The statistical system of Georgia ranks 16th in the world

According to the data of the World Bank, the statistical system of Georgia ranks 16th in the world.

Information about this is distributed by "Geostat".

According to their own report, in order to evaluate the statistical services of the countries of the world, the World Bank annually reports statistical performance indicators (Statistical Performance Indicators - SPI). The mentioned indicators are an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing statistics system in the country and to improve it further.

"According to the latest data of the World Bank, which refers to 2022, the first three countries in the world in terms of the development of the national statistics system were Finland, Norway and Canada, whose statistics system was evaluated with 93 points out of 100.

Georgia ranks 16th in the ranking - with 90.7 points and is ahead of 15 EU countries (Austria, Estonia, Portugal, Slovakia, Belgium, Latvia, Greece, Lithuania, Hungary, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta). At the same time, our country ranks 14th in the list of the best European countries, while it is the leader in the region and is in the first place.

According to the same report, Georgia is also ahead of such developed countries as Switzerland, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Iceland and Israel.

The evaluation of the World Bank is carried out according to various criteria, which combines 5 directions, 22 dimensions and more than 50 indicators. The assessment is based on such characteristics as user-oriented data, the level and quality of their disaggregation, statistical services and its use, access to data, sources, legislation, infrastructure, compliance with international standards, international cooperation and others.

The World Bank carries out this assessment independently, based on various sources. Its purpose is to assess the level of sustainability and development of national statistical systems in countries - to produce user-oriented, reliable and high-quality official statistics, which are important for achieving global prosperity and progress.

The World Bank has been evaluating the countries' statistical systems according to the mentioned indicators since 2016. The 2022 assessment report, methodology and relevant details are available at the link below:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/statistical-performance-indicators.

https://dataanalytics.worldbank.org/SPI/", - said the information.