than the printed version, as well as figures for trade and interregional groups.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development for individual countries, geographical regions and for selected economic groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: International merchandise trade, exports and imports structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; applied import tariff rates; international trade in services, exports and imports of services by service categories; world merchant fleet; commodity free-market prices and price indices; international financial data: current account net of balance of payments, foreign direct investment, migrants’ remittances, and indicators of development: gross domestic product, and population. The printed edition of the Handbook is a tool for research, policy making and education, which can also be used in conjunction with the DVD which contains the full time series of data. The DVD presents figures for more economic groupings than the printed version, as well as figures for trade and interregional groups.

This publication provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data. The data is relevant for the analysis of international trade, investment and development of individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance in describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: international merchandise trade, export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; international trade in services; commodity prices and relevant price indices; international financial data and, current accounts

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. The 2017 edition of the Handbook continues in this tradition of excellence and innovation. On the 50th anniversary of the first UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, we are proud to launch our new and updated version. This new presentation style is designed to integrate the detailed and lengthy statistical time-series available on our UNCTADstat data center with summary tables, state-of-the-art charts, maps and modern infographics.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. The 2018 edition of the Handbook continues in this tradition of excellence and innovation. This year edition introduces 'nowcasted' estimates for total merchandised trade, total services trade and Gross Domestic Product.