National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania)

National Bureau of Statistics
Ofisi ya Taifa ya Takwimu (Swahili)
Government Agency overview
Formed26 March 1999
Preceding Government Agency
  • Bureau of Statistics
JurisdictionTanzania mainland1
HeadquartersP.O. Box 2683, Dodoma
MottoStatistics for development
Minister responsible
  • Ministry of Finance and Planning
Government Agency executive
  • Dr. Albina A. Chuwa, Statistician General
Key document
  • Statistics Act No 9, 2015
Websitewww.nbs.go.tz
Footnotes
1 Applies to Zanzibar in the case of census and some of surveys

The National Bureau of Statistics is a branch of the Government of Tanzania which has the mandate to provide official statistics to the Government of Tanzania, business community and the public at large. It is based in Dodoma and obtains a wide range of economic, social and demographic statistics about the country. The bureau compiled data on every village in Tanzania for the censuses of 2002, 2012 and 2022, but also provides the results of the previous censuses of 1967, 1978 and 1988.[1]

  1. ^ "National Bureau of Statistics - General Information". www.nbs.go.tz. Retrieved 2024-03-13.