Mission
Our mission is to ensure timely dissemination of high quality statistics for the monetary and macro-economic policies leading to the prosperity of Pakistan
Vision
The Statistics and Data Warehouse Department aspires to set and maintain the highest standards of excellence in the compilation and dissemination of efficient statistics
Introduction
Statistics and Data Warehouse Department is a core department
of the State Bank of Pakistan. Mr. Zahid Hussain, the founder
Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, established it in the
late 1949. This department has been responsible for collection,
compilation and dissemination of statistics on economic, financial
and monetary aspects most pertinent to the central banking.
The Department is primarily engaged in collecting and compiling
data of various periodicity on money and banking, international
trade, monetary accounts, balance of payments, exchange rates,
external reserves, foreign direct investment and private external
debt etc and the various data tables are disseminated through
website. The department regularly brings out three monthly,
one bi-annual and eight annual publications. The department
has a central role in providing statistical data to the Government,
policymakers, academia and other stakeholders. The system of
data collection and processing has gone through a major change
over the past few years. Most of the data are collected electronically
and processed using specifically designed software for the purpose.
With the adoption of IT facilities, the performance of the department
has improved significantly in terms of efficiency as well as
quality. Special studies to adopt recent development in the
area of official statistics at international level for harmonisation
and improvements of statistics under compilation are also a
feature of the work. This department has commitment of producing
quality statistics with high reliability and timely dissemination.
This department is disseminating data according to General Data
Dissemination Standards (GDDS).
