Despite considerable progress, many low-income countries still lack basic quality data and the statistical capabilities to reap the benefits of the new data era. This needs to change, now. We must build solid statistical systems that can provide high quality “public good data” on topics that matter for all citizens in every country, tomorrow and beyond 2030.

Publications
PARIS21 Strategy 2021-2025
The period of this strategy—2021-2025—is a pivotal one. During these five years, the world will experience an acceleration of the data revolution, brought about by increasing digitalisation. We will also pass the halfway point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with significantly greater action needed to ensure that we “leave no-one behind”. We must do everything that we can to prepare countries to meet these challenges.