The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides users - policymakers, research specialists, academics, officials from national Governments, representatives of international organizations, journalists, executive managers and members of non-governmental organizations - with access to internationally comparable sets of data, in addition to facilitating the work of the UNCTAD secretariat. The Handbook also presents a summary overview of the statistical time series available from UNCTADstat. 1. International merchandise trade -- 2. International trade in services -- 3. Economic trends -- 4. Population -- 5. Maritime transport -- Annex 1 Key indicators by economy -- Annex 2 Classifications -- Annex 3 Calculation methods -- Annex 4 References.