Country Report of the Statistical Center of Iran for Workshop on Integrated Economic Statistics and Informal Sector for ECO Member Countries 10-13 November 2007, Tehran, Iran

Main topics of country report Statistical system of Iran Implementation of the SNA 1993 Important issues of the 1993 SNA update for the country Measurement of informal sector in Iran

Statistical System of Iran

High Council of Statistics Statistical Center of Iran Diagram of the National Statistical system President Presidential Office High Council of Statistics Statistical Center of Iran Government Bodies Specialized Commission Deputies of the SCI Departments of the SCI

Head Organizational Chart of the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI)v Office of International Affairs and Public Relations Statistical Research and Training Centre Deputy Head for Administrative and Financial Affairs Deputy Head for Information Technology Deputy Head for Planning and Supervision Deputy Head for Statistical Surveys Training and Management Services General Department of Financial Affairs and Auditing Maps and Spatial Information Computer Programming and Software Services Statistical Database and Information Dissemination Computer Services and Networking Economic Accounts Statistical Standards Supervision and Quality Control Price Indices Office of Planning & Secretariat of the High Council of Statistics Administrative Registers Population and Labour Force Statistics & Census Agricultural Statistics Manufacturing, Mining and Environment Statistics Infrastructural Statistics Sample Surveys Cultural and Trade Statistics

Statistical System of Iran Background : Took shape in 1936, developed in 1975 and last updated and approved in 2000 High Council of Statistics : Headed by the Vice President on Planning and Strategic Supervision, comprising of a number of related deputy ministers as members. This Council has an expert consultant arm known as 'Specialized Commission‘ Statistical Center of Iran : Established in 1965 according to the Law of Establishment of the SCI, affiliated to the deputy of Planning and Strategic Supervision of the Presidential Office, Secretariat of High Council of Statistics Sectoral Statistics Committees : 32 committees for implementation of National Plan of statistics of the country

Main duties of the SCI Implementation of demographic, economic, and social censuses and sample surveys and dissemination of results; Provision of statistical data to meet national development planning requirements; Provision of technical advice to statistical departments of ministries, government agencies and/or government affiliated bodies, state-owned companies, and – whenever possible – to private sector agencies; Preparation and compilation of standards, methods, and regulations for statistical data production and dissemination; Implementation of scientific studies and researches on official statistics and related issues for quality improvement of the SCI's performance; and Compilation of required statistical data obtained from public and private sectors and centralized documentation of administrative records.

National Plan of Statistics 2005-2009 Objectives : to meet statistical needs of users to produce Statistics with acceptable quality to organize register-based statistics to use statistics extensively and efficiently

National Plan of Statistics 2005-2009 Main issues : Statistical Data Production The Organization of the Foundations of Statistical System Manpower Statistical standards Improved Data Quality Statistical Research Register-Based Statistics Development of Information Technology (IT) and Statistical Database of the Country Promotion of Statistical Culture

Main sources of statistics Registered statistics (administrative statistics) General censuses of economic activities Large and small scale statistical surveys

General Censuses General Census of Establishments in 2002 (as a base for conducting statistical surveys for all economic activities, the framework of establishments from this census is updated according to registered data form ministries and government bodies) General Census of Agriculture in 2003 (as a base for statistical surveys in agriculture sector) General Census of Population and Housing in 2006 (as a base for household-based statistical surveys)

Data collection system for manufacturing statistics Census of manufacturing establishments, covering large and small industries (last survey in 2003 and the next survey is organized for 2008) Annual census of large manufacturing establishments (covering large industries with 10 and more workers, population size 16018 units in 2005) Survey on household manufacturing activities ( last survey in 1996 and the next survey will be carried out in 2008) Household expenditure and income survey (the results are implemented in regional and national accounts estimations)

Implementation of the SNA 1993 Implementation of the 1993 SNA In compilation of national accounts was put in the SCI working program since 1993 by considering definitions, concepts, classifications and measurement methods and also with special regard to changes of the new revision : Determination of consumption expenditure of household and government according to final consumption expenditure, actual individual consumption and actual collective consumption Compilation of a separate account for cultivated assets with respect to gross fixed capital formation, tangible and intangible fixed assets sc

Implementation of the SNA 1993 (cont.) Considering taxes on production and imports and taxes on income, wealth,etc. in the compilation of accounts Measurement of imputed service charge of financial intermediaries with respect to the definition of financial intermediary service charge indirectly measured (FISIM) Compilation of goods and services accounts, production accounts and generation of income accounts and aggregate supply and demand Implementation of the SNA 1993 also was realized in compilation of regional accounts by the SCI since 1997 (compilation of GDP for 30 provinces of the country with detailed information of value added in 72 economic activities on a yearly bases)

Important issues of the 1993 SNA update Informal sector Illegal and underground activities Treatment of multi-territory enterprises Originals and copies Asset boundary for non-produced intangible assets Other intangible fixed assets Cost of capital services Private/public/government sect

Measurement of informal sector in Iran