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Statistical Organization

Ministry Respobsible for statistics and names of NSOs

Country Name of Ministry National Statistics Office Source of Information

Algérie

Algeria

Ministère délégué auprès du chef du gouvernement, chargé de la planification.

Office Nationale des Statistiques

The National Office of Statistics is under the tutelage of the Minister to the Chief of Government in charge of the Planning.

Source: http://www.ons.dz/English/PresentEng.htm

Angola

A Ministra do Planeamento

Instituto Nacional de Estatistica

Nos termos do n.º 1 do artigo 5.º do Regulamento da Lei de Bases da Lei n.º 15/96, de 27 de Setembro, o Conselho Nacional de Estatística na 2.ª Reunião Plenária realizada aos 18 de Abril de 2002, após apreciação do Projecto do Plano Estatística Nacional de Médio Prazo para período 2002-2006, apresentado pelo Instituto Nacional de Estatística, deliberou recomendar a Ministra do Planeamento que proponha ao Governo a sua aprovação

Bénin

Benin

Ministère Chargé du Plan, de la Prospective et du Développement (MCPPD)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique 

La publication de diverses études et statistiques ;

Source: http://www.gouv.bj/en/ministere_top.php

Botswana

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Central Statistics Office (CSO)

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is a Government Department in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

Source: http://www.cso.gov.bw/cso/

Burkina Faso

Ministère de l'Économie et et du Développement

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) website  :

Link: http://www.insd.bf/

Burundi

M inistère de la Planification du Développement et de la Reconstruction

Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques du Burundi 

Source: ISI - INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Link: http://isi.cbs.nl/statsoc/burundi.htm

Cameroun

Cameroon

Le Ministre des Affaires Economiques et de l’aménagement du territoire

Direction de la Statistiques et de la Compatibilité Nationale

A ce titre, il est responsable: de la confection des statistiques, des comptes économiques et de la balance des paiements de la Nation ;

Cap Vert

Cape Verde

Ministério da Coordenação Económica.

Instituto Natcional de Estatística

CRIAÇÃO DO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATÍSTICA

REPÚBLICA DE CABO VERDE,CONSELHO DE MINISTROS

Decreto-Lei n.º 49/96,de 23 de Dezembro

Central African Rep.

Ministère délégué à  l’Economie, au Plan et à la Coopération Internationale

Direction Générale de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Sociales

Source: AFRISTAT Central African Rep. Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Centrafrique/index_ins.htm

Chad

Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération

Institut National de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques 

Source: ISI - INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Link: http://isi.cbs.nl/statsoc/chad.htm

Comoros

Ministère des Finances, du Budget et du Plan

Direction de la Statistique 

Source: AFRISTAT Comoros Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Comores/index_ins.htm

Congo

Ministère du Plan, de l'Aménagement du territoire et de l'Intégration économique

Centre National de la Statistique et de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques 

Source: AFRISTAT Congo Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Congo/index_ins.htm

Côte D'Ivoire

Ministère de la Planification et de la Programmation du Développement

Institut National de la Statistique

Source: AFRISTAT Côte D'Ivoire Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Cote_d_Ivoire/index_ins.htm

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ministère de la planification

Institut National de Statistique 

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nsoprofiles/default.aspx?CountryId=4

Djibouti

ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de la Planification, chargé de la Privatisation

Direction de la Statistique et des Etudes Démographiques - DISED

Source  :

http://www.ministere-finances.dj/Statis/index.HTM

Egypte

Egypt

Prime Minister Office

Central Agenecy for Public Mobilization and Statistics

CAPMAS's head reports to the Prime Minister

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Link: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nsoprofiles/default.aspx?CountryId=4

Eritrea

Ministry of Agriculture

National Statistics and Evaluation Office (NSEO)

Source: FAO Survey report

Link: http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/J3959e/J3959e00.htm

Ethiopie

Ethiopia

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

Central Statistics Agency (CSA)

Source: CSA Official Website

Link: http://www.csa.gov.et/

Gabon

Ministère de la Planification et de la Programmation du Développement

DIRECTION DENERALE DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DES ETUDES ECONOMIQUE

Source: AFRISTAT Gabon Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Gabon/index_ins.htm

Gambie

Gambia (The)

Department of State for Finance and Economics Affairs

Central Statistics Department

The Central Statistics Department is under the Department of State for Finance & Economics Affairs. It draws its mandate from the Statistics Act 1972. The Act makes provision for the collection, compilation, analysis, abstraction, and publication of statistical information and related matters.

Ghana

President Office

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

GSS is one of the public organizations, which reports to the office of the President through the Statistical Service Board

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Guinée

Guinea

Secrétariat d’Etat au Plan auprès duMinistère de l’Economie et des Finances

Direction Nationale de la Statistique (DNS)

Source: AFRISTAT Gabon Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Guinee/index_ins.htm

Guinée-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

Secretariat do estado para o planeamento, do Ministry da economia e das finanças

Institut National de la Statistique et des Recensements 

INEC reports to the Secretariat of State for Planning, Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Guinée-Equatoriale

Equatorial-Guinea

Ministerio de Planificación, Desarrollo Económico e Inversiones Públicas

Dirección General de Estadística y Cuentas Nacionales

Source: AFRISTAT Congo Profile

Link: http://www.afristat.org/Guinee_Equatoriale/index_ins.htm

Kenya

Ministry of Planning and National Development

Central Bureau of Statistics

Policy mandate: The Central Bureau of Statistics Department is charged with tile responsibility of collecting, analysing and disseminating statistical data. It is further charged with the role of advising Government on all statistical matters and is responsible for conducting the country's population census at periodic intervals (every 10 years).

Lesotho

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Bureau of Statistics

Source: BOS Official Website

Link: http://www.bos.gov.ls/

Libéria

Liberia

Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs

Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS)

The Department of Statistics reports to the Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs. In the case of LISGIS, LISGIS, when made operational, will report to the Head of Government through the Board of Directors.

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Libye

Libya

Secretariat of Planning

National Corporation for Information and Documentation

The statistical office reports to the head of the sectoral department that the office operates under.

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Madagascar

MINISTERE DES FINANCE ET DE L'ECONOMIE

Institut National de la statistique

The INSTAT is placed under the technical and accounting supervision of the Ministère chargé de l'Économie et de la Planification (Ministry in charge of the Economy and Planning) and under the budgetary supervision of the Ministère chargé des Finances et du Budget (Ministry in charge of Finances and the Budget).

Malawi

Ministry of Economic Planning and Development

National Statistical Office

The National Statistical Office of Malawi is the main government department responsible for the collection and dissemination of official statistics. With headquarters based in Zomba, our 300 employees operate under the 1967 Statistics Act.

Source: http://www.nso.malawi.net/

Mali

Ministère du Plan

Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Informatique  L'INFORMATIQUE

Source: ILO

Link: http://www.ilo.org

Mauritanie

Mauritania

Ministère des Affaires Economiques et du Développement

Office National de la Statistique (ONS)

L'Office National de la Statistique, qui est un établissement public à caractère administratif jouissant de l'autonomie administrative et financière, créé par le décret nº90.026 du 04 février 1990.

Source: http://www.maed.gov.mr/lactivites.htm

Maurice

Mauritius

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

Central Statistical Office

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the official organisation responsible for collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of all official statistical data relating to the economic and social activities of the country. The WEB site of the Ministry is http://mof.gov.mu/

Source: http://ncb.intnet.mu/cso.htm

Maroc

Morocco

Ministère de la prévision économique et du plan

Direction de la Statistique

Article Premier : Le secrétariat d'Etat auprès du Premier ministre charge au plan et du développement régional, prépare les projets de plans nationaux et régionaux de développement économique et social, établit des rapports annuels sur l'exécution du plan, recherche, Analyse et diffuse l'information statistique, économique et sociale, dresse les comptes de la Nation et suit la conjoncture économique.

Source: http://www.statistic.gov.ma/

Mozambique

Ministro do planeamento e das finanças

Instituto Nacional de Estatística

The Council of Ministers supervises the INE, and has delegated this task to the Minister of Planning and Finance

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Namibie

Namibia

National Planning Commission

Central Bureau of Statistics

Prior to independence, no statistical organization existed in Namibia. A local section of the South African Statistical Services (SASS) was responsible for the collection of statistics as required by the Office in Pretoria. After independence, the Central Statistical Office (CSO), now the Central Statistics Bureau, was formerly established within the National Planning Commission, charged with the responsibility of Official Statistics in Nambia.

Source: http://www.npc.gov.na/cbs/index.htm

Niger

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE ET DES FINANCES

Institut national de la Statistique

INS's head reports to the Ministry for Finances and Economy. He is appointed by the Council of Ministers.

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Nigéria

Nigeria

National Planning Commission

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

The FOS reports to the Economic Adviser to the President of the National Planning Commission

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

Rwanda

Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)

Source: http://www.minecofin.gov.rw/ministry/organigramme.htm

Sao Tomé-et- Principe

Sao Tome-and- Principe

Ministry do planeamento

Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) 

Instituto Nacional de Estatística, abreviadamente designado INE, criado pela Lei nº 5/98, de 3 de Dezembro, que aprovou as Bases do Sistema Estatístico Nacional, é um instituto público dotado de personalidade jurídica de nível direcção-geral, tutelado pelo Ministro responsável pelo Planeamento

Source  : INE Official Website

Sénégal

Senegal

Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances

Agence Nationale de la Statistique de la Demographie 

Source: Official Website of ANSD

Link: http://www.ansd.org/

Seychelles

Ministry of Information Technology and Communication

Statistics and Database Administration Section

Source: http://www.seychelles-online.com.sc/seychelles.html

Sierra Leone

MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

Statistics Sierra Leone

Compilation of all national statistical data including Census and survey data-statistics Sierra Leone

Source: http://www.statehouse-sl.org/ministrydevelopment.htm

Somalie

Somalia

Ministry of National Planning

Directorate of Statistics

Source: ISI - INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Link: http://isi.cbs.nl/statsoc/somalia.htm

And UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

South Africa

Ministry of Finance

Statistics South Africa

STATISTICS ACT No 6 of 1999: To provide for a Statistician-General as head of Statistics South Africa, who is responsible for the collection, production and dissemination of official and other statistics, including the conducting of a census of the population, and for co-ordination among producers of statistics; to establish a Statistics Council and provide for its functions; to repeal certain legislation; and to provide for connected matters. BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:

Source: http://www.statssa.gov.za/

Soudan

Sudan

Ministry of Planning

Central bureau of Statistics

Source: UNSD Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

And

ISI - INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Link: http://isi.cbs.nl/statsoc/sudan.htm

Swaziland

Ministry of Economic Planning and Development

Central Statistics Office

CSO's head reports to the Principal Secretary of Economic Planning and development

Source: http://www.gov.sz/home.asp?pid=719

Tanzanie

Tanzania

President's Office, Planning Commission

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Source: WB Africa Data Bank

And

ISI - INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Togo

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT

DIRECTION GENERALE DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA COMPTABILITE NATIONALE (DGSCN) ;

Source: Official Website of DGSCN

Link: http://www.stat-togo.org/

Tunisie

Tunisia

Ministère du Développement et de la Coopération Internationale

Institut National de la Statistique

Forme juridique: Etablissement Public à Caractère Non Administratif; sous la tutelle du Ministère du Développement Economique; l'INS est administré par un Conseil d'Entreprise présidé par le Directeur Général de l'INS.

Source: http://www.ins.nat.tn/html/Présentation.htm

Ouganda

Uganda

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics, formerly known as the Statistics Department under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, was transformed into a semi-autonomous body by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act No. 12, 1998.

Source: http://www.ubos.org/

Zambie

Zambia

Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MFNP).

Central Statistical Office (CSO)

The Department of Census and Statistics, commonly known, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) , is a Government Department under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MFNP). The department is responsible for coordinating all statistical activities in the country and is a major source of official statistics.

Source: http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/

Zimbabwe

Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MFNP).

Central Statistical Office (CSO)

The Department of Census and Statistics, commonly known, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) , is a Government Department under the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MFNP). The department is responsible for coordinating all statistical activities in the country and is a major source of official statistics.

Source: http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/

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Status of NSO

Country Statut de l’INS
Algeria Office National des Statistiques;
établissement public à caractère administratif
Angola Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE);
Public institute with legal status and capacity and technical, administrative and financial autonomy
Benin Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique;
établissement public à caractère scientifique
Botswana Central Statistics Office;
Agence gouvernementale
Burkina Faso Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD);
établissement public à caractère administratif, doté de la personnalité morale et de l’autonomie financière
Burundi Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques du Burundi;
administration centrale
Cameroon Institut National de la Statistique;
Administration centrale
Cape Verde Instituto Natcional de Estatística;
établissement public jouissant de l’autonomie administrative, financière et patrimoniale
Central African Rep. Direction Générale de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Sociales;
administration centrale
Chad Institut National de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques;
établissement public à caractère administratif, doté de la personnalité morale et de l’autonomie financière
Comoros Direction de la Statistique;
administration centrale
Congo Centre National de la Statistique et de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques;
établissement public
Côte d’Ivoire Institut National de la Statistique;
Société d’Etat
DR Congo Institut National de la Statistique;
entreprise publique à caractère scientifique
Djibouti Direction de la Statistique et des Etudes Démographiques - DISED;
administration centrale
Egypt Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics;
Autonomous agency
Equatorial Guinea Dirección General de Estadística y Cuentas Nacionales;
Administration centrale
Eritrea National Statistics and Evaluation Office (NSEO);
Governmental Office, under the Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency;
An autonomous federal government agency having its own legal personalityand it isaccountable for Ministry of  Finance and Economic Development
Gabon Direction Générale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques;
Administration centrale
Gambia (The) Central Statistics Department;
Administration centrale
Ghana Ghana Statistical Service (GSS);
Public organization, which reports to the office of the President through the Statistical Service Board.
Guinea Direction Nationale de la Statistique;
administration centrale
Guinea-Bissau Institut National de la Statistique et des Recensements;
établissement public
Kenya Central Bureau of Statistics;
Government department accountable to Ministry of Planning and National Development
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics;
administration centrale 
Liberia Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS);
Autonomous agency
Libya National Corporation for Information and Documentation;
Governmental Department
Madagascar Institut National de la statistique;
Etablissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC)
Malawi National Statistical Office;
Government department
Mali Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Informatique;
Administration centrale
Mauritania Office National de la Statistique;
Etablissement public
Mauritius Central Statistical Office;
service public autonome
Morocco Direction de la Statistique;
Administration centrale
Mozambique Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE);
An institution in public law, with technical, administrative and financial autonomy
Namibia Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS);
Administration centrale
Niger Institut national de la Statistique;
administration centrale
Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS);
institution parapublique
Rwanda Direction de la Statistique;
An institution in public law, with technical, administrative and financial autonomy
Sao Tome andPrincipe Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE);
é um instituto público dotado de personalidade jurídica de nível direcção-geral
Senegal Agence Nationale de la Statistique de la Demographie;
administration centrale
Seychelles Statistics and Database Administration Section;
administration centrale
Sierra Leone Statistics Sierra Leone;
administration centrale
Somalia Directorate of Statistics;
administration centrale
South Africa Statistics South Africa;
State department
Sudan Central bureau of Statistics;
administration centrale
Swaziland Central Statistical Office;
administration centrale
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS);
Public Office with technical autonomy
Togo Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Comptabilité Nationale;
Administration centrale
Tunisia Institut National de la Statistique;
Etablissement public non administratif
Uganda Uganda Bureau of Statistics;
service public autonome
Zambia Central Statistical Office;
administration centrale
Zimbabwe Central Statistical Office;
administration publique

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Heads of NSOs

Country National Statistics Office Head of NSO
Algeria Office National des Statistiques (ONS) Directeur Général
Angola Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) Director Geral
Benin INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE L'ANALYSE ECONOMIQUE (INSAE) Directeur Général
Botswana Central Statistics Office (CSO) Government Statistician
Burkina Faso Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) Directeur Général
Burundi Institut de Statistiques et d'Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU) Directeur
Cameroon Institut National de la Statistique(INS) Directeur Général
Cape Verde ESTATUTOS DO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATÍSTICA Presidente
Central African Republic Direction Générale de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et Sociales (DSEES) Directeur Général
Chad INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE, DES ETUDES ECONOMIQUES ET DEMOGRAPHIQUES (INSEED) Directeur Général
Comoros Direction de la Statistique Directeur Général
Congo Centre National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (CNSEE) Directeur Général
Côte d’Ivoire Institut National de la Statistique (INS) Directeur Général
Dem.Rep.Congo Institut National de la Statistique (INS) Président délégué général
Djibouti Direction de la Statistique et des Etudes Démographiques (DISED) Directeur
Egypt Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) President
Equatorial Guinea Dirección General de Estadística y Cuentas Nacionales (DGECN) Director General
Eritrea National Statistics Office Head
Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency Director General
Gabon La Direction Générale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (DGSEE) Directeur Général
Gambia Central Statistics Department Director
Ghana Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Government Statistician
Guinea Direction Nationale de la Statistique (DNS) Directeur National
Guinea Bissau Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos (INEC) Directeur Général
Kenya Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Director
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics (BOS) Director
Liberia Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Director General
Libya National Corporation for Information and Documentation Director General
Madagascar Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT) Directeur Général
Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO) Commissioner for Census and Statistics
Mali Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Informatique (DNSI) Directeur National
Mauritania Office National de la Statistique (ONS) Directeur Général
Mauritius Central Statistical Office Director of Statistics
Morocco Direction de la Statistique Directeur
Mozambique Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE) President
Namiba Central Bureau of Statistics Government Statistician
Niger Institut National de la Statistique (INS) Directeur Général
Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Director General
Rwanda National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) Director General
São Tomé and Príncipe Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Directora Geral
Senegal Agence Nationale de la Statistique de la Demographie Directeur
Seychelles Statistics and Database Administration Section (SDAS) Director
Sierra Leone Statistics Sierra Leone Statistician General
Somalia Directorate of Statistics Director General
South Africa Statistics South Africa Statistician General
Sudan Central bureau of Statistics Director General
Swaziland Central Statistical Office Director of Statistics
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Director General
Togo DIRECTION GENERALE DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA COMPTABILITE NATIONALE Directeur Général
Tunisia Institut National de la Statistique (INS) Directeur Général
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Executive Director
Zambia Central Statistical Office (CSO) Director of Census & Statistics
Zimbabwe Central Statistical Office Director of Census and Statistics

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