National Bureau of Statistics Seychelles - SDDS
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SDDS
IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
On
1
st
May 2015,
(1/5/15), Seychelles graduated to the IMFs
SDDS
to become the 64
th
country subscribing to this initiative and the third country in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa and Mauritius.
It is to be noted that prior to graduating to the SDDS, Seychelles participated in the IMFs General Data Dissemination System
(GDDS)
and officially became the 88
th
member of the IMFs GDDS on 18
th
December 2006. Seychelles is the 13
th
country to graduate to the SDDS from the GDDS.
What is the SDDS?
The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) is an IMF initiative established in 1996 to guide countries that have or are seeking access to capital markets to disseminate key data so that users in general, and financial market participants in particular, have adequate information to assess the economic situations of individual countries.
It is a global benchmark for disseminating macroeconomic data to the public. As the name indicates, the SDDS is a standard with precise requirements on data coverage, and adherence implies meeting the four criteria in dissemination which are frequency, periodicity, timeliness, transparency and quality and consistency.
Why the SDDS?
Data dissemination standards are important because they help enhance the availability of timely and comprehensive statistics, which contributes to the design and monitoring of sound macroeconomic policies and the improved functioning of financial markets. Subscription to the SDDS provides investors with up-to-date data that are frequent, timely and accessible. This facilitates the country’s access – for both the public and private sector - to international capital markets, potentially implying higher levels of foreign investment.
The four dimensions of the SDDS
Countries that subscribe to the SDDS agree to follow good practices in four areas or SDDS dimensions:
coverage, periodicity, and timeliness of data;
public access to the data;
data integrity; and
data quality.
Requirements of the SDDS
A country adhering to SDDS has to meet certain criteria. The requirements are as follows:
(i) Dissemination of the economic and financial data of the country on the National Summary Data Page
(NSDP)
which is hosted on a national web page and is hyperlinked with the
IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
(DSBB)
. The NSDP is updated according to an Advance Release Calendar
(ARC)
.
(ii) Dissemination of the ARC on a national webpage to be hyperlinked with the IMF website.
(iii) Detailed information about the statistical practices, or
metadata
, (description about data) in a prescribed IMF format of the SDDS data categories, for dissemination on the DSBB.
(iv) Pursuance of good practice, (as described in the IMF Data Quality Assessment Framework) with respect to integrity, methodological soundness, accuracy, reliability, serviceability and accessibility aspects of data.
Components of the SDDS
There are four major components of type of data disseminated by the SDDS and they are all part of economic statistics and financial data, except a last addendum item on population.
The data categories and data sources are shown in the Table below.
SECTOR
DATA CATEGORY
DATA SOURCE
1
REAL
1
National Accounts
National Bureau of Statistics
2
Production Index
National Bureau of Statistics
3
Labour Market:
Employment
National Bureau of Statistics
4
Labour Market:
Unemployment
National Bureau of Statistics
5
Labour Market:
Wages/Earnings
National Bureau of Statistics
6
Price Index:
Consumer Prices
National Bureau of Statistics
7
Price Index:
Producer Prices
National Bureau of Statistics
2
FISCAL
8
General Government or Public Sector Operations
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
9
Central Government Operations
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
10
Central Government Debt
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
3
FINANCIAL
11
Depository Corporations Survey
Central Bank of Seychelles
12
Central Bank Survey
Central Bank of Seychelles
13
Interest Rate
Central Bank of Seychelles
14
Stock Market
Trop-X Stock Exchange- Seychelles
4
EXTERNAL
15
Balance of Payments
Central Bank of Seychelles
16
Official Reserves Assets
Central Bank of Seychelles
17
Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Central Bank of Seychelles
18
Merchandise Trade
Central Bank of Seychelles / NBS
19
International Investment Position
Central Bank of Seychelles
20
External Debt
Central Bank of Seychelles
21
Exchange rate
Central Bank of Seychelles
About the Bureau
In July 2010, the legal framework of the Bureau was recast and modernized and the National Statistics Bureau Act, 2005, was repealed to be replaced by the National Bureau of Statistics Act, 2010. The institution is now the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and is headed by a Chief Executive Officer.
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SDDS
IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
On
1
st
May 2015,
(1/5/15), Seychelles graduated to the IMFs
SDDS
to become the 64
th
country subscribing to this initiative and the third country in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa and Mauritius.
It is to be noted that prior to graduating to the SDDS, Seychelles participated in the IMFs General Data Dissemination System
(GDDS)
and officially became the 88
th
member of the IMFs GDDS on 18
th
December 2006. Seychelles is the 13
th
country to graduate to the SDDS from the GDDS.
What is the SDDS?
The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) is an IMF initiative established in 1996 to guide countries that have or are seeking access to capital markets to disseminate key data so that users in general, and financial market participants in particular, have adequate information to assess the economic situations of individual countries.
It is a global benchmark for disseminating macroeconomic data to the public. As the name indicates, the SDDS is a standard with precise requirements on data coverage, and adherence implies meeting the four criteria in dissemination which are frequency, periodicity, timeliness, transparency and quality and consistency.
Why the SDDS?
Data dissemination standards are important because they help enhance the availability of timely and comprehensive statistics, which contributes to the design and monitoring of sound macroeconomic policies and the improved functioning of financial markets. Subscription to the SDDS provides investors with up-to-date data that are frequent, timely and accessible. This facilitates the country’s access – for both the public and private sector - to international capital markets, potentially implying higher levels of foreign investment.
The four dimensions of the SDDS
Countries that subscribe to the SDDS agree to follow good practices in four areas or SDDS dimensions:
coverage, periodicity, and timeliness of data;
public access to the data;
data integrity; and
data quality.
Requirements of the SDDS
A country adhering to SDDS has to meet certain criteria. The requirements are as follows:
(i) Dissemination of the economic and financial data of the country on the National Summary Data Page
(NSDP)
which is hosted on a national web page and is hyperlinked with the
IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
(DSBB)
. The NSDP is updated according to an Advance Release Calendar
(ARC)
.
(ii) Dissemination of the ARC on a national webpage to be hyperlinked with the IMF website.
(iii) Detailed information about the statistical practices, or
metadata
, (description about data) in a prescribed IMF format of the SDDS data categories, for dissemination on the DSBB.
(iv) Pursuance of good practice, (as described in the IMF Data Quality Assessment Framework) with respect to integrity, methodological soundness, accuracy, reliability, serviceability and accessibility aspects of data.
Components of the SDDS
There are four major components of type of data disseminated by the SDDS and they are all part of economic statistics and financial data, except a last addendum item on population.
The data categories and data sources are shown in the Table below.
SECTOR
DATA CATEGORY
DATA SOURCE
1
REAL
1
National Accounts
National Bureau of Statistics
2
Production Index
National Bureau of Statistics
3
Labour Market:
Employment
National Bureau of Statistics
4
Labour Market:
Unemployment
National Bureau of Statistics
5
Labour Market:
Wages/Earnings
National Bureau of Statistics
6
Price Index:
Consumer Prices
National Bureau of Statistics
7
Price Index:
Producer Prices
National Bureau of Statistics
2
FISCAL
8
General Government or Public Sector Operations
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
9
Central Government Operations
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
10
Central Government Debt
Ministry of Finance, National Planning & Trade
3
FINANCIAL
11
Depository Corporations Survey
Central Bank of Seychelles
12
Central Bank Survey
Central Bank of Seychelles
13
Interest Rate
Central Bank of Seychelles
14
Stock Market
Trop-X Stock Exchange- Seychelles
4
EXTERNAL
15
Balance of Payments
Central Bank of Seychelles
16
Official Reserves Assets
Central Bank of Seychelles
17
Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Central Bank of Seychelles
18
Merchandise Trade
Central Bank of Seychelles / NBS
19
International Investment Position
Central Bank of Seychelles
20
External Debt
Central Bank of Seychelles
21
Exchange rate
Central Bank of Seychelles
About the Bureau
In July 2010, the legal framework of the Bureau was recast and modernized and the National Statistics Bureau Act, 2005, was repealed to be replaced by the National Bureau of Statistics Act, 2010. The institution is now the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and is headed by a Chief Executive Officer.
More
Partners
Contact Us
National Bureau of Statistics
Caravelle House, Victoria
Mahe, Seychelles
Phone: + (248) 4679 400
Email:
stats@nbs.gov.sc
FB
LN
Copyright © 2026 National Bureau of Statistics Seychelles. All Rights Reserved.
Joomla!
is Free Software released under the
GNU General Public License.
Inquire
FB
LN
Give us a call
(248) 4679 400
Home
About
Vision and Mission
Strategic Foundation
News
Board Members
NBS Plans
Resources
Statistics Act
Vacancies
Publication Programme
Access to Information
Downloads
Explore
SDDS
Consumer Price Index
Merchandise Trade
GIS
Census and Survey
Crime Justice & Security
PPI / IPI
Production
Demography
Tourism
Employment
National Accounts
NSDP
NSDP
ARC
Other Resources
SADC HCPI
SIDS Data Platform
MOF Customer Feedback
Webmail