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2006 Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles

Series: W, No. 15
Sales number: 09.XVII.5
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $95

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The 2006 Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles is the fourteenth issue in a series that started in 1990. It contains energy balances for 115 developing countries for the period 2003-2006 and electricity profiles for 190 countries for the period 2001-2006. The energy balances are snapshots of the annual energy flows in each country showing energy production, trade, conversion and consumption. The electricity profiles provide detailed information on the production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input and efficiency. A valuable source for assessing and analyzing production and consumption patterns in detail on an internationally comparable basis, the Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles is available in print and in pdf format. [more...]

2006 Energy Statistics Yearbook

Series: J, No. 50
Sales number: 09.XVII.4
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $130

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The 2006 Energy Statistics Yearbook is the fiftieth issue in a series of annual compilations of energy statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for 215 countries and areas are presented for the period from 2003 to 2006 on the production, trade and consumption of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and electricity. Per capita consumption series are provided for all energy products. The selection of graphs presented shows historic trends and/or changes in the composition of the production and/or consumption of major energy products. The 2006 Energy Statistics Yearbook contains 38 tables. Special tables of interest include: international trade of coal, crude petroleum and natural gas by partner countries; selected statistics for renewables and wastes; refinery distillation capacity and throughput; and energy reserves and resources.

Concepts and Methods in Energy Statistics, with Special Reference to Energy Accounts and Balances--A Technical Report

Series: F, No. 29
Sales number: 82.XVII.13
Languages:Click for help *[English]*[French]*[Russian]*[Spanish]
Price: $16.5

This report consider the nature of energy statistics and the kinds of policy problems for which they are required, the conceptual and methodological issues to which these problems give rise, the variety of possible conventions that might be adopted for dealing with some of these issues. It also examines the key role played by quantitative overall energy balances, the desirable features of such balances whether used for analysing the past or for speculating about the future, the classification problems posed by energy statistics, and the relationship between such data and other economic statistics and accounting frameworks.------ Out of print.

Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles, 2004

Series: W, No. 13
Sales number: E/F.06.XVII.12
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $80

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The Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles, 2004 presents internationally comparable energy data for selected developing countries. This issue includes energy balances for 83 countries and electricity profiles for 123 countries. The energy balance data are arranged to show energy production, trade, conversion and consumption for each fuel used in the countries. The electricity profiles cover detailed information on the production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input.

Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles, 2005

Series: W, No. 14
Sales number: 08.XVII.6
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $95

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The Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles, 2005 presents internationally comparable energy balances for 111 developing countries and electricity profiles for 182 developing and developed countries. The energy balances show energy production, trade, conversion and consumption for each group of fuels used in the countries. The electricity profiles provide detailed information on the production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input.

Energy Statistics Database

Series: J, No. 1990-2004
Sales number: Special order
Languages:Click for help [English] only
Price: $2500

The Energy Statistics Database is available as an attachment to an e-mail for the period between 1990 and 2004. In addition to the basic table data showing production, trade, stock changes, bunkers, and consumption, information is included on various other topics. The database is not an interactive product. Only two basic queries are provided with the database, and it is up to the users to build any additional application deemed necessary to extract and use the data according to their specific needs. To accommodate different user's system requirements, the database is offered in text format. The price range of the zipped e-mail attachment is US$500.00 - US$2,500.00 plus materials and shipping.

For further information about this product, please visit the following web address:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/edbase.htm


Energy Statistics Yearbook, 2004

Series: J, No. 48
Sales number: 07XVII.2
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $120

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The 2004 Energy Statistics Yearbook is the forty-eight in an internationally comparable series of commercial energy statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for 215 countries and areas for the period 2001 to 2004 are presented on production, trade and consumption of energy: solids, liquids, gaseous fuels and electricity. In addition, per capita consumption series are also provided for all energy products. Graphs are to introduce major products showing historic trends and/or changes in composition of production and/or consumption of major products. Special tables of interest include international trade tables for coal, crude petroleum and natural gas by partner countries - providing information on direction of trade, selected series of statistics on fuelwood, charcoal and bagasse, refinery distillation capacity and a table on selected energy resources.

Energy Statistics Yearbook, 2005

Series: J, No. 49
Sales number: 08.XVII.4
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $130

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The Energy Statistics Yearbook 2005 is the forty-ninth issue in a series of annual compilations of energy statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for 215 countries and areas are presented for the period from 2002 to 2005 on the production, trade and consumption of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and electricity. Per capita consumption series are provided for all energy products. The selection of graphs presented shows historic trends and/or changes in the composition of the production and/or consumption of major energy products. The Energy Statistics Yearbook contains 38 tables. Special tables of interest include: international trade of coal, crude petroleum and natural gas by partner countries; selected statistics for renewables and wastes; refinery distillation capacity and throughput; and energy reserves and resources.

Energy Statistics: Definitions, Units of Measure and Conversion Factors

Series: F, No. 44
Sales number: 86.XVII.21
Languages:Click for help *[English] , Corr.1 [English],; *[French]*[Russian]*[Spanish] , Corr.1 [Spanish]
Price: $10

Serving as a basic reference for energy planners, economists and statisticians, this publication contains detailed information on terminologies for energy commodities, units of measurement and conversion from one unit to another. It provides internationally adopted definitions, conversion factors and descriptive tables for analysis and comparison of international energy statistics.------ Out of print.

Energy Statistics--A Manual for Developing Countries

Series: F, No. 56
Sales number: 91.XVII.10
Languages:Click for help *[Arabic]*[Chinese]*[English][French]*[Russian]*[Spanish]
Price: $10

This new publication serves as a guide for developing countries for a comprehensive, reliable and regular collection of energy statistics. Various sources of inconsistencies, such as sources of data, concepts and definitions and time spans/coverage, are discussed in detail for all types of energy commodities and recommendations are provided to minimize or eliminate them. The manual also suggests the use of supplementary data to provide a better overview of national energy developments and to verify the accuracy and coverage of routinely-collected data. The presentation of data is also discussed, with emphasis on commodity tables and energy balances. Lastly, with the increasing use of microcomputers, a brief description is given of some software packages for energy data management and planning.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics

Series: Q, No. monthly
Sales number: Serial
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $680

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The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments, including population, prices, employment and earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport, construction, international merchandise trade and finance. The annual subscription rate for the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics in print includes access to the MBS Online; individual printed issues cost $65 each.[more...]

Statistical Yearbook, Fiftieth issue

Series: S, No. 26
Sales number: E/F.06.XVII.1
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $150

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The United Nations Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas of the world, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 50th issue contains data available to the Statistics Division as of March 2006 and presents them in 76 tables on topics such as: agriculture; balance of payments; culture and communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; nutrition; industrial production; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; population; prices; research and development; transport; and wages. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with the ten-year tables covering 1994 to 2003 or 1995 to 2004. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.

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Statistical Yearbook, Fifty-first issue

Series: S, No. 27
Sales number: E/F.07.XVII.1
Languages:Click for help [English]/[French]
Price: $150

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The United Nations Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 51st issue contains data available to the Statistics Division as of March 2007 and presents them in 69 tables on topics such as: agriculture; balance of payments; communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; industrial production; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; nutrition; population; prices; research and development; transport; and wages. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with the ten-year tables covering 1995 to 2004 or 1996 to 2005. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications. more...

Statistical Yearbook, Forty-eighth issue, CD-ROM

Series: S, No. 24/CD
Sales number: E.04.XVII.13
Languages:Click for help [English]
Price: $199

(or $269.00 for both CD-ROM and print publication) The United Nations Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM presents all the information included in the print version of the forty-eighth issue of the Statistical Yearbook plus all of the series' historical data for over 200 countries and areas of the world. A variety of subjects including population, education, literacy, health, nutrition and childbearing, culture and communication, national accounts, industrial production, finance, labour force, wages and prices, agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, transport, energy, environment, science and technology, intellectual property, international merchandise trade, international tourism, balance of payments, and development assistance are covered. In general, the data presented are those which were available as of mid-December of 2003, and whenever possible, cover the period from 1980 to 2001 or 2002. The Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM provides a user-friendly, browser-based interface to access the data and metadata in a variety of formats, including PDF, HTML, spreadsheet and CSV.

World Statistics Pocketbook 2007

Series: V, No. 32
Sales number: 08.XVII.5
Languages:Click for help [English]
Price: $15

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The United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook is an authoritative and comprehensive compilation of key statistical indicators in convenient country profile format. The 2007 edition presents available data for 215 countries and areas for 55 indicators, generally for the years 2000 and 2006, in the areas of population, economic activity, agriculture, industry, energy, international trade, transport, communications, gender, education and environment, based on over 20 international statistical sources. The notes on the sources and definitions of the indicators are provided to help users perform further research on the statistics.

This on-line publication listing is regularly updated and includes all Statistical Division publications in current use. Publications may be obtained from bookstores and distributors throughout the world or:

United Nations, Sales Section,
DC2-0853, New York 10017, USA
(facsimile 1-212-963-3489), e-mail: publications@un.org
Web page: https://unp.un.org/

or Sales Section, Palais des Nations,
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
(facsimile 41-22-917-0027), e-mail: unpubli@unog.ch