2019 SDMX Survey Results SDMX Global Conference 2019
2019 SDMX Survey Results SDMX Global Conference 2019 1
The Survey o Purpose: to measure acceptance level, challenges and implementation plans of SDMX in official statistics. Also to capture some needs and priorities of the official statistics community o Population: National Statistics Agencies, Central Banks, International Organisations, Government Agencies o Taken between mid July and early September 2019 o Number of Respondents: between 110 and 175 in previous surveys, this time only 81 responses arrived SDMX Global Conference 2019 2
Respondents by organisation type 2017 National Statistical Office 52% Other 1% Central Bank 35% Governmen t Agency 2% Other 1% International Organisation 9% 2019 Central Bank 28% National Statistical Office 57% Government Agency 4% International Organisation 10% SDMX Global Conference 2019 3
Regional distribution of respondents Regional distribution Australasia 2% IO North America 2% 10% South America 4% Africa 11% Asia 17% Europe 53% SDMX Global Conference 2019 4
Usefulness perceptions of SDMX Usefulness of SDMX for your organisation? % 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1 2 3 2015 4 2017 5 2019 SDMX Global Conference 2019 5
Attitudes towards using SDMX % 90 Does your organisation plan to use SDMX in the next 12 months? 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Doesn't plan to use it Plan to use it 2013 2015 2017 Use it now 2019 SDMX Global Conference 2019 6
Implementation in various domains and SDMX variants supported Status SDMX variant Planned Pilot Production EDI ML 1. 0 ML 2. 1 JSON CSV VTL National Accounts 14 0 41 9 2 26 28 4 8 3 Bo. P 15 2 29 11 3 18 18 3 5 0 FDI 11 2 19 8 2 13 14 2 3 0 GFS 9 2 23 10 2 12 8 1 2 3 Eurostat Census 8 0 20 0 1 15 9 0 1 1 SDDS+ IMF 12 2 29 1 1 14 19 1 2 2 STES OECD 6 1 18 1 0 7 14 0 1 1 IMTS 7 2 10 1 0 4 7 0 1 0 SDGs 11 9 1 1 0 1 10 4 6 0 Education 11 1 3 1 0 2 3 1 3 0 Prices 16 4 15 3 2 9 10 2 5 1 SEEA 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 Labour 11 0 15 2 1 7 9 3 6 0 Other 4 1 17 4 2 8 11 2 6 0 SDMX Global Conference 2019 7
a da t et a m SDMX Global Conference 2019 er th O t an ag em en m ng ng po rti at io n/ re in di ss em re po rti n io le ct co l n le ct io co l n/ tio in a m di ss e a/ ld at rn a te In a ta et ad a M at D a at ad et M D Current implementation uses 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 8
Public SDMX service demands by purpose Public SDMX Service Use High Medium Low Validate data files 39 16 5 Present data via an SDMX webservice 37 23 8 Visualise data 34 18 11 Manage structural metadata 33 18 6 Transform/convert between SDMX formats 32 21 11 Store data 25 10 14 Connect analytical tools to SDMX web services 25 23 9 Transcode/remap between DSDs 23 22 8 Collect data 19 14 13 Other 4 2 1 SDMX Global Conference 2019 9
Benefits to implementation Rank Benefits Easing data collection burden from other organisations Easing reporting burden to international organisations 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score 3 4 1 6 2 5 1203 17 15 6 4 4 6 3339 Enhancing data dissemination to external users 18 12 12 7 2 1 3443 Enhancing data dissemination to internal users 2 4 8 3 4 5 1503 Having access to SDMX structures from other organisations 1 4 5 7 5 4 1474 Improving internal data organisation 12 5 3 4 3 5 1994 Improving metadata management 6 13 8 6 7 4 2702 Sharing know-how with other organisations 0 3 3 6 9 4 1349 Standardisation of statistical business processes 8 5 10 4 8 2 2270 Using SDMX IT tools 6 5 7 9 6 5 2238 SDMX Global Conference 2019 10
Challenges to implementation Rank Challenges Conflict with existing data transmission strategy Constraints due to Network Security Policy Getting subject-matter statisticians support/buy-in Getting top management support/buy-in Lack of financial resources Lack of human resources Lack of suitable database platform allowing SDMX implementation Lack of training resources No obvious benefits Waiting for a broader user community to be established Wish to use internationally standardised DSDs/MSD, but not available 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 698 150 6 9 7 16 5 4 6 1 6 9 6 3 2 1 2 0 7 5 4 0 1 4 1312 1021 1378 2609 5 5 4 4 13 4 4 6 4 2 7 1 1 1 2 0 882 1711 761 3 2 1 5 4 3 693 12 5 2 4 2 2 1454 SDMX Global Conference 2019 Score 11
Demand for Global DSDs by domain Rank Domains Agriculture Business statistics Culture Construction Energy Health Income and consumption Justice and crime Political and other community activities Population, housing and migration Public governance R&D Statistics Regional statistics Science, Innovation, Technology Social protection Taxes Time use Tourism Transport 1 0 10 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 13 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 6 0 4 2 4 0 2 3 3 7 1 5 4 2 0 1 2 4 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 Score 319 1274 35 221 235 322 927 60 0 14 1 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 5 3 3 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 6 41 1143 280 443 632 268 446 76 31 176 204 SDMX Global Conference 2019 12
Use of SDMX content oriented guidelines (COG) Currently use Plan to use SDMX Cross-domain Codelists 35 16 SDMX Cross-domain Concepts 32 17 SDMX Glossary 28 18 Guideline on SDMX Data Structure Definitions 27 13 Guideline on SDMX Versioning of artefacts 13 13 Guideline on Confidentiality and Embargo 13 14 Modelling Statistical Domains in SDMX 11 16 Guideline on Time Transformations 10 9 Guideline on Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX 10 21 Checklist for SDMX Design Projects 7 15 Guidelines for SDMX Concept Roles Guidelines for representing methodological changes in Data Structure Definitions 7 19 7 20 Guideline on Non-Calendar Year Reporting of Data 5 11 Clickable SDMX (easy navigation of the SDMX information model) 3 16 Other 0 1 SDMX Global Conference 2019 13
Need for translations Document Checklist for SDMX Design Projects Clickable SDMX Guideline on Confidentiality and Embargo Guideline on Non-Calendar Year Reporting of Data Guideline on SDMX Data Structure Definitions Guideline on SDMX Versioning of artefacts Guideline on Standardising Reference Metadata Reporting in SDMX Guidelines for representing methodological changes in Data Structure Definitions Guidelines for SDMX Concept Roles Modelling Statistical Domains in SDMX Cross-domain Codelists SDMX Cross-domain Concepts SDMX Glossary SDMX Technical format specifications SDMX Technical Notes VTL specification SDMX Global Conference 2019 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 Rank 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 191 1 0 4 11 5 11 0 1 2 1 1 5 3 8 7 2 2 2 0 1 2 4 2 8 3 3 2 2 0 4 5 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 5 139 124 589 865 643 994 409 275 386 4 0 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 Score 128 126 58 31 699 91 14
Conclusions of the 2019 SDMX Survey § The proportion of organisations using SDMX has risen continuously § More organisations perceive the usefulness of SDMX § Dissemination and reporting continue to be chief use cases § Internal data management is now perceived as an important benefit § Challenges to implementation are still mainly due to lack of resources § Human skills are the biggest challenge followed by budget and training § Lack of subject matter support and DSD/MSD harmonisation are also important challenges § High awareness and plans to use the Content-Oriented Guidelines § Great demand for more Global DSDs § Next most popular domains will be considered as part of the action plan SDMX Global Conference 2019 15
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