Project Lead
UN CountrySTATS
UN CountryStats is a data visualization app published in 2011 that can compare key economic, social, and population indicators for 229 countries. By adapting the data of the World Statistics Pocketbook, the app visualizes and compares indicators across countries.
Indicators are drawn from the United Nations’ authoritative data set which can be viewed as bar graphs or as complete country profiles.
In my role as the project lead, I coordinated the work between all stakeholders, with a specific focus on the interface design and user experience in collaboration with the developers.
Our team worked together with data and app development experts to refine the functional scope, conceive the wireframes, and ensured that the proper technological infrastructure was available. The app development was outsourced to a specialized firm.
UN CountryStats became a flagship UN mobile app that established a standard for high-quality app publishing at the UN, thanks to a cross-functional team among the Outreach Division of DPI (now DGC) and the Statistics Division of DESA.