Introduction of the Department

Section 4C(f) of SBP Act, 1956 empowers SBP to collect and produce statistics relevant to the Bank’s objectives and functions. Statistics and Data Services Department (SDSD) is responsible for generation, collection, verification, validation, compilation, dissemination and communication of data on monetary, external, and financial aspects of Pakistan economy using modern latest technology.

Historically, Department of Statistics was established in 1949 by (late) Zahid Hussain, the founding Governor of SBP. It was entrusted with the responsibility to develop various statistical series by producing data related to money, banking, finance and balance of payments starting from a “Desk Calendar on Statistics”. It has since then been operating under various names including Statistics Department, Statistics & Data Warehouse Department, and Core Statistics Department until recently. Primarily, SDSD is engaged in producing data series  on daily, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual frequency on money, banking (Islamic and conventional), finance, rates of return/interest, financial soundness indicators, financial access survey, international trade, balance of payments, exchange rates, workers' remittances, foreign exchange reserves, foreign investment, Pakistan's debt and liabilities, and flow of funds accounts. These statistics are compiled on the basis of data collected from scheduled banks, microfinance banks, development finance institutions, other financial corporations, public and private sector non-financial corporates and various ministries, departments, attached departments, and subordinated offices of government of Pakistan. We provide data file structure, data submission guidelines and (formal) training - through NIBAF-Pakistan as well as Reporting Institutions’ Training Divisions/Wings to ensure ‘quality’ of the statistics we produce. We have internal data quality assessment mechanism in addition to regular internal audit calendar for data quality assessment of selected datasets compiled by this Department.

The department also disseminates real sector secondary data for selected indicators. The primary as well as secondary datasets are disseminated on SBP website. Most of the data on SBP Economic Data page are also available on SBP EasyData which is an interactive time series data portal. SBP EasyData also hosts Dashboards on a few important datasets including those on monetary, external and real sectors considering the importance of data as a co-decision-maker. This Department also communicates important data summaries to the public through SBP social media platforms. Moreover, the Department also publishes selected monthly, quarterly and annual publications including (1) Monthly Statistical Bulletin and (2) Statistical Supplement of Annual Report (The State of Pakistan's Economy) and (3) Monetary Policy Information Compendium.

The Department is also a member of various international organizations on Statistics including the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) and International Statistical institute (ISI). Some of the officers of the Department are also members of Royal Statistical Society (RSS) of UK. The Department works under the intellectual umbrella of United Nations Organization which publishes System of National Accounts and International Standards Industrial Classifications. The Department follows guidelines set forth in the manuals provided by IMF, World Bank etc. including Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (latest edition); Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (latest edition). Keeping in view of the IMF Special Data Dissemination Standards (Enhanced General Data Dissemination System), the Department ensures the dissemination of official statistics according to IMF's standards.

The data dissemination also takes place through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) portal on Pakistan Bureau of Statistics website(https://www.pbs.gov.pk/nsdp). These data include Monetary Surveys, Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, Financial Soundness Indicators, International Investment Position, Balance of Payments, External Debt and Workers' Remittances. In addition to serving the data needs of SBP supervision, financial inclusion, policy and research purposes, the Department also provides statistical data to the government of Pakistan, academia, internal and other national /international stakeholders including data for SAARC Finance database.

Ownership Govt: Debt Survey(FGDS)
Ownership Classification Of Federal Govt: Debt Survey(FGDS) - June 2019

Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey(CPIS)
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) - June/December

Foreign Investment Survey (FIS)
Foreign Investment Survey (FIS) - 2024

Quarterly Foreign Investment Survey Questionnaire