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Data science team from Ghana wins UN Datathon 2023

Data Science Team from Ghana got 1st Place overall and also the prizes for Best Youth Team, Best Visualization and Best Team from Sub-Saharan Africa., 22 January 2024 11:00 ,  , Competing against over 400 teams from all over the world, the GSS team got 1, st, Place overall and also the prize for Best Youth Team, Best Visualization and Best Team from Sub-Saharan Africa. The challenges at the Datathon was to create “an innovative data solution which tackles local sustainable development challenges”. The solution should accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals using open source data sets and have a geospatial element., The Data Science Team produced an interactive tool which provide decision-makers with information about school enrollment, access to electricity and access to information on a local level based on night light data sources and data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The Data Science Team of the GSS was formed in 2022 to strengthen the use of Data Science and ICT at the Ghana Statistical Services. During 2022 and 2023, Statistics Denmark has worked closely with the team building skills in R and showcasing how administrative data can be turned into official statistics., Together with Statistics Denmark the Data Science Team created the , Statsbank Ghana,  , forming the base of the Population and Housing Census Atlas., We have made a small video presenting the Data Science Team and it’s work. , Video on the Data Science Team - 3:30 minutes,  , Read more about the Datathon and the winners on the official UN Datathon website here., The Datathon was supported by the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics. , You can find the UN-homepage with datathon essentials here.

https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2024/22-01-2024-data-science-team-from-ghana-wins-un-datathon-2023

Statistics Denmark signs new project with Vietnam

Today the Director General at Statistics Denmark, Birgitte Anker, joined a project signing ceremony marking a long-term collaboration between Statistics Denmark, the Danish Embassy of Vietnam and the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. , 26 November 2021 13:30 ,  , The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs finances the project titled “Support to Vietnam’s ongoing efforts to improve the quality of official statistics”. It will play an important role in the process towards informed decision-making in Vietnam and support at least four areas:, Modernizing the data collection methods for population and migration statistics , Developing education statistics with the ambition that specific education sectors will have an informed platform, on which to base daily operations and future developments, Introducing Big Data as a new data source in Vietnam , Developing environmental-economic accounts to report on the environmental-related SDGs  , At the ceremony, Birgitte Anker among others said: “We continue to be impressed by the remarkable work from our Vietnamese counterparts. We hope that the cooperation will create more knowledge on the Vietnamese society for evidence-based decision-making and support international agendas like the SDGs“. , Apart from Birgitte Anker, the signing ceremony was represented by the Director General at the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, and the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, Kim Højlund Christensen. , We look forward to continue the fruitful collaboration!

https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2021/26-11-2021-Statistics-Denmark-signs-new-project-with-Vietnam

Data Fair in Ghana

Statistics Denmark has participated in the ‘Data Fair’ in Accra, Ghana. Here parliamentarians met with Ghana Statistical Service to discuss the crucial role of data and statistics for decision-making. , 31 May 2021 13:00 ,  , We have been to Ghana - at least on video. The event took place from May 26-28, th, with our engagement as part of the Strategic Sector Cooperation, funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the ‘Data Fair’, parliamentarians met with Ghana Statistical Service to discuss the crucial role of data and statistics for decision-making.,  , Director for Social Statistics, Niels Ploug is speaking on line from Copenhagen, Denmark. , Photo: Harrison Ofori,  , As part of the ‘Data Fair’ Director for Social Statistics, , Niels Ploug, , spoke about the relevance of using administrative data for the production of statistics in a video shot at Statistics Denmark. Our colleagues at the Embassy of Denmark, Ghana, were attending the event. , An inventory of administrative data for the production of statistics is based on a digitalisation of administrative procedures. This requires political decisions to modernise the administration of sectors like population registration and give the statistical agency unlimited access to data. And positively, in the key notes of the Ghana Speaker of Parliaments, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, announced that “if we have data, let us go with data”.  , Denmark has produced population statistics based on administrative data since the 1970’s and therefore our experts at Statistics Denmark are pleased to assist Ghana, through the Strategic Sector Collaboration, in their development of statistics based on administrative data. The process of digitalising the registration of birth and death and establishing the Ghana Card is essential and a good place to start. A bold vision would be for the upcoming 2021 Population and Housing Census to be replaced by administrative data for 2031 Census.,  

https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2021/28-05-2021-Data-fair-in-Ghana

A population and Housing Census in the making

Ghana is conducting a digitalized survey based Housing and Population Census for the first time and is also the first country to do so in West Africa., 7 September 2021 12:00 ,  , A cooperation between Statistics Denmark and Ghana Statistical Service aims at strengthening official statistics in Ghana. Therefore, Statistics Denmark follows the Housing and Population Census going on this year in the country., It is the first time ever that Ghana conducts a digitalized survey based Housing and Population Census and the first country to do so in West Africa.,  , A total of 75.000 enumerators have now completed the data collection for the census and the immense work around data cleaning, processing, analysis and publication has begun. , The next ambition is to strengthen the use of administrative data in the country. This will make it, less expensive and labour intensive to conduct the next decennial census and ensure access to timely and accurate statistics for politicians and civilians alike., Statistics Denmark is supporting this process and Ghana’s journey towards a modernized statistical infrastructure. Have a look at our newly produced video about the cooperation supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: , https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/projects/ghana-morocco-and-vietnam-2019-2022, Read Danish? , Then have a glance at the newly published paper about the Strategic Sector Cooperation in GlobalNyt: , https://globalnyt.dk/content/ghanas-hemmelige-vaaben-i-kampen-verdensmaalene-data, Want to know more? , Watch the video below about the Strategic Sector Cooperation in Ghana between Statistics Denmark and Ghana Statistical Service

https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2021/07-09-2021-A-Population-and-Housing-Census-in-the-making

Statistics on income and living conditions (SILC)

What share of the population is economically vulnerable? How is overall life satisfaction? The survey on Living Conditions is conducted annually in all EU countries.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/levevilkaar/levevilkaarsundersoegelsen-silc

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Social services for senior citizens

How many citizens receive home care? And how long are the waiting times for nursing homes and assisted living facilities?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/social-stoette/sociale-ydelser-til-aeldre

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Imports and exports in detail

Gain an overview of Denmark’s international trade based on a detailed breakdown on commodity groups, service groups and partner countries.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/betalingsbalance-og-udenrigshandel/detaljeret-import-og-eksport

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Enterprise finance and accounts

How big is the value added for Danish enterprises? See the development in value added and solvency ratio by industry.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/erhvervsliv/erhvervslivets-oekonomi/virksomheders-oekonomi-og-regnskaber

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Standard multipliers

The multiplier experiments are carried out by changing one or a few of the exogenous variables. Then the model is simulated to calculate the effect on the endogenous variables. There is no provision for possible ties between the exogenous variables. This means that one has to be careful when interpreting the experiments as real world economic events are rarely confined to changes in one exogenous variable., All experiments expand economic activity. In some experiments the effect is temporary and in others the effect is permanent. In general, a demand shock in ADAM like an additional public purchase of goods, affects production and employment in the short run. However, in the long run a demand shock has no effect on employment. In contrast, a supply shock such as an increase in the labor force has a permanent effect on employment. This is in line with most models of a small open economy with a fixed exchange rate and a Phillips curve., There is no monetary reaction function and there is no fiscal reaction function in ADAM, which should be taken into consideration when comparing to models for other countries. Also the specific laws and rules modelled in ADAM (e.g. regulatory mechanisms in taxes and transfers) affect the comparison with other countries., ADAM multipliers - October 2015 (preliminary version), Starting with the October 2015 version, the labour supply multiplier is also calculated with increased export price elasticity in the model., The calculations are made with the model version October 2015 using the baseline lang15., ADAM multipliers - October 2014, The calculations are made with the model version October 2014 using the baseline lang14., ADAM multipliers - June 2014, From the June 2014 version and onwards, all shocks to economic policy instruments have been scaled to represent 0.1 per cent of GDP at constant prices. For multipliers on earlier model versions, the policy shock represented 1000 mill. Dkr. at constant prices., The calculations are made with the model version June 2014 using the baseline lang14., ADAM multipliers - July 2013, The calculations are made with the model version July 2013 using the baseline lang13., ADAM multipliers - October 2012, The calculations are made with the model version October 2012 using the baseline lang13., ADAM multipliers - December 2009, From the December 2009 version and onwards, two multipliers (the public purchase multiplier and the labour supply multiplier) have also been calculated under a budget constraint to illustrate the consequences of a fiscal rule., The calculations are made with the model version December 2009 using the baseline lang11.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/ADAM/Multiplikatorer/multiplikatorer

Religion

How many members do various religious communities have?, Note: Below, we provide links to data from Statistics Denmark and to others who make statistics on the subject. In some instances, the sources referred to below have content in Danish only or limited content in English., At Statistics Denmark, you will find statistics on membership of the national church, number of new and resigned members as well as religious ceremonies such as baptisms, funerals, confirmations and marriages from 2006/2007 onward on the subject page , National Church, and in , Statbank Denmark, ., In two books produced by the Folkekirkens Uddannelses- og Videnscenter, a contemporary picture of Danes' , religiosity and relationship with the national church in 2020, (in Danish)., The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs has , overview tables,  (in Danish) concerning religious ceremonies in the Danish national church as well as an overview of the finances of the church. , Centre for Contemporary Religion at Aarhus University is responsible for the search base ", Godkendte trossamfund i Danmark, “ (in Danish), where you can find figures and information on recognised religious communities in Denmark today - for example, statistics on memberships. CSR also publishes the yearbook ", Religion i Danmark, “ (in Danish)., The Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad has a portal , Religion.dk, (in Danish) where you can search for information on Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and other religions in Denmark and the rest of the world. Their page , Kan man tælle religion, offers e.g. data on the world’s ten most widespread religions as well as an estimate of the number of Muslims in Denmark., In a book on facts and the demography of religion in the 21st century called "Tørre tal om troen. Religionsdemografi i det 21. århundrede" from 2007, religion researchers have estimated numbers for various religions in Denmark. The book (in Danish) is available at , bibliotek.dk, ., Internationally, The consulting and market research agency Ipsos has made a study of views on religion. See , the newsletter, published in connection with the study, from where you can download more detailed tables of data on the 26 countries included the study., The , UN's Demographic Statistics Database, has a table of data on religious affiliations of the population of 112 of the world’s countries.,  , [This page was last reviewed in October 2023]

https://www.dst.dk/en/informationsservice/oss/religion