World Statistics Day

Name: World Statistics Day
Start: 2025-10-20
End: 2025-10-20
Location: Canada

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This #WorldStatisticsDay is commemorated under the theme “Driving Change with Quality Statistics and Data for Everyone.” Hear from @UNESCOstat colleagues around the world on why quality #data matter and how the UIS is working toward quality statistics and data for all GIF 354 KB Load GIF
— UNESCO Institute for Statistics (@UNESCOstat) October 20, 2025

Happy World Statistics Day! Big ups to all the Stats masters out there, thanks for being the heroes who turn numbers to stories. Load image 28 KB
— Remilekun (@remilekun_babs) October 20, 2025

World Statistics Day ! From climate resilience to farms to frontlines, data saves lives. Today, we celebrate the power of statistics in building sustainable food secure futures, to fight hunger, prevent diseases and strengthen resilient communities. #WorldStatisticsDay Show more Load image 34 KB
— Mariyam Vishama Ahmed 🇲🇻 🇵🇸 (@MariyamVishama) October 20, 2025

World Statistics Day History

World Statistics Day is an international observance designed to highlight the important and pivotal role that statistics play in shaping our societies. This day celebrates the impact of statistics on every arena of our life, from government policy and decision-making to business strategies and even individual household affairs. The ethos of this Observance is to ensure that every statistic utilized is relevant, reliable, and timely to foster informed decision-making processes that are based on real, robust, and up-to-date data.

World Statistics Day was inaugurated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010. Since then, this observance has gained global attention every five years, underscoring the significance of statistical information in achieving national and international goals. For Canada, World Statistics Day offers a platform to acknowledge the indispensable role and contributions of Statistics Canada, the national statistical organization. In Canada's context, this day underscores the importance of utilizing statistics to create effective policies, track progress on national goals, including those related to climate change, gender equality, innovation, and other social, economic and environmental issues that affect the livelihoods of all Canadians.

Observance of World Statistics Day in Canada often involves various activities organized by Statistics Canada. These include promotional campaigns highlighting the significance of statistics, public presentations, and workshops for enhancing statistical literacy. Networking events also take place, enabling statisticians, data scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to interact, exchange ideas, and improve their understanding of statistical practices. Traditionally, World Statistics Day is observed globally on October 20th, but local events coordinated by Statistics Canada may occur throughout the year to continually emphasize the importance of quality data and statistics in our daily lives.

Facts about World Statistics Day

The theme for World Statistics Day in 2025 was Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone. In 2024 the theme was Empowering Data for Sustainable Development.
It was not until the 19th century that statistics began to include all things related to collection, summary and analysis of data. Before the 19th century, data was mainly used to total resources, typically for military and tax purposes around the world.
Canada carries out a national census every five years with the next one due in 2026. The data collected helps the government in planning public services like healthcare, education, and transportation.
Statistics Canada is widely recognized as a reliable and trusted source of data both in Canada and abroad. The information provided by the agency also helps international groups like the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank.