Download E N conomic Statistics in iue

Economic Statistics in Niue1
National Statistical Website: http://www.spc.int.prism/niue/
Population (thousands, 2014): 1.3
2
Coordination
Advocacy
▪ Agencies involved in economic statistics:
○ Statistics Niue
○ Niue Customs
○ Treasury Department
○ Health Department
○ Education Department
○ Niue Power & Niue Bulk Fuel
○ Niue Environment & Niue Meteorological Services
▪ Niue National Strategic Plan is being implemented
▪
Statistical
law
protects
confidentiality
and
independence of statistical information
▪Semi-centralized statistical system
▪ Publication policies in place and available to users/staff
▪ Contact points publicized for each statistical subject
area
▪ User consultations are organized by producers of
economic statistics
▪ Awareness of relevance, among users, of official
statistics to economic policy making is considered
sufficient and there are activities in place to improve
upon it
○ Responsibilities are clearly defined for agencies involved
in the production of the Core Set
○ Plans are currently being implemented to improve
coordination of production of economic statistics
International Collaboration
▪ Interested in participating in RPES as a recipient but
not as a provider of technical assistance
▪ Partnered with SPC, IMF, PFTAC, and FAO
▪ Participant in International Comparison Programme for
calculating purchasing power parities since 2011
Statistical Infrastructure
Key Collections/Compilations
National Accounts
Balance of Payments
Labour Force Survey
×
×
×
Household Income/Expenditure Survey
Enterprise/Establishment Survey
Population Census
Economic Census
Agricultural Census
Frequency
Timeliness
Standards/Classifications
Annually
Annually
Not Specified
N/A
N/A
Every 5 years
N/A
Every 10 years
Not Specified
12 months
12 months
N/A
N/A
12 months
N/A
Not Specified
- SNA 1993 (2008 planned)
- ISIC Rev. 3.1 (Rev.4
planned)
- HS 2007 for trade
- COICOP
- COFOG
- BoP coherent with BPM6
× Quality assessment framework is not available
Centralized national metadata repository is available and statistical releases are accompanied with metadata
× Centralized business register is not currently used
× No established methods for identifying ‘births’ or ‘deaths’ of businesses
× IT systems are not considered adequate for producing the Core Set of Economic Statistics
1
This national summary was prepared by ESCAP Statistics Division in November, 2013. Results of the Capacity Screening questionnaire were received
in November, 2013 from 50 of the 58 member countries who were contacted. Further information on RPES and the Core Set is available here:
http://www.unescap.org/official-documents/committee-on-statistics/session/2
2
ESCAP Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2014: http://www.unescap.org/resources/statistical-yearbook-asia-and-pacific-2014
NSDS information for developed countries is not included in the national summary.
Technical Skills
×Human resources are not considered adequate for producing the Core
Documentation of internal processes and staff manuals are available
Set
Reported frequencies for indicators in the Core Set compared to RPES recommendations
Table Legend
Meet or Exceed Recommendations
● Below Recommendations
Core Indicator
Reported Freq.
Demand and Output
Quarterly
Quarterly
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Commodity price index
Unavailable
Monthly
×
External merchandise trade price indices
Unavailable
Monthly
×
Wages / Earnings data
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Labour costs index / Wage index
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
GDP (production) nominal and real
Annually
Quarterly
●
GDP (expenditure) nominal and real
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
External trade – merchandise
Income and Wealth
RPES recommendations
Producer price index (PPI)
Consumer price index (CPI)
Price and Costs
× Unavailable or No Response
Annually
Monthly
●
External trade – services
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Short-term indicator (STI) - industry output
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
STI – services output
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
STI – consumer demand
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
STI – fixed investment
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
STI – inventories
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Economy structure statistics
Unavailable
Every 5 years
×
Productivity
Unavailable
Annually
×
Integrated national accounts
Unavailable
Annually
×
Institutional sector accounts
Unavailable
Annually
×
Balance of payments (BOP)
Annually
Quarterly
●
International investment position (IIP)
Annually
Annually
External debt
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Income distribution
Unavailable
Every 5 years
×
Assets / liabilities of depository corporations
Unavailable
Monthly
×
Broad money and credit aggregates
Unavailable
Monthly
×
Interest rate statistics
Unavailable
Monthly
×
Annually
Quarterly
●
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Money and Banking
Government
General government operations
General government debt
Labour supply and demand
Unavailable
Annually
×
Labour Market
Hours worked
Unavailable
Quarterly
×
Natural Resources and
Environment
Natural resources
Unavailable
Annually
×
Summary of Responses to all 31 Indicators in the Core Set (comparison of two columns in the table above)
Meet or Exceed Recommendations
2
4
Below Recommendations
25
Unavailable or No Response