## National Accounts Statistics-Advanced

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics-Advanced](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/nas-a)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 24, 2025

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## Upcoming offerings

| Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 1, 2027 | November 12, 2027 | Vienna, Austria | [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | [JV 27.33](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2027/nas-ajv27-33) | English (Russian) | [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=JV27.33E) by August 1, 2027 |

### Course overview
- Training Program: National Accounts Statistics-Advanced (NAS-A).
- Focus: Theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA).
- Main aim: Train participants in developing and using advanced compilation techniques in areas including supply and use tables (SUT), input-output tables, and price and volume measures of the SNA.
- Format: Lectures covering advanced methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises.
- Encouraged activity: Participants are encouraged to share their country's experience in data collection and compilation.
- Topic classification: Macroeconomic Statistics.

### Main lecture and workshop topics
- Conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Estimating output of specific activities.
- SUT and input-output tables.
- Price and volume measurement, including chain linking.
- Inventory valuation adjustment, work-in-progress, and consumption of fixed capital.
- Thematic and extended accounts.

### Target audience
- Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by the agencies responsible for compiling the data.

### Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics; or equivalent experience.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Apply specific techniques to derive value added in special cases.
- Apply the techniques used to balance SUTs.
- Understand the process of converting SUTs to input-output tables.
- Apply the appropriate techniques to derive volume measures of value added and chain linking.
- Understand the principles and practice of estimating consumption of fixed capital.
- Understand the key features of thematic and extended accounts and their use in economic analysis.

### Teaching methods and practical focus
- Combination of lectures (theory and methodology) and workshops (practical exercises).
- Emphasis on advanced compilation techniques and hands-on practice with SUTs, input-output frameworks, and price/volume measurement methods.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [JV 27.33](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2027/nas-ajv27-33)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)
- [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=JV27.33E)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/nas-a_