UN Peace and Security Pillar Staffing Levels by Category, Duty Station, and Gender

Monthly reported data on civilian staff members working in the United Nations Peace and Security Pillar. The dataset includes staffing levels, level groups, gender, and total staff by duty station, categorized into Professional, General Service, Field Service, and National Professional Officer roles. It is provided by the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gender representation trends across different staff categories and duty stations.
• Tracking monthly changes in staffing levels for international versus national personnel.
• Mapping the distribution of professional and general service staff across different duty stations.
• Studying the composition of the workforce based on the Organizational Design Inventory categories.

Strengths

• Data is reported on a monthly basis, enabling time-series analysis.
• Staff are categorized into specific, defined groups (e.g., Professional, Field Service, National Professional Officer).
• Includes gender breakdowns for staffing analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub

Collection Method

Reported administrative data, likely from internal human resources systems.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:43:47.523856; freshness should be verified.