About us

The Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) is a sole designated entity responsible for the publication of official statistics. The Agency is a statutory body which was established through the Statistics Act No. 13 of 2018. The key provisions of the new statistical Act establishes an integrated National Statistical System; Promote the use of statistical data and information at individual, institutional, national and international levels. Some of the key functions of the Agency are to:

• Develop and coordinate an integrated National Statistical System;
• Establish consultative mechanisms for effective dialogue with a statistical agency or user for the purposes of this ACT;
• Advise the Minister on matters related to official statistics and other statistics;
• Review all initiatives to collect data at the national level in the context of an integrated National Statistical System;
• Approve an instrument for data collection developed for national level data collection, including a census frame, register, sample design and questionnaire to be used in conducting a census and survey;
• Promote and encourage use of common concepts, definitions, nomenclatures and standards in the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics in order to ensure integration of the National Statistical System;
• Compile, analyse, abstract and disseminate demographic, social, economic, financial, agricultural, environmental and other statistics;
• Undertake research on, and develop techniques and methods of, generating statistics;
• Promote user and producer interface on statistics; and
• Maintain a coordinated National Statistical System through capacity building, promotion of professional ethics, standards, timeliness and quality of work.