National Accounts Statistics
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.187
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027 Deadline extended
Course overview and administrative details
- Title: National Accounts Statistics (NASx)
- Session No.: OL 26.187
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Target Audience:
- Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts data.
- Qualifications:
- Participants should have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
Course description — scope and content
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Covers 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).
- Consists of:
- Lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA.
- Workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts.
- Main aim:
- Train participants in the compilation of annual gross domestic product both at current prices and in volume terms using the production and expenditure approaches, in support of better policy-making and surveillance.
- Core syllabus themes and topics:
- Overview of the system of national accounts, including the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets, with a focus on the framework of the 2008 SNA.
- Concepts: transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system.
- Production account: definition and measurement of output, intermediate consumption, and value added.
- Valuation issues and the treatment of particular industries.
- Source data and issues in the compilation of GDP by production and expenditure approaches.
- Deflators and derivation of volume measures of GDP.
- Specific issues related to goods and services transactions, including:
- Supply and use framework
- Inventory valuation adjustment
- Consumption of fixed capital
- Non-observed and informal economy
- Global supply chains
- Digital economy
- Emphasis on sharing country experiences among the participants.
Course objectives and expected competencies
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the main concepts and definitions of the SNA 2008.
- Describe the compilation of GDP using production, expenditure, and income approaches.
- Discuss the importance of price and volume measures in the national accounts.
- Explain the value of high-quality national accounts statistics to policy makers and business decision-makers.
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