Country Report of the
Statistical Center of Iran
for
Workshop on Integrated Economic
Statistics and Informal Sector
for ECO Member Countries
10-13 November 2007, Tehran, Iran
Main topics of country report
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Statistical system of Iran
Implementation of the SNA 1993
Important issues of the 1993 SNA update for the country
Measurement of informal sector in Iran
Statistical System of Iran
Diagram of the National Statistical system
President
Presidential
Office
High Council
of Statistics
Statistical Center
of Iran
Specialized
Commission
Deputies of the
SCI
Departments of
the SCI
Government
Bodies
Organizational Chart of the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI)v
Head
Statistical
Research and Training Centre
Office of
International Affairs and Public Relations
Deputy Head for
Administrative and
Financial Affairs
Office of
Training and Management
Services
General Department of
Financial Affairs and
Auditing
Deputy Head for Planning
and Supervision
Deputy Head for Statistical
Surveys
Deputy Head for Planning and
Supervision
Deputy Head for Statistical
Surveys
Office of
Economic Accounts
Office of
Population and Labour Force
Statistics & Census
Office of
Computer Programming and
Software Services
Office of
Statistical Standards
Office of
Agricultural Statistics
Office of
Maps and Spatial Information
Office of
Supervision and Quality Control
Office of
Manufacturing, Mining and
Environment Statistics
Office of
Administrative Registers
Office of
Infrastructural Statistics
Office of
Price Indices
Office of
Cultural and Trade Statistics
Office of Planning & Secretariat
of the High Council of Statistics
Office of
Sample Surveys
Deputy Head for
Information Technology
Deputy Head for Information
Technology
Office of
Statistical Database and
Information Dissemination
Office of
Computer Services and
Networking
Statistical System of Iran
• Background : Took shape in 1936, developed in 1975 and last
updated and approved in 2000
• High Council of Statistics : Headed by the Vice President on
Planning and Strategic Supervision, comprising of a number of
related deputy ministers as members. This Council has an expert
consultant arm known as 'Specialized Commission‘
• Statistical Center of Iran : Established in 1965 according to the
Law of Establishment of the SCI, affiliated to the deputy of Planning
and Strategic Supervision of the Presidential Office, Secretariat of
High Council of Statistics
• Sectoral Statistics Committees
: 32 committees for
implementation of National Plan of statistics of the country
Main duties of the SCI
• Implementation of demographic, economic, and social censuses
and sample surveys and dissemination of results;
• Provision of statistical data to meet national development
planning requirements;
• Provision of technical advice to statistical departments of
ministries, government agencies and/or government affiliated
bodies, state-owned companies, and – whenever possible – to
private sector agencies;
• Preparation and compilation of standards, methods, and
regulations for statistical data production and dissemination;
• Implementation of scientific studies and researches on official
statistics and related issues for quality improvement of the SCI's
performance; and
• Compilation of required statistical data obtained from public and
private sectors and centralized documentation of administrative
records.
National Plan of Statistics
2005-2009
Objectives :
• to meet statistical needs of users
• to produce Statistics with acceptable quality
• to organize register-based statistics
• to use statistics extensively and efficiently
National Plan of Statistics
2005-2009
Main issues :
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Statistical Data Production
The Organization of the Foundations of Statistical System
Manpower
Statistical standards
Improved Data Quality
Statistical Research
Register-Based Statistics
Development of Information Technology (IT) and Statistical
Database of the Country
• Promotion of Statistical Culture
Main sources of statistics
• Registered statistics (administrative statistics)
• General censuses of economic activities
• Large and small scale statistical surveys
General Censuses
• General Census of Establishments in 2002 (as a base
for conducting statistical surveys for all economic
activities, the framework of establishments from this
census is updated according to registered data form
ministries and government bodies)
• General Census of Agriculture in 2003 (as a base for
statistical surveys in agriculture sector)
• General Census of Population and Housing in 2006 (as
a base for household-based statistical surveys)
Data collection system for
manufacturing statistics
• Census of manufacturing establishments, covering large and small
industries (last survey in 2003 and the next survey is organized for
2008)
• Annual census of large manufacturing establishments (covering large
industries with 10 and more workers, population size 16018 units in
2005)
• Survey on household manufacturing activities ( last survey in 1996
and the next survey will be carried out in 2008)
• Household expenditure and income survey (the results are
implemented in regional and national accounts estimations)
Implementation of the SNA 1993
Implementation of the 1993 SNA In compilation of national
accounts was put in the SCI working program since 1993
by considering definitions, concepts, classifications and
measurement methods and also with special regard to
changes of the new revision :
• Determination of consumption expenditure of household
and government according to final consumption
expenditure, actual individual consumption and actual
collective consumption
• Compilation of a separate account for cultivated assets
with respect to gross fixed capital formation, tangible and
intangible fixed assets
Implementation of the SNA 1993 (cont.)
• Considering taxes on production and imports and taxes
on income, wealth,etc. in the compilation of accounts
• Measurement of imputed service charge of financial
intermediaries with respect to the definition of financial
intermediary service charge indirectly measured (FISIM)
• Compilation of goods and services accounts, production
accounts and generation of income accounts and
aggregate supply and demand
• Implementation of the SNA 1993 also was realized in
compilation of regional accounts by the SCI since 1997
(compilation of GDP for 30 provinces of the country with
detailed information of value added in 72 economic
activities on a yearly bases)
Important issues
of the 1993 SNA update
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Informal sector
Illegal and underground activities
Treatment of multi-territory enterprises
Originals and copies
Asset boundary for non-produced intangible assets
Other intangible fixed assets
Cost of capital services
Private/public/government sect
Measurement of informal sector in Iran