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The United Nations Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries' efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the United Nations Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system.
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20 March 2025
Following its adoption by the 56th Session of the Statistical Commission, as the international statistical standard for national accounts statistics, the System of National Accounts, 2025 (2025 SNA) is now available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/sna2025.asp. It is published jointly by the five Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) organizations: the Statistical Office of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Statistics Division and regional commissions of the United Nations Secretariat, and the World Bank.
The 2025 SNA is an update of the System of National Accounts, 2008 and is the sixth version of the SNA, the first of which was published more than seventy years ago. The 2025 SNA retains the basic theoretical framework of the 2008 SNA. However, it introduces treatments for new aspects of the economy that have gained prominence, elaborates on elements that have drawn increasing analytical attention, and clarifies guidance on a wide range of issues, based on advances in methodological research and user needs. These include topics such as globalization, digitalization, emerging financial issues, Islamic finance, and the informal economy. Notably, the 2025 SNA broadens the national accounts framework to better account for elements affecting wellbeing and sustainability to inform various policy goals.
The release of the 2025 SNA concludes work undertaken over several years by a wide range of experts around the world, including, the members of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts, the ISWGNA, the editorial team, the regional commissions, other regional organizations, country experts, and other partners. To ensure full consistency, the seventh edition of International Monetary Fund Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM7) was developed in parallel to the 2025 SNA, sharing the same text in chapters relevant to both standards. The release of the 2025 SNA coincides with the release of the BPM7 (see https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Data/Statistics/BPM6/draft-bpm7-wcv.ashx).
Countries are encouraged to implement both standards. The ISWGNA organizations will support implementation of the 2025 SNA by providing additional guidance and technical assistance in accordance with the implementation strategy endorsed by the Statistical Commission (available on the 2025 SNA web page). Implementing the 2025 SNA will ensure the compilation of internationally comparable national accounts statistics according to best practice and in a consistent way, allowing policy makers to benchmark their economies and to make well-informed, data-driven decisions.
The pre-edited (white cover) version of 2025 SNA is available electronically in English, with publication in other languages—Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish—to be completed in in due course.
For more information contact sna@un.org>
23 December 2024
A new data story, based on 107 countries’ responses to the 2022 Global Survey of National Gender Statistics Programmes, provides a comprehensive overview of changes in organizational structures, the adoption of new data sources and modernized legal frameworks over the past decade, as well as progress and ongoing challenges in the production of gender statistics.
20 November 2024
The 2024 Statistical Yearbook is now available online. It provides in a single volume a comprehensive compilation of internationally available statistics on social and economic conditions and activities, at world, regional and national levels, for an appropriate historical period. It is prepared by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, of the United Nations Secretariat.
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