Statistical Terms Glossary

A measure of how closely aligned the timing of movements in activity are for two countries over their business cycles. The cross-correlation statistic for two economic time series can range from -1 to 1.
In general, the closer the cross-correlation is to value of 1 the more in phase and synchronised the business cycles will be. A value of -1 would indicate that the two series move perfectly in a counter-cyclical direction. A value near zero indicates that there is no statistical relationship between the series.

Swap of fixed rate flows in one currency to floating rate flows in another.

See Swaps, Cross-currency interest rate

The practice of using profits generated from one product or service to support another provided by the same operating entity.

Tables showing statistical data classified by two different items simultaneously.

Inland waterway transport conducted by an enterprise of one country between a place of loading/embarkation in a second country and a place of unloading/disembarkation in a third country.

International inland waterways transport (IWT) performed by an IWT vessel registered in a third country.

International road transport performed by a road motor vehicle registered in a third country.

International sea transport performed by a seagoing vessel registered in a third country.

Is defined as training workers for jobs other than those they are currently doing.

Occurs where government bonds are sufficiently good money substitutes so that bond issues reduce demand for money balances, leading to an expansionary impact via their effect on portfolio composition.

Any displacement of private economic activity by public economic activity.

Policies and practices that follow the general principles and obligations underlined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as well as standards of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in their interpretation of the CRPD.

It is the new births, the Crude Birth Rate refers to the number of these new births per 1,000 persons in a given year. (Not to be confused with growth rate).

Number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population.

It is the deaths among population in a given period, Crude death rate refers to the number of these deaths per 1,000 persons in a given year.

Number of deaths over a given period divided by the person years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as average annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.

The crude divorce rate is the annual number of divorces per 1,000 population.

The crude marriage rate is the annual number of marriages per 1,000 population.

A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in the liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities.

It is a mineral gas of natural origin consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons and other impurities such as sulfur. It is found in the liquid state under normal surface pressure and temperature and its physical properties (density, viscosity, etc.) are characterized by great change. This category includes condensed materials extracted from the associated and non-associated gas gases, as it is mixed with the commercial crude washing stream.

See: petroleum -crude

A short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.

A passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. It accommodates all passengers with cabins and provides facilities for entertainment aboard.
Note: Ships operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the service as a cruise. Cargo carrying vessels able to carry a very limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.

A passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included.

Any animal living in water and popularly called shellfish, e.g. crabs, lobsters, shrimps, etc.

The application of mathematical theory to develop techniques and algorithms that can be applied to data to ensure goals such as confidentiality, data integrity and/or authentication.

Approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate.

Carruthers, Sellwood, Ward, Dalén index. A geometric average of the Carli and the harmonic mean of price relatives index.