- Name
- Statistical capacity indicator for Sustainable Development Goal monitoring
- Indicator purpose
- The purpose of this indicator is to assess the capacity of statistical systems in the country with respect to SDG monitoring.
- Abstract
- This indicator is measured using the Statistical Capacity Indicator which provides an overview of the capacity of a country's national statistical system based on a diagnostic framework thereby assessing three dimensions: Methodology, Source Data, and Periodicity and Timeliness.
- Contact organization / person
- Statistical Institute of Belize
- Unit of measure
- Score (range from 0 to 100)
- Other characteristics
- Statistical Capacity is a nation’s ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate high-quality data about its population and economy. Quality statistics are essential for all stages of evidence-based decision-making, including:
Monitoring social and economic indicators
Allocating political representation and government resources
Guiding private sector investment
Informing the international donor community for program design and policy formulation
- Classification used
- Statistical systems can be described as either centralised or decentralised depending on the extent to which responsibility for compiling official statistics rests with the central institution which is usually the national statistical office (NSO).
NSS can be defined as the group of organisations or agencies (or specialist statistical units within those organisations or agencies) who together collect, process and disseminate official statistics on behalf of the government of a country.
The Belize National Statistical System (BNSS) is a network of agencies that produce national statistics for the country of Belize. The BNSS portal is the official source for indicators and metadata for the country of Belize. The portal can be accessed from https://sib.org.bz/data-portals/bnss/.
- Disaggregation
- N/a
- Key statistical concepts
- N/A
- Recommended uses
- The Statistical Institute of Belize will be able to give account for the list of agencies that produce data and metadata for the SDG indicators as well as disseminate official statistics for the SDG indicators and metadata.
- Other comments
- The metadata shown above was extracted from http://datatopics.worldbank.org/statisticalcapacity/ and https://sdg-tracker.org/global-partnerships.
- Target 2030
- 18. By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
