2011 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations ... - UNOPS

Executive Summary
Total procurement of goods and services for operational activities of the UN system
The overall procurement volume (goods and services combined) of United Nations organizations during <strong>2011</strong> decreased to
$14.3 billion, from $14.5 billion in 2010 – a reduction of 1.9 percent, this is the first recorded decrease in the annual reporting
of UN procurement volume since 2002 1 . The total procurement of goods decreased $10 million, a decrease of 0.1 percent,
while procurement of services dropped by $258 million, a decrease of 3.5 percent. Between 2007 and <strong>2011</strong>, United Nations
procurement volume increased from $10.1 billion to $14.3 billion, attributable to a $1.8 billion growth in the procurement of
goods and a $2.4 billion growth in the procurement of services for the same period.
Figure 1
Total procurement of goods and services, 2007-<strong>2011</strong>
($ Million)
Services
Goods
16,000
14,000
13,594 13,797 14,544 14,276
12,000
10,000
10,113
6,840 7,403
7,469 7,210
8,000
4,839
6,000
4,000
2,000
5,273
6,754 6,394
7,075 7,066
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 <strong>2011</strong>
From 2007 to <strong>2011</strong>, the procurement of services by the United Nations system rose as a share of total procurement, and in
2008 slightly overtook the procurement share goods. In <strong>2011</strong>, the share of services still exceeded that of goods albeit only by a
margin of 1 percent compared to 7.3 percent in 2009 and 2.7 percent in 2010.
60.0%
Figure 2
Proportion of goods and services procured, 2007-<strong>2011</strong>
Services
Goods
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
52.1%
47.9%
49.7%
50.3%
46.3%
53.7%
48.6%
51.4%
49.5%
50.5%
10.0%
0.0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 <strong>2011</strong>
1.
In 2002 the total UN procurement volume decreased to $4 5 billion from $4 6 billion in 2001, a decrease of 1 5 percent
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