Workshop on Modernization of Official Statistics in Qatar 2017
11/12/2017 | The data and statistics requirements for supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the National Development Strategy 2017-2022 call for a transformation of official statistical system in Qatar.
Arab Forum on Building Statistical Capacity for a Data Revolution
10/10/2016 | Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics,PARIS21 and GCC-STAT
World Statistics Day Forum, 2015
20/10/2015 | The United Nations General Assembly, in its 69th regular session held in New York City in June 2015, adopted a resolution designating 20 October 2015 as World Statistics Day, under the general theme “Better data. Better lives”. In addition, the General Assembly invited all member states to celebrate World Statistics Day on 20 October every five years.
National Statistics Day
10/12/2013 | Qatar celebrates the National Statistics Day every year, on December 10, in an auspicious manner. In addition, 2013 is also being celebrated across the world as the ‘International Year of Statistics’. This year’s celebration is also special as it is the first event of this type since the formation of the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, after combining the General Secretariat for Development Planning and Qatar Statistics Authority.
