Statistics Botswana

Statistics Botswana (StatsBots) is the national statistical bureau of Botswana. The organization was previously under the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning as a department and was called Central Statistics Office. The organisation was initially set up in 1967 through an Act of Parliament – the Statistics Act (Cap 17) and thereafter transformed into a parastatal through the revised Statistics Act of 2009.^[1] This act gives the Statistics Botswana the mandate and authority to collect, process, compile, analyse, publish, disseminate and archive official national statistics. It is also responsible for "coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System" in Botswana.^[2][3] The office has its main offices in Gaborone and two satellite offices in Maun and Francistown. The different areas in statistics that should be collected are covered under this Act and are clearly specified. The other statistics that are not specified can be collected as long as they are required by the Government, stakeholders and the users.