57th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Statistical Commission will take place in person from 3 to 6 March 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The Commission is the highest body in the international statistical system where global statistical standards are considered and approved. The fifty-seventh session of the Commission will include discussions on food and agriculture statistics, progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, social and demographic statistics, data governance, AI-readiness, environment and climate change statistics, standard classifications, among many other topics.

A series of high-level webinars will be held virtually leading up to the Commission. These virtual side events provide a platform for high-level discussions and will be accompanied by a rich calendar of additional virtual and in-person side events.

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Related documents

E/CN.3/2026/8

Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on agricultural and rural statistics

Pre-session webinars

• 12 January - Beyond GDP: Measuring Progress – Dialogue with experts from the Secretary-General’s High-level Expert Group on Beyond GDP
• 29 January - Classifying Our World: Recent Developments in International Statistical Classifications
• 4 February - A System Approach for Population and Social Statistics,
• 11 February - Towards post-2030: Seeds for future global monitoring frameworks,
• 18 February - AI use within national statistical offices (event page under preparation)
• 27 February - AI-readiness for Official Data and Statistics
• 2 March - Beyond GDP: Rethinking Progress in a Changing World

The UN Statistics Division is currently preparing the full calendar of virtual side events, which will be released in late January 2025. Please bookmark already the side event webpage.