This presentation focuses on various aspects of statistical sciences, particularly its increasingly diverse and wide range of applications in the modern science and society. It explores the role of statistics in the evaluation of the state of affairs as well as assessing the available resources to formulate and implement collective strategies to enhance national and international development. The use of statistical methods in the decision making as well as forecasting and predicting national priorities are also covered. Furthermore, some important contributions of statistics in health, environment, industrial and manufacturing sector are highlighted. Statistical measures essential to compare regional and global socio-economic development/status are discussed. Some of the remarkable impacts that statistics has made to the modern world are touched.