Standards and Classifications

Access the systems of standards, methodologies and classifications used for the collection, integration and publication of data.
Standards

Classifications

This section brings together the technical frameworks that ensure consistency, comparability and accuracy in the production of official statistics, ensuring that all entities use uniform criteria aligned with international best practices.
Natural Resources
Responsible entity:
European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization,
Classification unit:
Economics accounts
Purpose:

Standardize and provide accounting rules for incorporating natural resources and environmental issues into national accounting systems

Latest revision:
Natural Resources
2015
Responsible entity:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Categorize the types of fish being marketed. This classification can be linked to other classifications such as HS, SITC, ISSCAAP.

Latest revision:
Natural Resources
2000
Responsible entity:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Divide commercial aquatic species based on their taxonomic, ecological and economic characteristics.

Latest revision:
Natural Resources
2022
Responsible entity:
Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Categorize products relevant to energy statistics.

Latest revision:
Health
2002
Responsible entity:
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Provide guidance to medical examiners in classifying a person's manner of death.

Latest revision:
Health
2024
Responsible entity:
American Medical Association
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Catalogue the types of medical procedures and services performed by medical-hospital service providers.

Latest revision:
Health
2025
Responsible entity:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Classification unit:
Types of mental health disorders
Purpose:

Categorize the types of mental disorders so that health professionals and researchers can diagnose, study and treat different mental disorders.

Latest revision:
5
Health
2017
Responsible entity:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Classification unit:
Types of disabilities
Purpose:

To catalog the disabilities and functioning of an individual, for the purpose of processing and tabulating the statistical data published by the World Health Organization.

Latest revision:
Health
2016
Responsible entity:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Proveer a los países, proveedores de servicios de salud e investigadores con una herramienta estándar  para el análisis y publicación de informes estadísticos relacionados con la distribución y evolución de las intervenciones de salud.

Latest revision:
10
Health
2018
Responsible entity:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Clasificar los tipos de enfermedades y condiciones de la salud utilizados para procesar y tabular los datos estadísticos que la World Health Organization publica.

Latest revision:
11
Social
2013
Responsible entity:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Categorizar los tipos de incidentes criminales utilizados por el Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) para la tabulación y divulgación de sus datos sobre los delitos y arrestos.

Latest revision:
4
Social
2010
Responsible entity:
U.S. Department of Education
Classification unit:
Purpose:

Clasificar áreas temáticas de los programas y grados académicos conferidos en las universidades en los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico para apoyar el seguimiento, el avalúo y la publicación de datos sobre los grados académicos conferidos.

Latest revision:
4