The National Institute of statistics (L'Institut National de la Statistique: INS) was created in 1969. It is a non-administrative public organization . It also represents a central organ in the national statistics system. According to its

status, INS is managed by a governing board chaired by the INS Chief executive officer.

Main Missions

• Ensuring data gathering, processing and analysis as well as disseminating statistical information in coordination with the other public statistics organizations. 
• Conducting censuses and demographic, social and economic surveys. 
• Elaborating national accounts according to its different scopes (national, quarterly). 
• Elaborating indicators for the business cycle and insuring the follow-up and the analysis of this cycle. 
• Organizing national statistical documentation by gathering data issued by the organizations of the national statistics system. 
• Ensuring technical coordination for public statistics activities. 
• Ensuring a permanent secretariat for the Statistics National Council. 
• Organizing international cooperation in the field of statistics.

Administrative Organization

At the central level : INS is made up of 7 central departments: 6 technical central departments in charge of designing and monitoring the production and dissemination of statistical information, and a central management including the shared service. Besides, two units are under the supervision of the INS General Management: :

• The Permanent Secretariat for the Statistics National Council 
• The business cycle information center.

The central departments: 

• C.D. of demographic and social statistics. 
• C.D. of business statistics. 
• C.D. of the national income accounting. 
• C.D. of the business cycle and business studies statistics. 
• C.D. of regional statistics. 
• C.D. of dissemination, IT and coordination.