"http://www.countrystat.org •Learn what CountrySTAT offers •Learn how to use CountrySTAT (get data) •Learn how to look for international codes •Learn how to use the excel templates and how to create new tables (create data) •Learn how to publish tables •Learn how to insert metadata"

1. CountrySTAT REGIONAL BASIC
ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING
for GCC MEMBER STATES
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26 – 29 January 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
CountrySTAT STATISTICS COMPONENT
Yann Laurent
FAO, Statistics Division, Rome-
Italy

2. OVERVIEW
• Statistics Component Objectives
• What is CountrySTAT ?
• CountrySTAT Process
• How are statistical data organized in
CountrySTAT?
• CountrySTAT in action
• Statistics Pillar (concepts, definitions, and
classifications)
• Publishing data in CountrySTAT (CS-
PUBLISHER)
• Creating Tables in CountrySTAT
• Metadata
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3. Statistics Component Objectives
• Learn what CountrySTAT offers
• Learn how to use CountrySTAT (get data)
• Learn how to look for international codes
• Learn how to use the excel templates and how to
create new tables (create data)
• Learn how to publish tables
• Learn how to insert metadata
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4. CountrySTAT supports the dissemination of
internationally comparable official statistics
support data analysis
facilitate monitoring and evidence-based
decision making with the goal of eradicating
extreme poverty and hunger.
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What is CountrySTAT ?

5. Producers
• Easy publishing
• Standards-based
• Cooperation
• Capacity development
Users
• Cost free
• Quick data access
• Standard formats
• Web-based
• Graphs & Maps
Politicians
• Evidence based decision-making
• Informed policy
What is CountrySTAT ?
Why do we need CountrySTAT?

6. CountrySTAT Process
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design
collect compile
validate
disseminateAnalyze
CountrySTAT tasks

7. Core = National Core (FAOSTAT) :
Data per year at national level.
Data published under this area and
the related domains follow
FAOSTAT concepts, standards and
definitions.
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How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

8. Sub National Statistics:
The same domains as the Core with
disaggregated data at sub-national
level.
Data can be disseminated per
Geographical Area (Administrative levels),
Local Products (a description of local
product and its main category is required)
and time (Year and/or Month)
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How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

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Global Strategy (Minimum Set of
Core Data)
It includes the key variables of the
four groups (Economic, Social,
Environmental and Geographic
Location) to be collected by a larger
number of stakeholders for each
country
How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

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Agricultural Censuses and
Surveys
All data series available on
agricultural census and surveys
How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

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Statistical Yearbooks
All data series available on
Statistical Yearbooks
How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

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Food Balance Sheets
All data series available on Food
Balance Sheets
How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

13. Thematic Modules:
All other relevant indicators for the
national statistics
the system is flexible so here different
folders can be created according to
the needs of each Country
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How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

14. National Institutions:
Data coming from single
national institutions as
required by the country
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How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

15. International Partners:
Data coming from
international organizations,
associations, etc. relevant to
the country
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How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

16.  You have enough domains to publish all data with
the current tree !
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But the CountrySTAT national administrator can add
more areas and domains (except for Core and sub-
national) to fit your needs:
• Adding other domains than agricultures (transport,
health etc…) ;
• Adding more disaggregated data;
How are Statistical Data organized
in CountrySTAT

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CountrySTAT in action
Fast access to data
(get the data in 3 clicks !)
Metadata available
per dataset and
easily accessible
Simple and
comprehensive
presentation of data

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CountrySTAT in action

19. • How to get data in 3 clicks?
You access data through CountrySTAT home page.
Navigation tree
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CountrySTAT in action

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CountrySTAT in action

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CountrySTAT in action

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CountrySTAT in action

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CountrySTAT in action

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CountrySTAT in action

25. Practical demonstration
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26. Get the data ready
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Statistics Pillar (work flow)
Download the
template
Create your
table following
the rules
Fill the cells
with your
values
Upload in
CS-Publisher
Fill the metadata
and validate the
structure
Error message:
Check the
structure of the
table
Structure is valid:
Your table has
been published
Error message:
Check the structure
of the table (core,
sub-nat, or other?)
Check the codes
Check the metadata
Fill it with the
values, insert
codes
CountySTAT Table

27. Statistical framework (concepts,
definitions and classifications):
To ensure comparability and consistency of
data on agriculture and food among different
countries.
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Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions
and Classifications)

28. International codes
Example of CountrySTAT website table
Statistics Pillar (Concepts,
Definitions and Classifications)
A topic of primary
importance is the
international codes
for commodities

29. In order to understand and compare data in CountrySTAT framework, coherence
is necessary between data of Core and Sub-National domains, with the
recommendations of international standards.
To do this, it is necessary to find a correspondence of agro-biological
characteristics between the various local products related to major products
classified by FAO international classification with a correspondence table
between the two classifications.
Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions
and Classifications)

30. Two ways of getting the codes:
 DEFINITION and CLASSIFICATION
of COMMODITIES website
 FAOSTAT website
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http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/faodef/faodefe.htm
DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITIES
Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions and
Classifications)

32. Practical demonstration
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33. http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-standards/commodity/en/
Select “Statistics” on
the CountrySTAT – FAO
page

34. You will find:
Statistics reference
manual
and
FAOSTAT commodity
definitions and
correspondences
Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions and
Classifications)

35. Digit the item to find
Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions and
Classifications)

36. E.g.
If you look for “wheat” you
will have all this list of
products
Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions and
Classifications)