diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6bd91b2e52..204b93c325 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ POFILES=locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/loris.po \
 	modules/mri_violations/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mri_violations.po \
 	modules/statistics/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po \
 	modules/statistics/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po \
+	modules/statistics/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po \
 	modules/server_processes_manager/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/server_processes_manager.po \
 	modules/server_processes_manager/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/server_processes_manager.po \
 	modules/module_manager/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/module_manager.po \
diff --git a/modules/statistics/css/WidgetIndex.css b/modules/statistics/css/WidgetIndex.css
index eb3179bc69..5d61ae8d23 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/css/WidgetIndex.css
+++ b/modules/statistics/css/WidgetIndex.css
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
   width: 100%;
 }
 
+.statistics-empty-state {
+  margin: 20px;
+  padding: 32px;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 1.8rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: #555;
+}
+
 .c3-chart-line.c3-target.c3-target-Total{
     display: none !important;
 }
@@ -206,4 +215,4 @@
   .filter-grid {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/statistics/jsx/WidgetIndex.js b/modules/statistics/jsx/WidgetIndex.js
index 62184b37f6..bb0d4b41b9 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/jsx/WidgetIndex.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/jsx/WidgetIndex.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import StudyProgression from './widgets/studyprogression';
 import {fetchData} from './Fetch';
 import Modal from 'Modal';
 import Loader from 'Loader';
+import Panel from 'Panel';
 
 import {useTranslation} from 'react-i18next';
 
@@ -15,6 +16,33 @@ import {setupCharts, unloadCharts} from './widgets/helpers/chartBuilder';
 import jaStrings from '../locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 import frStrings from '../locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 import zhStrings from '../locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
+import hiStrings from '../locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the total number of participants reported by the widget endpoint.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data - Widget endpoint data
+ * @return {number|null} The total participant count, or null before data loads.
+ */
+const getTotalParticipants = (data) => {
+  if (!data || !data.recruitment || !data.recruitment.overall) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return Number(data.recruitment.overall.total_recruitment);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Empty panel content shown when the study has no collected data yet.
+ *
+ * @param {Function} t - Translation helper
+ * @return {JSX.Element}
+ */
+const emptyState = (t) => (
+  <div className='statistics-empty-state' role='status'>
+    {t('No data collected yet', {ns: 'statistics'})}
+  </div>
+);
 
 /**
  * WidgetIndex - the main window.
@@ -25,12 +53,17 @@ import zhStrings from '../locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 const WidgetIndex = (props) => {
   const [recruitmentData, setRecruitmentData] = useState({});
   const [studyProgressionData, setStudyProgressionData] = useState({});
+  const [widgetsLoaded, setWidgetsLoaded] = useState(false);
   const [modalChart, setModalChart] = useState(null);
   const {t, i18n} = useTranslation();
+  const totalParticipants = getTotalParticipants(recruitmentData);
+  const hasNoCollectedData = widgetsLoaded && totalParticipants === 0;
+
   useEffect( () => {
     i18n.addResourceBundle('ja', 'statistics', jaStrings);
     i18n.addResourceBundle('fr', 'statistics', frStrings);
     i18n.addResourceBundle('zh', 'statistics', zhStrings);
+    i18n.addResourceBundle('hi', 'statistics', hiStrings);
   }, []);
 
   // used by recruitment.js and studyprogression.js to display each chart.
@@ -261,6 +294,7 @@ const WidgetIndex = (props) => {
         );
         setRecruitmentData(data);
         setStudyProgressionData(data);
+        setWidgetsLoaded(true);
       };
       setup().catch(
         (error) => {
@@ -344,18 +378,46 @@ const WidgetIndex = (props) => {
             </a>
         }
       </Modal>
-      <Recruitment
-        data ={recruitmentData}
-        baseURL ={props.baseURL}
-        showChart ={showChart}
-        updateFilters ={updateFilters}
-      />
-      <StudyProgression
-        data ={studyProgressionData}
-        baseURL ={props.baseURL}
-        showChart ={showChart}
-        updateFilters ={updateFilters}
-      />
+      {hasNoCollectedData ? (
+        <>
+          <Panel
+            title={
+              t('Recruitment', {ns: 'statistics'})
+              + ' — '
+              + t('Overall', {ns: 'statistics'})
+              + ' | '
+              + t(
+                'Total Participants: {{count}}',
+                {ns: 'statistics', count: totalParticipants}
+              )
+            }
+            id='statistics_recruitment'
+          >
+            {emptyState(t)}
+          </Panel>
+          <Panel
+            title={t('Study Progression', {ns: 'statistics'})}
+            id='statistics_studyprogression'
+          >
+            {emptyState(t)}
+          </Panel>
+        </>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <Recruitment
+            data ={recruitmentData}
+            baseURL ={props.baseURL}
+            showChart ={showChart}
+            updateFilters ={updateFilters}
+          />
+          <StudyProgression
+            data ={studyProgressionData}
+            baseURL ={props.baseURL}
+            showChart ={showChart}
+            updateFilters ={updateFilters}
+          />
+        </>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/recruitment.js b/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/recruitment.js
index 5fd2f3455e..8e545de31a 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/recruitment.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/recruitment.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {useTranslation} from 'react-i18next';
 import {setupCharts} from './helpers/chartBuilder';
 import jaStrings from '../../locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 import frStrings from '../../locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
+import hiStrings from '../../locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 
 /**
  * Recruitment - a widget containing statistics for recruitment data.
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ const Recruitment = (props) => {
   useEffect( () => {
     i18n.addResourceBundle('ja', 'statistics', jaStrings);
     i18n.addResourceBundle('fr', 'statistics', frStrings);
+    i18n.addResourceBundle('hi', 'statistics', hiStrings);
 
     // Re-set default state that depended on the translation
     let newdetails = {...chartDetails};
diff --git a/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/studyprogression.js b/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/studyprogression.js
index d7bcf75e83..97619eeace 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/studyprogression.js
+++ b/modules/statistics/jsx/widgets/studyprogression.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {setupCharts} from './helpers/chartBuilder';
 import {useTranslation} from 'react-i18next';
 import jaStrings from '../../locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 import frStrings from '../../locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
+import hiStrings from '../../locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.json';
 
 /**
  * StudyProgression - a widget containing statistics for study data.
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const StudyProgression = (props) => {
   useEffect( () => {
     i18n.addResourceBundle('ja', 'statistics', jaStrings);
     i18n.addResourceBundle('fr', 'statistics', frStrings);
+    i18n.addResourceBundle('hi', 'statistics', hiStrings);
 
     // Re-set default state that depended on the translation
     let newdetails = {...chartDetails};
diff --git a/modules/statistics/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po b/modules/statistics/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
index 95a2bd54f9..ef8ae974de 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
+++ b/modules/statistics/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ msgstr "Répartition par cohorte"
 msgid "Total Participants: {{count}}"
 msgstr "Nombre total de participants : {{count}}"
 
+msgid "No data collected yet"
+msgstr "Aucune donnée collectée pour le moment"
+
 msgid "Projects: {{count}}"
 msgstr "Projets : {{count}}"
 
diff --git a/modules/statistics/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po b/modules/statistics/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d54b59fa91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/statistics/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Default LORIS strings to be translated (English).
+# Copyright (C) 2025
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the LORIS package.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: LORIS 27\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/aces/Loris/issues\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-04-08 14:37-0400\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: hi\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+msgid "Statistics"
+msgstr "आंकड़े"
+
+msgid "Study Progression"
+msgstr "अध्ययन प्रगति"
+
+msgid "Summary"
+msgstr "सारांश"
+
+msgid "Site Scans"
+msgstr "साइट स्कैन"
+
+msgid "Site Recruitment"
+msgstr "साइट भर्ती"
+
+msgid "-- Clear Selection --"
+msgstr "-- चयन साफ़ करें --"
+
+msgid "Scan sessions per site"
+msgstr "प्रति साइट स्कैन सत्र"
+
+msgid "Recruitment per site"
+msgstr "प्रति साइट भर्ती"
+
+msgid "Download as PNG"
+msgstr "PNG के रूप में डाउनलोड करें"
+
+msgid "Labels"
+msgstr "लेबल"
+
+msgid "Date Registered"
+msgstr "पंजीकरण तिथि"
+
+msgid "Range Start"
+msgstr "श्रेणी आरंभ"
+
+msgid "Range End"
+msgstr "श्रेणी समाप्ति"
+
+msgid "Total recruitment by Age"
+msgstr "आयु के अनुसार कुल भर्ती"
+
+msgid "Ethnicity at Screening"
+msgstr "स्क्रीनिंग के समय जातीयता"
+
+msgid "Total Recruitment per Site"
+msgstr "प्रति साइट कुल भर्ती"
+
+msgid "Biological sex breakdown by site"
+msgstr "साइट के अनुसार जैविक लिंग विवरण"
+
+msgid "Candidate Age at Registration"
+msgstr "पंजीकरण के समय उम्मीदवार की आयु"
+
+msgid "Candidates registered"
+msgstr "पंजीकृत उम्मीदवार"
+
+msgid "Target: {{target}}"
+msgstr "लक्ष्य: {{target}}"
+
+msgid "Recruitment target of {{target}} was reached."
+msgstr "{{target}} का भर्ती लक्ष्य प्राप्त हो गया।"
+
+msgid "Recruitment target of {{target}} was not reached."
+msgstr "{{target}} का भर्ती लक्ष्य प्राप्त नहीं हुआ।"
+
+msgid "No target set"
+msgstr "कोई लक्ष्य निर्धारित नहीं"
+
+msgid "{{total}} total participants."
+msgstr "कुल {{total}} प्रतिभागी।"
+
+msgid "Overall Recruitment"
+msgstr "समग्र भर्ती"
+
+msgid "Recruitment"
+msgstr "भर्ती"
+
+msgid "Overall"
+msgstr "समग्र"
+
+msgid "Site Breakdown"
+msgstr "साइट विवरण"
+
+msgid "Project Breakdown"
+msgstr "परियोजना विवरण"
+
+msgid "Cohort Breakdown"
+msgstr "कोहोर्ट विवरण"
+
+msgid "Total Participants: {{count}}"
+msgstr "कुल प्रतिभागी: {{count}}"
+
+msgid "No data collected yet"
+msgstr "अभी तक कोई डेटा एकत्र नहीं किया गया"
+
+msgid "Projects: {{count}}"
+msgstr "परियोजनाएं: {{count}}"
+
+msgid "Cohorts: {{count}}"
+msgstr "कोहोर्ट: {{count}}"
+
+msgid "Age (Years)"
+msgstr "आयु (वर्ष)"
+
+msgid "Participants"
+msgstr "प्रतिभागी"
+
+msgid "Unknown"
+msgstr "अज्ञात"
+
+msgid "Pie"
+msgstr "पाई"
+
+msgid "Bar"
+msgstr "बार"
diff --git a/modules/statistics/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po b/modules/statistics/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
index 27f16d3005..bc4e9df655 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
+++ b/modules/statistics/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ msgstr "コホートの内訳"
 msgid "Total Participants: {{count}}"
 msgstr "参加者総数: {{count}}"
 
+msgid "No data collected yet"
+msgstr "まだデータが収集されていません"
+
 msgid "Projects: {{count}}"
 msgstr "プロジェクト: {{count}}"
 
diff --git a/modules/statistics/locale/statistics.pot b/modules/statistics/locale/statistics.pot
index 8c0663063b..6305be48a9 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/locale/statistics.pot
+++ b/modules/statistics/locale/statistics.pot
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Total Participants: {{count}}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "No data collected yet"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Projects: {{count}}"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/modules/statistics/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po b/modules/statistics/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
index b5793d5774..5ad094a299 100644
--- a/modules/statistics/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
+++ b/modules/statistics/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/statistics.po
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ msgstr "群组细分"
 msgid "Total Participants: {{count}}"
 msgstr "参与者总数：{{count}}"
 
+msgid "No data collected yet"
+msgstr "尚未收集数据"
+
 msgid "Projects: {{count}}"
 msgstr "项目：{{count}}"