Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT)
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) is a corporate body that was established through the Census and Statistics Act of 2007. The operations of the Agency are controlled and managed by the Board. The agency is the main source of official statistics in Zimbabwe and is mandated to play a coordination and supervisory role within the National Statistical System.[1]
Background
ZIMSTAT replaced the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It has the authority to certify and designate any statistics produced in the country as official statistics having been satisfied that all the quality requirements of good statistics were met.Under the said Act, ZIMSTAT is mandated to produce official statistics where “statistics” means the aggregated numerical information relating to demographic, economic, financial , environmental ,social or matters at national,provincial or local level, compiled and analysed according to statistical standards and procedures.
ZIMSTAT plays a coordination and supervisory role within the National Statistical System (NSS). The NSS includes users of statistics who create the demand for statistics, ZIMSTAT, other producers of statistics as well as research and training institutions involved in statistics. The NSS will focus on user needs and will be integrated into the Zimbabwe Medium Term Plan and sector strategies. The NSS coordination will be assured through the new Census and Statistics Act, the ZIMSTAT Board and a National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) covering the whole NSS.
Board
- Board Technical Committee Chair - Simon Nyarota.
Contact
- 20th Floor, Kaguvi Building, Central Avenue/Simon Muzenda, Harare
- Telephone: +263-242-706681
Events
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe low-income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six rose from $611 275 in April to $1 015 962.61 in May 2023. This is a cost of living increase by 62% between April and May in Zimbabwe dollar terms. During the same period, the prices of goods and services in United States dollars went down by 31.4 %. This information comes from CCZ director Rosemary Mpofu.
The Zimbabwe dollar fell by nearly 60% on the official market. The local currency fell from US$1: ZWL$2 577 set by the central bank on 30 May 2023 to ZWL$3 673 in the first week of June. The latest statistics by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) indicate that the annual inflation rose by 11.3 percentage points from April to 86.5% in May. Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, argues that Zimbabwe’s inflation is at 717 %. [2]
References
- ↑ Family Basket Jumps To $1 Million Per Month - CCZ, Pindula, Published: 7 June 2023, Retrieved: 14 June 2023
