World Statistics Day

{{Short description|Statistical related celebration in October}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

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|frequency = Every five years

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World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics. Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission,{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/wsd/docs/PaulCheungOnWSD.pdf | access-date=2023-09-23| title=World Statistics Day|publisher=United Nations}} it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010. The day is celebrated every five years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/statistics-day|title=World Statistics Day|website=www.un.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-13}}

{{As of|2010}}, 103 countries celebrate a national Statistics Day, including 51 African countries that jointly celebrate African Statistics Day annually on 18 November.{{Cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/statistics_day/Statistics_Day.htm|title = United Nations Statistics Division}} India celebrates its statistics day on 29 June, the birthday of the statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180211|title = "Statistics Day" will be celebrated on 29th June, 2018}} The Royal Statistical Society in the UK also launched its getstats statistical literacy campaign on the same day at 20:10 (on 20 October 2010).{{cite web |url=http://www.getstats.org.uk/ |title=Home |website=getstats.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://statistics.unwto.org/content/world-statistics-day-0|title=World Statistics Day {{!}} Statistics|website=statistics.unwto.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-13}}