Namibia Statistics Agency
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| Designation: | Namibia Statistics Agency |
| State level: | State institution |
| Highest office: | Government statistician |
| Officials: | FSM Hangula |
| Headquarters: | Windhoek |
| Directorates: | Economy , sociodemography |
| Superordinate position: | National planning commission |
| Homepage: | www.nsa.org.na |
The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA; German about Namibian Statistics Agency ), formerly the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is the statistical office of the Republic of Namibia based in Windhoek .
history
Before Namibia's independence in 1990, there was no independent statistical office in the country. Statistical surveys were a division of the South African South African Statistical Services performed. After independence, the Central Statistical Office was formed in Namibia as a statistical office and part of the NPC. It has since been renamed the Central Bureau of Statistics .
In 2011, the NSA was formalized on the basis of the Statistics Act, 2011 (Act No 9 of 2011), after having been in existence for several years. It is subordinate to the National Planning Commission (NPC).
Legal basis
The statistical office of Namibia operated until 2011 on the basis of the Statistics Act, No 66 from 1976. However, as these requirements were more than 35 years old, a new legal basis was worked on. This Statistics Bill was discussed in the Namibian National Assembly from 2010 to 2011 . Above all, it also envisaged the establishment of a completely independent Namibia Statistics Agency . This was formally implemented with the passage of the Statistics Act, 2011 (Act No 9 of 2011) .
Tasks and organization
The main area of responsibility is the creation, publication and provision of objective, relevant, comparable, trustworthy, official statistics that can be easily accessed over time in all areas that are in the national interest. The NSA is also responsible for coordinating and monitoring the compilation of all official statistics.
The NSA is led by a government statisker, currently FSM Hangula.
Statistical information
The NSA regularly publishes various statistical information. These are also published in the international DevInfo and GeoNetwork opensource .
Economic data
In the area of economic data, mainly statistics on agriculture, prices, foreign trade and national accounts are published.
- National Accounts (National Accounts): quarterly publication and multi-year summary ( example 2000-2009 )
- Annual Agricultural Surveys and Industrial Statistics
- Consumer price index and inflation (Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI)): monthly publication since February 2005; follows the Interim Consumer Price Index for Windhoek, which has existed since January 1993
- Foreign trade : quarterly publication
Sociodemographic data and cartography
The department deals with sociodemography in Namibia.
- Demographics
- Social
- Surveys and cartography
The main surveys include the Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) and the Namibia Inter-censal Demographic Survey (NIDS) (every five years) and the census (every 10 years).
Web links
- Official site of the Namibia Statistics Agency (English)
- Central Bureau of Statistics , the website National Planning Commission (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b CBS homepage ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 13, 2011.
- ↑ Statistics Bill B. 26 - 2010, National Assembly ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 232 kB)
- ↑ DevInfo Namibia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GeoNetwork Namibia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Namibia Consumer Price Index, December 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 16.2 ″ S , 17 ° 5 ′ 3.8 ″ E