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National Accounts

The National Accounts Section of the United Nations Statistics Division:

Methodology

Develops and updates international standards of methodology and concepts of national accounts. Also develops handbooks and training materials on SNA and provides technical assistance to developing countries in implementation of the 1993 SNA.

Data

Maintains the National Accounts Main Aggregates Database which contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates and derived analytical indicators and ratios for more than 200 countries and territories.

Collects official national accounts statistics from countries and publishes them in the National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables.

Prepares estimates to complement official national accounts statistics from countries to obtain consistent and complete time series and publishes them in National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates.

ISWGNA

Serves as the secretariat of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) comprising United Nations Statistics Division, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Statistical Office of the European Communities and the United Nations regional commissions. ISWGNA coordinates implementation and updationg of the 1993 System of National Accounts. 		 
National Accounts News
Updated 8 March 2007

The fifth AEG meeting will take place 19-23 March 2007

Several draft chapters of the 1993 SNA Rev.1 available for review and comments

New data available on the National Accounts Main Aggregates Database

National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables (1994-2005) is now available in PDF format

SNA News and Notes, Issue 23 in English, French and Russian available online

Full set of provisional recommendations for 1993 SNA update issues in English, French, Russian and Spanish posted

View the list of all 1993 SNA Update Issues with descriptions, AEG recommendations and country comments