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Implementation of the 2008 SNA

9th Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National

Accounts

8-10 September 2014, Washington DCUNSD

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Outline of Presentation

Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA)

45th Statistical Commission: National Accounts Decision

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Report of the ISWGNA (1)

• Progress on the changeover to the 2008 SNA

• Scaling up the coordination and resources for the implementation of the 2008 SNA, and supporting statistics

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Report of the ISWGNA (2)

• Guidance on issues emerging from the implementation of the 2008 SNA

• Report on the meeting of the AEG on National Accounts

• 2008 SNA research agenda

• Compilation of manuals and handbook

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Report of the ISWGNA (3)

• Activities of the members of the ISWGNA and of the regional commissions.

• Meetings that bring together experts, and task force groups on various topics

• Training and workshops • Technical assistance through long-term expert

advisors and short-term experts

• Reporting of national accounts data.

Number of countries reporting

Total number of countries Number of countries that replied to the UN-NAQ

At least once between 2009-2013

NAQ 2012 NAQ 2013

UN Member States 193 183 (95%) 166 164

Developed countries 44 43 (98%) 43 43

Developing countries 137 130 (95%) 113 111

CIS 12 10 (83%) 10 10

Responses from reporting period 2001 to 2013

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Implementation of the 1993 and 2008 SNA

Countries which have implemented 2008 SNA – Aug 2014Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, USA

Total number of countriesImplementation of 1993 or 2008

SNA

UN Member States 193 165 (85%)

Developed countries 44 43 (98%)

Developing countries 137 110 (80%)

CIS 12 12 (100%)

15% of member states still use 1968 SNA.

Scope of National Account Statistics

The scope of accounts is set by UNSC 6 milestones Supplemented by three data sets

– MRDS– Recommended set– Desired set of accounts.

Data quality not assessed with NAQ

Tables of the MRDS

74 Member States have implemented ISIC Rev. 4.

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Data available between 2009 and 2013

Total number of countries

Tables of the Minimum Required Data Set (MRDS)

1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.3/ 4.1 4.2

UN Member States 193 168 (87%) 144 (75%) 174 (90%) 168 (87%) 123 (64%) 145 (75%) 100 (52%)

Developed countries 44 42 (95%) 41 (93%) 43 (98%) 41 (93%) 36 (82%) 40 (91%) 34 (77%)

Developing countries

137 116 (85%) 94 (69%) 121 (88%) 117 (85%) 77 (56%) 95 (69%) 58 (42%)

CIS 12 10 (83%) 9 (75%) 10 (83%) 10 (83%) 10 (83%) 10 (83%) 8 (67%)

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National Accounts Decision 45/104

• The Statistical Commission in its 45th Session endorsed the programme of work of the ISGNA and urged it to address issues emerging from the implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008.

• Urged the working group to expedite the development of the handbooks and guidelines and requested that these be available in all working languages.

• Recognized that an integrated statistics approach is required to scale up the coordination, the advocacy, and the resources for the implementation of the 2008 SNA. Many developing countries would require significant technical assistance.

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National Accounts Decision 45/104

• Requested to harmonize the collection, validation, and dissemination of data collected from countries. It also supported the formation of a “friends of the chair” group to work out modalities for establishing an integrated statistics system.

• Confirmed that the scope of a capacity-building programme on integrated statistics and its ramifications for coordination and global governance extends beyond the mandate of the Working Group.

• Recognized that countries should take ownership of the required actions for strengthening the statistical production process.

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Thank you