Statistical Yearbook

The United Nations Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialised organisations. The 51st issue contains data available to the Statistics Division as of March 2007 and presents them in 69 tables on topics such as: agriculture, balance of payments, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, industrial production, international merchandise trade, international tourism, labour force, manufacturing, national accounts, nutrition, population, prices, research and development, transport, and wages. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with the ten-year tables covering 1995 to 2004 or 1996 to 2005. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.