Overview
	Structure
	Functioning

Overview

The National Directorate of Statistics, NDS for short, is responsible for:

• Coordinating the official statistics system of the country, so as to ensure its coherence and rationality;
• Compiling, analyzing, systematizing, producing and publishing statistical data on the population, companies and other entities, in order to produce and publish information on the economical, social and demographical situation of Timor-Leste;
• Ensuring the coordination of the National Statistics System (NSS), approving concepts, definitions, nomenclatures, indicators and other statistics coordination instruments, according with the international standards;
• Compiling and socializing National Accounts and further information on the different aspects of economy;
• Developing, updating and administering statistical information and records according with the international best practices;
• Safeguarding the compatibility of computer and technology systems with internationally accepted and practiced standards;

for more see http://www.dne.mof.gov.tl