National Statistics Office (Philippines)

Philippine Statistics Authority

Pangasiwaan ng Estadístika ng Pilipinas
Agency overview
Formed	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
Preceding agencies	National Statistics Office National Statistical Coordination Board Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
Type	Statistics
Jurisdiction	Government of the Philippines
Headquarters	CVEA Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Agency executives	Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, National Statistician and Civil Registrar-General Josie B. Perez, Deputy National Statistician for Censuses and Technical Coordination Office Estela T. De Guzman, Deputy National Statistician for Civil Registration and Central Support Office Candido J. Astrologo, Jr., Assistant National Statistician Minerva Eloisa P. Esquivias, Assistant National Statistician Wilma A. Guillen, Assistant National Statistician Vivian R. Illarina, Assistant National Statistician Editha R. Orcilla, Assistant National Statistician Atty. Maribeth C. Pilimpinas, Assistant National Statistician
Website	psa.gov.ph
Footnotes
Data collected are from the official website of the agency.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was created on September 12, 2013 when the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 (Republic Act No. 10625) was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III. The new government authority was created by merging the National Statistics Office, the National Statistical Coordination Board, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, and the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.

The PSA serves as the central statistical authority on primary data collection in the Philippines by conducting censuses on different sectors of the Philippine economy such as population, housing, agriculture, fisheries and business. It collects, compiles, analyzes and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs and general affairs of the people of the Philippines. Likewise, it enforces the civil registration functions in the Philippines.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) (Filipino: Pambansang Tanggapan ng Estadístika), formerly known as Bureau of Census and Statistics is the Philippine government's major statistical agency responsible for collecting, compiling, classifying, producing, publishing, and disseminating general-purpose statistics. The NSO also has the responsibility of carrying out and administering the provision of the Civil Registry Law including the archiving of birth, death and marriage and servicing requests for copies and certifications based on these documents as provided for in Act No. 3753 dated February 1931.

The organization assumed its responsibilities when Commonwealth Act (C.A.) No. 591 was approved on August 19, 1940. It was then known as the Bureau of the Census and Statistics (BCS). It became the National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO) in 1974 until was renamed to be the National Statistics Office.

The Philippines' Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Estadistikang Pansakahan, abbreviated as BAS), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for being the central information source and server of the National Information Network (NIN) of the Department of Agriculture; and providing technical assistance to end-users in accessing and analyzing product and market information and technology.

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