36th National Statistics Month Celebration

On September 20, 1990, former President Corazon C. Aquino issued Presidential Proclamation No. 647, “Declaring the Month of October of Every Year as the National Statistics Month”. The proclamation aims to promote, enhance, and instill nationwide awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of statistics to the different sectors of society; and to elicit the cooperation and support of the general public in upgrading the quality and standards of statistics in the country. This year we are celebrating the 36th National Statistics Month (NSM).

The theme of this year’s NSM Celebration is “Accelerating the SDG Pace of Progress: Mobilizing Data for All.”  The SDG or Sustainable Development Goals are 17 goals aimed for the development of this country towards poverty eradication, environmental protection and promotion of well-being. They aimed to make this country and the whole world in general more sustainable to future generation. This theme highlights the importance of statistics as a tool in assessing the country’s progress in achieving the SDG targets by identifying the fast and the slow-moving targets. In this way, the crafting of programs and interventions for identified targets will be done. The Philippines, as a member of the United Nation (UN), adopted SDG framework with 97 targets and 158 indicators of the global action plan, “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. This action plan pledged that no one shall be left behind or “Walang Iwanan.” And as 2030 is fast approaching, everyone is encouraged to support the data collection activities of the government. These data will provide information to our policy makers and planners in order for them to do action plans in accelerating the SDG steps for progress.

In connection with this celebration, various activities will be conducted by government agencies or group of government agencies and the local government units (LGUs) for the whole month of October 2025.

Highlights of activities in the Region in this year’s observance of the 36^th NSM are the Opening Ceremony and Exhibit on October 6, 2025 in SM City Iloilo organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority VI (PSA VI); Radio Guesting organized by the Philippine Information Agency VI (PIA VI); E-Poster Making Contest for High School Students organized by UPV Statistical Society; ReelTistika: Real Numbers in Reel Lives organized by UPV Statistical Society; Photography Contest organized by University of San Agustin (USA); 18^th Statistical Analysis Contest, via Zoom, organized by the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office VI (CHEDRO VI); Tree Planting Activity organized by OPPDC Iloilo; Statistical Infomercial  Contest organized by the West Visayas State University (WVSU); Statistical Infographics Contest organized by the Philippine Statistical Association, Inc., Region VI Chapter (PSAI 6); Regional Statistics Quiz for Junior High School Students on October 16, 2025 at RDC Hall, DEPDev VI organized by Department of Economy, Planning, and Development VI  (DEPDev VI); RSC Logo Making Contest organized by Regional Statistics Committee VI (RSC VI);  World Statistics Day on October 20, 2025 organized by PSA VI; Inter-University Chess Competition on October 24, 2025 at Robinsons Place Pavia organized by DEPDev VI; 29^th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) Provincial Elimination and Regional Championship organized by PSA PSOs on October 24, 2025 and November 6, 2025 respectively; among others.

The closing and awarding ceremony for the contest winners will be on October 28, 2025.

The ceremony is organized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – Iloilo Branch (BSP Iloilo).

Finally, some of the activities will be done virtually. Some activities will be seen livestream and posted in the facebook page “National Statistics Month-Western Visayas”. The contest schedules, guidelines, entries and results are likewise posted in the same NSM Facebook page.

Everyone is enjoined to support the 36^th NSM Celebration. Mabuhay ang Statistics!