Social and Demographic Statistics

The Social and Demographic Statistics Department is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as education, health, gender, environment, labor market, living conditions, and demographic characteristics of Rwanda’s population. The Department is also in charge of the implementation of the periodic Health and Demographic Surveys (DHS) as well as Service Provision Assessment Surveys (SPA). Detailed and in-depth policy analysis of the demographic surveys and population censuses is the responsibility of this Department too, which, in addition, carries out population projections (national, sub-national and sectoral) and produces regular vital statistics. The department also carries out periodic surveys on Labor Market (labor demand), Labor Force (labor supply), and Living Conditions (EICV). 

To accomplish its mission, the Social and Demographic Statistics Department is headed by a director and is organized into the following three sections:

• Social and Vital Statistics
   
• Labor Statistics
   
• Demographic Statistics and Surveys