World Statistics Day

World Statistics Day
Date20 October
FrequencyEvery five years

World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics. Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission,[1] it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010. The day is celebrated every five years.[2]

As of 2010, 103 countries celebrate a national Statistics Day, including 51 African countries that jointly celebrate African Statistics Day annually on 18 November.[3] India celebrates its statistics day on 29 June, the birthday of the statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.[4] The Royal Statistical Society in the UK also launched its getstats statistical literacy campaign on the same day at 20:10 (on 20 October 2010).[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "World Statistics Day" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "World Statistics Day". www.un.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ "United Nations Statistics Division".
  4. ^ ""Statistics Day" will be celebrated on 29th June, 2018".
  5. ^ "Home". getstats.org.uk.
  6. ^ "World Statistics Day | Statistics". statistics.unwto.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.


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