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OECD Assessment of the Statistical System of Latvia and Key Statistics of Latvia OECD Assessment of the Statistical System of Latvia and Key Statistics of Latvia OECD ASSESSMENT OF THE STATISTICAL SYSTEM OF LATVIA AND KEY STATISTICS OF LATVIA June 2015 This report OECD Assessment of the Statistical System of Latvia and Key Statistics of Latvia was finalised in June 2015 to support the discussions of the Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy as part of the accession process of Latvia to the OECD. Latvia became a full member of the Organisation on 1st July 2016. 1 FOREWORD The review of the statistical system and statistics of the Republic of Latvia by the Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy (CSSP) was an important component of the process for accession to the OECD. Over the period 2013-2015, the Secretariat conducted a review of statistics covering various subject domains as well as a review of the legal and institutional framework for statistics. The report that follows was originally prepared to support the deliberations of CSSP; it provides detailed descriptions of OECD data requirements and the capacity of Latvia to meet these requirements. Experts from OECD member countries participated actively in the process. The reviewers made extensive demands for data and documentation on those responsible for official statistics in Latvia, primarily in the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) of Latvia and the Bank of Latvia (BOL). The Latvian officials co-operated fully and professionally throughout the process. Martine Durand OECD Chief Statistician and Director of the OECD Statistics Directorate 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD….. ............................................................................................................................. ….2 OECD ASSESSMENT OF THE STATISTICAL SYSTEM OF LATVIA AND KEY STATISTICS OF LATVIA ................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 1. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR OFFICIAL STATISTICS .... 8 CHAPTER 2. STATISTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................ 48 CHAPTER 3. NON-FINANCIAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTS .......................................................... 63 CHAPTER 4. PRICE STATISTICS ................................................................................................. 100 CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC BUSINESS STATISTICS ....................... 114 CHAPTER 6. INDICES OF PRODUCTION AND DEMAND ....................................................... 121 CHAPTER 7. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS ................................................................. 125 CHAPTER 8. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES .. 133 CHAPTER 9. FINANCIAL STATISTICS ....................................................................................... 136 CHAPTER 10. LABOUR AND POPULATION STATISTICS ...................................................... 146 CHAPTER 11. BUSINESS TENDENCY AND CONSUMER OPINION SURVEYS ................... 158 CHAPTER 12. WELL-BEING INDICATORS ................................................................................ 163 CHAPTER 13. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY STATISTICS ................................. 171 CHAPTER 14. DATA COLLECTED BY OTHER OECD DIRECTORATES ............................... 184 3 OECD ASSESSMENT OF THE STATISTICAL SYSTEM OF LATVIA AND KEY STATISTICS OF LATVIA Introduction This document contains the detailed assessment of the statistical system and the official statistics of Latvia. In the Roadmap for the Accession of Latvia to the OECD Convention, the OECD Council requested the Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy (hereafter “CSSP”) to carry out an accession review of Latvia in order to provide a formal opinion to Council evaluating Latvia’s policies and practices as compared to OECD best policies and practices in the area of statistics and statistical policy. The Roadmap provides that in evaluating Latvia’s policies and practices as compared to OECD best policies and practices, committees will refer to the core principles set out in the Appendix to the Roadmap. The Appendix of the Roadmap contains the following core principles in the area of statistics: Willingness and ability to fulfil the obligation in Article 3 a) of the Convention to “furnish the Organisation with the information necessary for the accomplishment of its tasks”, including providing short-term, structural and other analytical statistics and their associated methodological information needed for adequate policy analysis and surveillance: • Adequate legal and institutional framework for statistics in the candidate countries, and its conformity with the principles applied in OECD member countries • Quality of the data and metadata available in the candidate countries and their comparability with data available in OECD Member countries • Integration of the candidate countries in the Organisation’s reporting and information systems by the time of accession. The present report is intended to provide to the CSSP the detailed background for its final opinion on the official statistics of Latvia. Scope of the review The present review is organised into i) a review of the legal and institutional framework for statistics in Latvia and ii) an assessment of the quality and comparability of the statistical data available in Latvia as well as the capacity of Latvia to deliver data after accession which can be integrated into OECD databases. The review covers in great detail the legal and institutional framework for official statistics in Latvia as well as all domains in which statistics are collected and published by the OECD. These domains have been divided into those where the Statistics Directorate (STD) is responsible for the collection of data, which are covered in detail and those where data is collected by another OECD Directorate, for which a summary of work undertaken by those Directorates is provided (see Chapter 14). 4 Evaluation criteria The objective of this review is to evaluate whether statistical policies and practices of Latvia compare with OECD best policies and practices. The legal and institutional framework for Latvian official statistics was assessed against the standards established by the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics developed by the United Nations Statistical Commission and other international guidelines, in particular the European Statistics Code of Practice. The Secretariat conducted a thorough review of the pertinent laws, regulations, reporting relationships, and policies that govern the statistical activities of all major producers of statistics in the Latvian national statistical system. Within each statistical domain, data and metadata are evaluated to determine how well they meet OECD requirements, in terms of coverage, compliance, interpretability, timeliness and data and metadata transmission. These five elements comprise the basic elements of the OECD’s evaluation. In addition, where feasible, other aspects of the OECD Quality Framework for Statistical Activities are also considered, such as coherence, accuracy and credibility. Below are brief, generic descriptions of these evaluation criteria. • Coverage – the extent to which the statistics meet the requirements of the OECD in terms of variables, detail, frequency, measurement units, historical coverage and availability. • Compliance – the extent to which the statistics comply with the relevant OECD and other international standards. • Interpretability (Availability of Metadata) – the interpretability of data reflects the ease with which the user may understand and properly use the data. The adequacy of the underlying metadata that is, the definitions of concepts, target populations, variables and terminology, and information describing the limitations of the data, if any – largely determines the degree of interpretability. For the purposes of this assessment, “interpretability” is viewed in a narrow sense as “Availability of Metadata”. • Timeliness – the length of time between the reference period and when statistics are made available to the OECD. The OECD normally has established desirable timeliness targets based on needs and on the typical practices of member countries. • Data and metadata transmission – the ability of the country to deliver data and metadata for integration into the OECD databases • Coherence – the extent to which the statistics are logically connected and mutually consistent within a dataset, across datasets, over time, and across countries • Accuracy – the extent to which data correctly estimate or describe the quantities or characteristics they are designed to measure • Credibility – the extent to which users can be confident in using the statistics. Furthermore, with regard to the delivery of data for integration into OECD databases, it is extremely important that candidate countries have the ability to transmit up-to-date metadata explaining concepts and methodologies, in one of the official languages of the OECD, English or French. 5 Source of information The present statistical review of Latvia is based on the following information: • Latvia’s responses to a number of data collection questionnaires sent by the OECD Secretariat • Independent research by the OECD Secretariat which was subsequently verified with Latvia • An expert peer review mission on 26-28 November 2014 including two experts from OECD Members (Statistics Austria and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics) as well as OECD Secretariat officials • As
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