Available courses

Processing food consumption data from household consumption and expenditure surveys (HCES)
Population and Social Statistics

This course introduces the guidelines on how to prepare food consumption data from HCES for “all uses” including for the compilation of information on poverty, economy and food security. The Guidelines were developed under the aegis of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (UN-CEAG) and were endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 55th conference. The course provides countries with information on how to process food data from HCES.

[31 August to 9 October 2026]

The International Recommendations on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics
Population and Social Statistics

This course introduces the “International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics” (IRRS), the “International Recommendations on IDP Statistics” (IRIS) and the "International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics", which were were endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2018 (IRRS), 2020 (IRIS) and 2023 (IROSS) respectively.  This course is available in 3 languages: English, French and Spanish. 

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Les recommandations internationales relatives aux statistiques sur les réfugiés, les personnes déplacées à l'intérieur de leur propre pays (PDI) et l'apatridie (French, Self Paced)
Population and Social Statistics

Ce cours à votre rythme présente les "Recommandations internationales sur les statistiques relatives aux réfugiés" (IRRS), les "Recommandations internationales sur les statistiques relatives aux personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur propre pays" (IRIS) et les "Recommandations internationales sur les statistiques relatives aux apatrides", qui ont été approuvées par la Commission de statistique des Nations Unies respectivement en 2018 (IRRS), 2020 (IRIS) et 2023 (IROSS).

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Las Recomendaciones Internacionales sobre Estadísticas de los Refugiados, las PDI y la Apatridia (Self Paced, Spanish)
Population and Social Statistics

Este curso autodirigido presenta las "Recomendaciones Internacionales sobre Estadísticas de Refugiados" (IRRS), las "Recomendaciones Internacionales sobre Estadísticas de Desplazados Internos" (IRIS) y las "Recomendaciones Internacionales sobre Estadísticas de Apatridia", que fueron respaldadas por la Comisión de Estadística de las Naciones Unidas en 2018 (IRRS), 2020 (IRIS) y 2023 (IROSS), respectivamente.

Crime Statistics from a Gender Perspective 3.0 (Self-Paced)
Population and Social Statistics

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This self-paced course offers participants an opportunity to explore gender concepts and frameworks on SDG indicators relevant to crime and criminal justice statistics including gender-based SDG targets, with the overall aim of strengthening regional capacity in producing high-quality SDG indicator data and overall statistics, to inform policy decisions at national and international levels.

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Crime Statistics from a Gender Perspective 3.0
Population and Social Statistics


This course offers participants an opportunity to explore gender concepts and frameworks on SDG indicators relevant to crime and criminal justice statistics including gender-based SDG targets, with the overall aim of strengthening regional capacity in producing high-quality SDG indicator data and overall statistics, to inform policy decisions at national and international levels.

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Disability Statistics for Tracking Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Population and Social Statistics

This e-learning course is expected to help address the existing data gaps, and in part, respond to the urgent call for accelerated action to “close[sic] disability data gaps and strengthening progress-tracking of disability-inclusive development, building on synergies with monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal progress” articulated in the Jakarta Declaration. It encompasses basic concepts, methodologies and frameworks required to close the disability data gap.

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The International Recommendations on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (Self Paced)
Population and Social Statistics


This self-paced course introduces the “International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics” (IRRS), the “International Recommendations on IDP Statistics” (IRIS) and the "International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics", which were were endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2018 (IRRS), 2020 (IRIS) and 2023 (IROSS) respectively.

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