Suspension Delay Methodology change Removal Resumption 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 United States 2017-10 · United States · suspension · Puerto Rico labor force and unemployment estimates (LAUS, seasonally adjusted); in parallel, U.S. Virgin Islan 2020-05 · United States · methodology change · Current Employment Statistics (CES) nonfarm payroll employment: establishment survey birth-death model (nation 2020-07 · United States · resumption · Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) labor force and unemployment estimates for Puerto Rico 2022-10 · United States · suspension · Puerto Rico labour force and unemployment estimates (LAUS), seasonally adjusted; the not seasonally adjusted S 2022-11 · United States · suspension · Employment Situation news release, Supplemental Data section (CPS COVID-19 pandemic measures: telework because 2023-03 · United States · delay · Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2022 estimates 2023-11 · United States · methodology change · Consumer Price Index, health insurance index (retained-earnings method) 2025-01 · United States · removal · Federal datasets and web pages taken offline (data.cdc.gov portal; YRBS gender columns and documentation) 2025-02 · United States · suspension · Consumer Price Index sub-national energy indexes (electricity, utility piped gas, energy services, fuels and u 2025-04 · United States · methodology change · Consumer Price Index: price collection sample 2025-08 · United States · methodology change · Consumer Price Index, wireless telephone services index 2025-08 · United States · suspension · Producer Price Index, selected detailed indexes (discontinued) 2025-10 · United States · delay · Consumer Price Index, reference month 2025-09 2025-10 · United States · suspension · State Employment and Unemployment (LAUS state unemployment rates and state CES payroll jobs), September 2025 d 2025-10 · United States · suspension · Producer Price Index (PPI), September 2025 data 2025-11 · United States · delay · Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), September 2025 2025-11 · United States · delay · Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses), annual 202 2025-12 · United States · delay · State Employment and Unemployment (LAUS state unemployment rates and state CES payroll jobs), November 2025 da 2025-12 · United States · delay · Producer Price Index (PPI), November 2025 data (October 2025 data published with it) 2025-12 · United States · delay · Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2024 data 2026-01 · United States · delay · Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers, Fourth Quarter 2025 (quarterly CPS earnings estimates) South Africa 2016-02 · South Africa · delay · Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Q4 2015 (unemployment and labour force) 2019-10 · South Africa · methodology change · Victims of crime statistics (P0341): Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) redesigned into the Governance, Public Saf 2020-04 · South Africa · delay · Gross domestic product: quarterly release (Q1 2020) and the benchmarked and rebased national accounts estimate 2021-04 · South Africa · delay · Population Census 2022 (originally Census 2021) 2021-11 · South Africa · suspension · Insolvencies of individuals and partnerships (insolvency component of P0043 Statistics of liquidations and ins 2022-02 · South Africa · delay · Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS, P0211), Q4 2021 2025-11 · South Africa · methodology change · Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS): informal/formal sector and informal employment estimates, labour underut 2026-07 · South Africa · resumption · Statistics of insolvencies (P0043.2), previously the insolvency part of Statistics of liquidations and insolve China 2015-01 · China · methodology change · Urban and rural per capita disposable income (integrated urban-rural household survey) 2018-11 · China · suspension · Guangdong provincial manufacturing PMI (compiled by the Guangdong Department of Industry and Information Techn 2023-08 · China · suspension · Urban surveyed unemployment rate by age group (16 to 24 youth rate) 2024-01 · China · resumption · Unemployment rate, ages 16 to 24 excluding students (new definition); 25 to 29 added 2026-03 · China · methodology change · Online retail sales, renamed online retail sales of goods and services (coverage expanded); physical-goods onl 2026-03 · China · methodology change · Infrastructure investment (fixed asset investment component) Greece 2017-08 · Greece · suspension · Quarterly National Accounts flash estimate of GDP (t+45) 2021-04 · Greece · delay · Labour Force Survey, monthly (employment and unemployment), January 2021 2021-12 · Greece · delay · Census of Merchant Ships and Crews (reference date 20 September 2020), biennial 2025-07 · Greece · delay · Labour Force Survey (monthly estimates), reference month 2025-06 (publication SJO02, 'Labour force (Monthly da 2026-04 · Greece · delay · External trade in goods (Commercial Transactions of Greece), February 2026 India 2015-01 · India · methodology change · National Accounts Statistics / GDP: new series, base year 2011-12 (replacing base 2004-05) 2017-05 · India · methodology change · All-India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) 2019-11 · India · delay · Household Consumer Expenditure Survey 2017-18 (all-India results) 2020-03 · India · delay · Census of India 2021 (decennial population census): Phase I Houselisting and Housing Census fieldwork, schedul 2025-05 · India · methodology change · Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): Quarterly Bulletin (CWS, urban only up to the quarter ending 2024-12) and Sri Lanka 2015-07 · Sri Lanka · methodology change · National Accounts / GDP estimates (base year changed from 2002 to 2010, SNA 2008 adopted) 2017-01 · Sri Lanka · methodology change · Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), rebased from 2006/07=100 to 2013=100 2020-06 · Sri Lanka · delay · National Accounts Estimates of Sri Lanka: quarterly GDP (production approach, constant 2010 prices), reference 2023-02 · Sri Lanka · methodology change · Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) and CCPI headline inflation Argentina 2016-01 · Argentina · suspension · CPI and other main indicators 2016-09 · Argentina · resumption · Incidencia de la pobreza y de la indigencia en 31 aglomerados urbanos (EPH poverty and indigence rates; semian 2017-10 · Argentina · resumption · Synthetic Indicator of Public Services (ISSP), monthly Brazil 2020-03 · Brazil · delay · 2020 Population Census (Censo Demográfico) 2021-04 · Brazil · delay · Population Census (Demographic Census, 2021 round; carried out as the 2022 Census) 2023-09 · Brazil · delay · 2022 Population Census: results by age and sex Russia 2022-04 · Russia · suspension · Foreign trade statistics (imports and exports by country and commodity) 2023-04 · Russia · suspension · Production of crude oil including gas condensate (oil-gas-water mix, dehydrated crude, unstable gas condensate 2024-08 · Russia · suspension · Monthly production of diesel fuel, straight-run gasoline, heating fuel oil (mazut), liquefied propane and buta Nigeria 2023-08 · Nigeria · methodology change · Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS): unemployment rate and related labour force indicators (first new-methodolo 2025-02 · Nigeria · methodology change · Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report: headline, food and core indices (rebased, 2024=100) Pakistan 2019-09 · Pakistan · methodology change · Consumer Price Index (CPI) monthly press release: headline National CPI on base 2015-16=100 (Urban CPI 35 citi 2025-11 · Pakistan · resumption · Labour Force Survey (LFS), annual report, 2024-25 round (previous round 2020-21) Bolivia 2023-07 · Bolivia · resumption · Reservas Internacionales Netas (RIN), net international reserves balance (weekly until 2023-02; four-monthly f Japan 2018-03 · Japan · methodology change · Family Income and Expenditure Survey (household spending): year-on-year changes and contributions, after the 2 Mexico 2017-08 · Mexico · methodology change · National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH), New Series (from the 2016 round) Poland 2021-06 · Poland · methodology change · Labour Force Survey (BAEL): employment, unemployment and economic activity (Statistical Bulletin tables 15-17) Venezuela 2016-03 · Venezuela · suspension · National CPI (INPC) and GDP Zimbabwe 2019-08 · Zimbabwe · suspension · Consumer Price Index: year-on-year (annual) inflation rate (the month-on-month rate continued)
Each dot is a dated change to an official statistic: suspended, delayed, redefined, removed or resumed. 68 events in 17 countries, 2015 to 2026, from the first release of the statistics tracker. Hover for details.