## National Accounts Statistics

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/nasxol26-187)

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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

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### 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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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.187E)
- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/nasxol26-187_