Why our future relies on the health of our ocean
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The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) offered an opportunity for world leaders to act on urgent and meaningful commitments in reducing emissions and limiting global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial…
KIRIBATI CENSUS ATLAS
Undertaking a Census of Population and Housing is a massive task for every Pacific National Statistics Office. It requires preparation, planning and logistical challenges especially when remote islands are involved. During November 2020, the Kiribati NSO…
Prioritising energy efficient buildings in the Federated States of Micronesia
As energy efficiency is a fundamental pillar to reaching Paris Agreement targets, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) installed 19 hybrid solar air conditioners in six public buildings in Pohnpei. With the aim to reduce carbon dioxide…
Stat of the week: Imports of fuel equivalent to 13% of Palau’s GDP
Palau's total fuel import (as a % of GDP). It's the highest share in the Pacific and means Palau has had to absorb the increased oil price since April 2020.
Marshall Islands Compendium of Analysis of the 2019/20 HIES
For more information, please visit SPC's Statistics for Development Division's website.
Read the Marshall Islands Compendium.
Poverty in Kiribati based on analysis of the 2019/20 HIES
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Read the Kiribati Poverty report.
Vanuatu: Key academic qualification administered for the first time in French
Last year, for the first time, the Pacific Community (SPC), administered the Francophone version of the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) programme in 7 schools in Vanuatu. With more than a third of the schools in the country being French-…
Stat of the week: the US Dollar is the national currency of 6 Pacific countries and territories
Did you know? the US Dollar is the national currency of 6 of the 22 Pacific countries and territories. American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau are these countries. The figure shows…