Each quarter, UNIDO Statistics publishes a report summarizing current growth trends in world manufacturing production across countries and major sectors. The report is based on production data, which is collected and published by National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in UNIDO’s member states. This is the first statistical publication by UNID...Read more...

The report “How Industrial Development Matters to the Well-Being of the Population“ presents statistical evidence on how closely industrial development is linked to people’s living conditions and the quality of their lives. Countries’ development is often measured by their economic growth, defin...Read more...

The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics published by UNIDO contains a wealth of information on the level, structure and growth of world manufacturing. Data are presented at the most detailed level of 155 manufacturing industries. While these data are used by researchers to carry out in-depth economic analyses of structural transforma...Read more...

As the Sultanate of Oman moves towards the completion of the
Ninth Five Year Development Plan, the last stage of the
country’s long-term development plan (Vision 2020), it
contemplates whether the overall objectives were met. For a
long time, Oman has recognized the need to accelerate its
national structu...Read more...

The report on competitive industrial performance (CIP Report) is a biennial publication of UNIDO based on the analysis of statistical indicators of industrial performance. For this purpose, countries are ranked by Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP Index), which consolidates eight indicators related to production and trade of manufact...Read more...

The report on Statistical Indicators of Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization (SDG Report) provides an analysis of global progress towards sustainable industrial development. The report is primarily based on the six SDG-9 indicators related to industrialization, for which UNIDO is designated as a custodian agency. While the first report of...Read more...

Traditionally, in the CIS countries, the industry was and is a key driver of the social and economic development. This becomes especially obvious now, when these countries are getting deeper involved in the process of globalization of the world economics. The country borders become more and more transparent for the industrial activities and the ...Read more...

This biennial publication provides a unique overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy, presenting detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of such activities by country and sector. World Statistics on Mining...Read more...

The CIP Index, edition 2016 draws a picture of a global manufacturing sector recovering in strength in context of a macro environment that has been shaking by economic and political insecurity and reduced trust in the benefits of globali...Read more...

The CIP Index, edition 2016 draws a picture of a global manufacturing sector recovering in strength in context of a macro environment that has been shaking by economic and political insecurity and reduced trust in the benefits of globali...Read more...

Before the era of Big Data, only few alternative data sources were available, and official statistics represented the single most valuable source of data for researchers and policymakers. Emerging data sources represent a new challenge in the field of statistics but it might also be necessary to establish an additional system of legal and method...Read more...

Traditionally, in the CIS countries, the industry was and is a key driver of the social and economic development. This becomes especially obvious now, when these countries are getting deeper involved in the process of globalization of the world economics. The country borders become more and more transparent for the industrial activities and the ...Read more...

UNIDO is recognized as a custodian agency for maintaining database for indicators under SDG 9, monitoring the the progress and reporting to Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG indicators (IAEG-SDG). The publication presents the source and methods of compiling these indicators and describe the baseline scenario with currently available data.

The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics is one of UNIDO’s major statistical publications. It presents detailed, country-specific, business structure statistics. The Yearbook presents the annual figures on global manufacturing growth and structure. More current estimates are presented ...Read more...

This biennial publication provides a unique overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy, presenting detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of such activities by country and sector. World Statistics on Mining and Utilities offers country level data on the nu...Read more...

Oman’s economy, like those of its neighbours in the Gulf region, is strongly dependent on hydrocarbon revenues and foreign labor. The manufacturing sector of Oman has a crucial role to play in the structural transformation of the oil-dependent economy towards a sustainable economy that is competitive in...Read more...

The International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics is a flagship publication of UNIDO and provides economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on the current performance and trends in the manufacturing sector.

The Yearbook is designe...Read more...

Oman is a middle-income country in the Gulf region with notable oil and gas resources, a substantial trade surplus, and low inflation. As in most Gulf countries, hydrocarbons form the most important sector in Omani economy, with crude oil accounting for over 25% of GDP in real terms. This proportion is now in...Read more...

This report represents the first Russian language version of the “International Recommendations for the Index of Industrial Production”, summarizing the methodological guidelines behind the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) by UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs). The...Read more...

As the world’s natural resources continue to decay and the environmental challenges deepen, the need to develop viable solutions for resource-efficient industrial production becomes increasingly critical if the high and rising global demand for energy is to be met. Moreover, with the changing global geogr...Read more...

The statistical register of business units plays a crucial role in economic statistics in general and in industrial statistics in particular. It not only serves as a framework for regular data collection but also provides important information on business demography. The development of a such a register is im...Read more...

Since 1964/65, Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has conducted the so-called Census of Manufacturing Establishments (CMEs) with five years interval to monitor and evaluate the performance of the country’s manufacturing sector. The census covers all manufacturing establishments located wit...Read more...