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CENTRAL STATISTICAL
OFFICE
An Overview
Presented by Sterling Chadee
5th -6th November 2013
MISSION
 The mission of the Central Statistical
Office of Trinidad and Tobago is to
facilitate informed decision-making,
through the timely provision of a
quality, relevant, user-oriented and
dynamic statistical service,
coordinating statistical activities and
promoting the adherence to statistical
standards.
VISION
 The Central Statistical Office is the
premier information and research
institution, committed to being a learning
and innovative organization staffed by well
motivated personnel and enhanced
through continuous quality improvement,
to provide timely, high quality and relevant
goods and services utilizing state of the art
technology for customer satisfaction
Legal Framework
The Statistics Act
 The Central Statistical Office (CSO) was
established in 1952 by the passing of the
Statistics Ordinance, Chapter 42, No. 11 of
the Revised Ordinances 1952.
 The Ordinance was later replaced by the
Statistics Act, Chapter 19:02 of the
Revised Laws of the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago, 1982
 This Act Provides the legal framework for
the operations of the CSO
This Act Authorizes the CSO
 (a) Take any census in Trinidad and Tobago
 (b) Collect, compile, analyze and publish statistical information
relating to all social and economic activities of the people of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
 (c) Collaborate with other Government Departments in the
collection, compilation, analysis and publication of statistical
records of administration;
 (d) Generally organize a co-ordinated scheme of economic and
social statistics relating to The Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago.
Role of CSO
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Oversees the preparation of statistical information
Coordination of National Statistical System.
Census Taking
Collecting compiling analyzing and publishing
Statistical information relating to all Social and
economic activities of the people of the Republic of
T&T
 Provide consultancy and assistant in data collection
exercises done by other government departments,
international organizations, private sector and
researchers.
Divisions
 Population, Social and Vital Statistics
 National Accounts
 Economic Statistics
 Agriculture Division
 Field & GIS
 Computer Division
 CMPD (Temp Contract Div. for the conduct of the 2011
Census)
 Administration & Accounts
Population, Social and Vital Statistics
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Births / Fertility Data
Deaths / Cause of Death (ICD 10) statistics
Data for Marriages and Divorces
Migration Data
Mid-year Population Estimates
Education
Crime & Traffic
Continuous Sample Survey of the Population
(CSSP
National Accounts
 GDP Current prices
 GDP Constant prices
 Capital Formation
 Supply and use tables
 Business Establishment Register
Economic Statistics
 Index of Retail Prices base Jan 1993=100
 Index of Domestic Production and
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accompanying Sub Indices
Index of Producers’ Prices
Index of Retail Sales
Index of Retail Prices of Building Materials
Trade
Travel
Tourism
Agriculture Division
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Cocoa and Coffee
Citrus Production.
Copra and Coconut Production
Milk Production.
Agro-chemicals, production, sales and exports
Feed production
Hatcheries and Broiler Processors
Food Crop Survey
Pig production Survey
Poultry Production Survey
Census and other major surveys
conducted
 Population and Housing Census (2011)
 Agricultural Census (2004)
 Household Budget Survey (2008/09)
National Statistical System
 The National Statistical System is decentralized.
However, it is heavily dependent on statistics
produced by the CSO.
 The CSO is the recognized source for Official
Statistics (adherence to the UN Principles of Official
Statistics / Statistics Act)
Other significant Producers of Statistics are:
1.The Central Bank
2.Statistics Units of Gov’t Ministries -Finance, Health,
Labour, Energy, Education, Social Development
3.Statutory Bodies – Environment Management
Authority; Tourism Development Companies
National Statistical System
 The National Statistical System is not
currently co-ordinated and there is no
National Statistical Council.
 Statistics Units within Government Ministries
and Departments and Research Units within
the Non-Gov’t Sector pursue their own work
programmes, utilise their own classification
systems and methodologies.
 Some limited bilateral consultation takes
place.
Main Data Users
CSO has a wide cross section of users.
 The Ministry of Finance,
 The Central Bank
 Ministry of Trade and Industry
 International Organizations
 Business Enterprises
 Private Sector Organizations
 Researchers and students.
 Tertiary Institutions
The National Statistical Office
Main Data Providers:
Business enterprises
Households
Government Departments
(administrative data)
Other Government Statistical Units
(satellite agencies).
Data Dissemination
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Data is disseminated in the form of
Published Reports, Bulletins, Press
Releases, Statistical Tables and Charts, via
the following means:
Web site
E-mails
Post Mail
CDs
Telephone
Walk-Ins
Current Issues and Priorities
 Timeliness, punctuality, quality and relevance of
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our statistical products are falling
Very low professional to technical staff ratio – 12%
Very low staff morale
Develop a programme of continuous learning and
development
Staffing – Vacant positions/high turnover
Dated Technology – Retool
Restructuring of the CSO ( Statistics Sweden
Consultancy Office)
Restructuring of the CSO A proposed road map
 Build on the existing strengths of CSO, but
necessary with a number of additional functions
as well as changes:
 New functions in CSO for
 Support to the top management in:
 Liaison and support to other government agencies involved in the
statistical system
 HR management
 External and internal communication
 Planning and follow up of running operations and development work
 Quality assurance
 Statistical methodology function to support both CSO and the
statistical system
Restructuring of the CSO A proposed road map
 Upgrade of technical infrastructure and skills to use it
 Improve the IT development capacity
 Strengthen the role of the web to make it the hub in
the dissemination system
 New organizational structure
 Additional permanent professional staff
 New statistics Act