The Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) will be launching a suite of statistical communication
products on Thursday 30 May 2024 in Savaii, at the Fagamalo EFKS Hall, 8:30– 11:00am. The
initiative is the brainchild of the Bureau after calls from several partners and stakeholders for
simplified statistical information, for use of communities and the public at large.
The SBS is the nation’s central organisation responsible for the provision of fit for purpose, valued,
reliable and timely official statistics to inform policy and decision making at the national and
international levels. The call by stakeholders for simplified statistical products also meets one of
the Samoa Statistics Strategy 2022-2026 objectives of “making statistics easy to access and use”.
Funded through the Tautai Governance for Economic Growth Program, the SBS communication
products being launched are designed specifically so the general public can better understand how
data is compiled, analysed, and utilised to produce official national financial statistics, population
count, economic reports and other key statistics for policy planning and decision making, at all
levels of government.
Some of the products to be launched include a simplified table of statistics in a ‘wall calendar’
format. Statistics include district specific data disaggregated by sex; People with Disabilities
(PWD); Children attending/not attending school; Employed/unemployed and total population per
district. Other products to be launched on the day include English and Samoan videos on SBS
services, pull-up banners, posters, SBS Communications Strategy 2023-2026 and the user-friendly
dissemination process via the SBS website and its Facebook page. District specific data wall
calendars will be distributed to all 51 districts, while all products will be made available on the
SBS website after the launch.
The event will be officiated by the Government of Samoa and Australia represented by the
Associate Minister of Works, Trasport and Infrastructure [Afioga Niuava Fata Eti Malolo] and
First Secretary, Australian High Commission [Mr. Gregory Furness].
For further information about this event please contact 62000 or email Alaiula Ioasa at
alaiula.ioasa@sbs.gov.ws or Siala Lova at siala.lova@sbs.gov.ws.