Covid-19 statistical resources

Covid-19 statistical resources

(last update: July 2023)

This page collects the various statistical initiatives developed in response to the global Covid-19 outbreak and shares experiences, especially about the production, dissemination and use of official statistics. It includes various links to Covid-19 related statistical initiatives of interest to IFC members as well as information derived from IFC networks.

Covid-19 related webpages and documentation:

International Institutions
ADB (Asian Development Bank)	ADB COVID-19 Policy Database Green, Sustainability, and Social Bonds for COVID-19 Recovery: A Thematic Bonds Primer Potential economic impact of Covid-19-related school closure Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia How Asia's Small Businesses Survived a Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Evidence COVID-19 and the Future of Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Informal Services in Asian Cities: Lessons for Urban Planning and Management from the COVID-19 Pandemic
BIS (Bank for International Settlements)	Post-pandemic landscape for central bank statistics Coronavirus (Covid-19) page US dollar funding markets during the Covid-19 crisis - the international dimension Dollar funding costs during the Covid-19 crisis through the lens of the FX swap market Investors' risk attitudes in the pandemic and the stock market: new evidence based on internet searches Identifying regions at risk with Google Trends: the impact of Covid-19 on US labour markets Implications of Covid-19 for official statistics: a central banking perspective Bonds and syndicated loans during the Covid-19 crisis: decoupled again? A global database on central banks' monetary responses to Covid-19 Covid-19 policy measures to support bank lending Housing market risks in the wake of the pandemic BCBS Newsletter on Covid-19 related credit risk issues
CCSA (Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities)	How Covid-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective Volume I Volume II Volume III Special Issue of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS (vol 38, 3 (2022) - section "The involvement of the international statistical organisations in measuring the impact of COVID-19")
FSB (Financial Stability Board)	Holistic Review of the March Market Turmoil
IAOS (International Association of Official Statistics)	Official Statistics in the context of the Covid-19 crises
IEA (International Energy Agency)	Exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on global energy markets, energy resilience, and climate change
ILO - Statistics	Covid-19 and the world of work Covid-19 impact on the collection of labour market statistics
IMF (International Monetary Fund)	Special Series on Covid-19 - Statistical Issues Ensuring Continuity in the Production of External Sector Statistics During the COVID-19 Lockdown CPI Weights and COVID-19 Household Expenditure Patterns Benchmarking and Rebasing National Accounts COVID-19: How to Record Government Policy Interventions in Fiscal Statistics The Value of Real-Time Data in the COVID Crisis – IMF F&D Has COVID-19 Induced Labor Market Mismatch? Evidence from the US and the UK
ISI (International Statistical Institute)	Covid-19 Resources
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)	Emerging stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic Issue Note 1. The OECD Weekly Tracker of activity based on Google Trends The COVID-19 crisis and banking system resilience Exploitative pricing in the time of COVID
Statistical, Economic and Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)	International Tourism in the OIC Countries 2022: Prospects and Challenges amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Socio-Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in OIC Countries
United Nations (UNSD)	Monitoring the state of statistical operations under the COVID-19 Pandemic Statistics · Covid-19 response Statistics · UN Covid-19 Data Hub Innovation to address data demands for statistical analysis in times of crisis
UN - UNECE (Europe)	Compilation of CPI in times of COVID-19 Adapting household surveys to the situation of the pandemic (Working Paper Series on Statistics, Issue 6) Measuring migration and remittances in UNECE countries during the pandemic (Working Paper Series on Statistics, Issue 7)
UN / ECA (Africa)	Quick assessment of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Africa NSO operations
UN-ECLAC (Latin America & the Caribbean)	COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Carribean
UN-ESCAP (Asia and the Pacific)	Surveys under Lockdown; a pandemic lesson
UN-ISWGNA (UN Inter Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts)	National Accounts Statistics Continuity Compilation of National Accounts in times of COVID-19
UN-WTO Statistics Department (World Tourism Organization)	Conceptual guidance on tourism statistics in the COVID-19 context COVID-19 and world trade
World Bank	The impact of COVID-19 on National Statistical Offices and the Future of Official Statistics COVID-19 Household Monitoring Dashboard COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey Dashboard What Has Been the Impact of COVID-19 on Debt?
Central banks and NSOs
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Measuring the impacts of Covid-19 Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey Classifying COVID-19 policy interventions in macroeconomic statistics
Bank of Canada	Using Payments Data to Nowcast Macroeconomic Variables During the Onset of COVID-19
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada	Summary of findings COVID-19 surveys: Financial impact of the pandemic on Canadians
Statistics Canada	The resilience and strength of the new housing market during the pandemic
Czech National Bank	High-frequency indicators of economic activity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Central Bank of Chile	The pandemic shock and the economic response: Evidence from Chilean firms - Box II.2 (see page 27)
Deutsche Bundesbank	New indicator provides timely picture of macroeconomic situation
Germany NSO (Destatis.de)	Effects of the corona pandemic on the economy and business activity in Germany - Statistics related to COVID-19
European Central Bank (ECB) ECB (SSM) / Banking Supervision	Publications on Coronavirus Understanding the impact of COVID-19 supply disruptions on exporters in global value chains ECB communication to reporting agents on the collection of statistical information in the context of Covid-19 Assessing short-term economic developments in times of COVID-19 Supervisory reporting measures in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic IFRS 9 in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Eurostat / European Commission	Final report on the European instrument for Temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 National Fiscal Frameworks during COVID-19: Weathering the Storm, Challenges Ahead The Sectoral Nature of the COVID-19 Shock: A Novel Approach to Quantifying its Economic Impact Economic Adjustment in the Euro Area and the United States during the COVID-19 Crisis Covid-19 and European statistics Covid-19: support for statisticians > Guidelines and methodological notes Comparing the Macroeconomic Policy Measures across the G20. The Crisis Response is a Long-Term Marathon Making Sense of Post COVID-19 Labour Market Developments in the EU Potential Liquidity Stress in Sweden during the Pandemic
Bank of France	The impact of lockdowns on international trade The differentiated impact of the crisis on companies' financial situation Tracking the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic: the contribution of high-frequency indicators (PDF) Measuring international travel during the Covid-19 pandemic How firms are adapting to the lockdown: insights from text mining How are the costs of adapting to Covid reflected in prices?
France NSO (INSEE)	How INSEE intends to carry out its missions in the coming weeks "High-frequency" data are especially useful for economic forecasting in periods of devastating crisis
Central Bank of Ireland	Shining a light on sectoral spending behaviours through the most recent phases of the pandemic Has demand for new loans changed during the COVID-19 crisis? Irish company births and insolvent liquidations during the COVID-19 shock Behind the Data > How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Daily Spending Patterns? Covid-19 and the global labour market: Impact on job postings
Bank of Italy	Bank of Italy - Research and Analysis Tracking economic growth during the Covid-19: a weekly indicator for Italy Saving economic data from Covid-19
Bank of Japan	Impact of Covid-19 on private consumption, using high-frequency data An assessment of online consumption trends in Japan during the Covid-19 pandemic
Japan NSO (Statistics Bureau of Japan)	Implementation of Regular Surveys Taking into Consideration Countermeasures against the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Central Bank of Kenya	How has COVID-19 impacted micro firms?
Bank of Portugal	Follow the impact of Covid-19 on the Portuguese economy > Impact on companies and general government statistics
National Bank of Romania	A technical toolkit to monitor a pandemic outbreak from a central bank perspective
Bank of Russia	Data of Sectoral Financial Flows as a High-Frequency Indicator of Economic Activity Productivity and lending in the pandemic period Market exits during pandemic Assessing the consequences of the pandemic for the Russian economy through an Input-Output model
South African Reserve Bank (SARB)	The impact of COVID-19 on economic statistics Did the national lockdown distort the composite leading business cycle indicator Methodological changes to the compilation of the consumer price index
Bank of Spain	Can news help measure economic sentiment? An application in Covid-19 times The impact in Spain of the covid-19 crisis on the financial position of non-financial corporations in 2020: CBSO-based evidence
Swiss National Bank	COVID-19, financial markets and digital transformation
Bank of England	The impact of Covid on machine learning and data science in UK banking Predicting Covid-19's impact on GDP: how can high-frequency data help us?
UK Office for National Statistics	Coronavirus: how people and businesses have adapted to lockdowns Top tips for quality assuring urgent pieces of ad-hoc statistical analysis Voluntary Application: Demonstrating the value of the COVID-19 Dashboard through the Code of Practice for Statistics
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest After COVID-19 Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest: Past, Present, and Future Policy Actions in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic What's Next for Forborne Borrowers? - Liberty Street Economics Weekly Economic Index (WEI) - State of the US economy based on data available at a daily or weekly frequency. Economic Inequality and COVID-19 Series 6: The Labor Market in COVID-19 Series 5: The Racial and Income Gap in COVID-19 Series 4: COVID-19 and Credit Market Outcomes
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago	Tracking U.S. Consumers in Real Time with a New Weekly Index of Retail Trade
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis	COVID-19 Research Resources
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)	BLS Covid-19 Questions and Answers The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection
U.S. Census Bureau	Household Pulse Survey Data Tables
Others
Apple Mobility Trends	Provision of Covid-19 mobility trends reports discontinued since April 2022.
BROOKINGS (The Hamilton Project)	11 Facts on the Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Central Banking	Covid-19 policy-making and the need for high-speed data
European University Institute (EUI)	Socio-economic Data on COVID-19
Google Trends	Coronavirus Search Trends
IIF Institute of International Finance	COVID-19 Regulatory measures
International Banking Library hosted by Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)	Covid-19 Data
Mc Kinsey	The coronavirus effect on global economic sentiment
NBER	Central Bank Swap Arrangements in the COVID-19 Crisis

Covid-19 statistical resources

Covid-19 related webpages and documentation:

International Institutions

Central banks and NSOs

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