Central Statistical Office (Zambia)
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) is the state statistical agency of Zambia . The headquarters of this institution is in Lusaka . There are branch offices in 9 regional administrations.
Legal basis
The main legal basis for the statistical authority of Zambia is the Census and Statistics Act of 2013. It defines the tasks of the authority.
structure
The head office is the official seat of the Director-CSO . Each of the four departments is headed by a deputy director. The four main departments of the CSO are:
- Economic and Financial Statistics (economic and financial statistics)
- Agriculture and Environment Statistics (Agriculture and Environment Statistics)
- Social Statistics (social statistics)
- Information, Research and Dissemination .
The Central Statistical Office operates branch offices in the provincial administrations. The provincial offices are headed by a Regional Statistician .
- Lusaka , in the NAPSA Building , Cairo Road, Lusaka
- Central Province , in the Mukuni House in Kabwe
- Northern Province and Muchinga , at the Compensation House in Kasama
- Copperbelt , at Mpendwa House in Ndola
- Northwest Province , in the NAPSA Building in Solwezi
- Eastern Province , in the NAPSA Building in Chipata
- Southern Province , in the NAPSA Building in Livingstone
- Luapula , in the NAPSA Building in Mansa
- Western Province , in the NAPSA Building in Mongu .
tasks
The tasks of the Central Statistical Office include the collection and analysis of official data on economic and social indicators and their dissemination at regular intervals.
Publications
The National Statistical Office produces several printed and digital publications. These are for example:
- Census Population and Housing Reports
- Labor Force Report
- Zambia Demographic and Health Survey Report
- Living Conditions Monitoring Report
- Energy Statistics Publication .
Together with the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank , the NSO operates the online platform Zambia Data Portal with figures and graphics. There is also a National Data Archive (NADA).
Web links
Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Central Statistical Office: About Us ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.zamstats.gov.zm (English)
- ^ Republic of Zambia: National Statistics Act, 2013 . online at www.nsomalawi.mw (English)
- ^ Government of Zambia: Zambia Data Portal . on www.zambia.opendataforafrica.org (English)
Coordinates: 15 ° 25 ′ 49.9 ″ S , 28 ° 18 ′ 41.4 ″ E