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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Indicator purpose

The purpose of this indicator is to measure countries of which the law has provisions relating to all the ten Principles.

Abstract

The indicator refers to the number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. This refers to the number of countries that have a statistical legislation which respects the principles of UNFOP.

Data source

Statistical Institute of Belize

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Statistical Institute of Belize

Date last updated
28-OCT-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure
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Other characteristics

A country’s statistics law will be considered compliant with the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics if the law has provisions relating to all ten Principles.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

National statistical legislation: The statistics law defines rules, regulation, measures with regard to the organization, management, monitoring and inspection of the statistical activities in a systematic way, strength, effectiveness and efficiency to assure the full coverage, accuracy and consistency with facts in order to provide reference for policy direction, socio economic planning, and contribute to the country’s development to achieve wealth, culture, well-being and equity.

UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

The Fundamental Principles for Official Statistics adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission, in its Special Session of 11-15 April 1994 are:

  • Principle 1. Official statistics provide an indispensable element in the information system of a society, serving the government, the economy and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. To this end, official statistics that meet the test of practical utility are to be compiled and made available on an impartial basis by official statistical agencies to honour citizens’ entitlement to public information.
  • Principle 2. To retain trust in official statistics, the statistical agencies need to decide according to strictly professional considerations, including scientific principles and professional ethics, on the methods and procedures for the collection, processing, storage and presentation of statistical data.
  • Principle 3. To facilitate a correct interpretation of the data, the statistical agencies are to present information according to scientific standards on the sources, methods and procedures of the statistics.
  • Principle 4. The statistical agencies are entitled to comment on erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics.
  • Principle 5. Data for statistical purposes may be drawn from all types of sources, be they statistical surveys or administrative records. Statistical agencies are to choose the source with regard to quality, timeliness, costs and the burden on respondents.
  • Principle 6. Individual data collected by statistical agencies for statistical compilation, whether they refer to natural or legal persons, are to be strictly confidential and used exclusively for statistical purposes.
  • Principle 7. The laws, regulations and measures under which the statistical systems operate are to be made public.
  • Principle 8. Coordination among statistical agencies within countries is essential to achieve consistency and efficiency in the statistical system.
  • Principle 9. The use by statistical agencies in each country of international concepts, classifications and methods promotes the consistency and efficiency of statistical systems at all official levels.
  • Principle 10. Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contributes to the improvement of systems of official statistics in all countries.
Disaggregation

N/A

Key statistical concepts

Indicator 17.18.2 = ∑countries of which the law has provisions relating to all the ten Principles

 

Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

This indicator can be used by Statistical Institute of Belize to help in measuring countries of which the law has provisions relating to all the ten Principles.

Limitations

N/A

Other comments

Information on the indicator is collected through a survey of NSOs. The low response rate (37%) means that interpretation of the data is subject to caution.

All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.