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Visitors:

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Welcome at the Website of the Foundation General Bureau of Statistics (GBS)

Mission Statement

The GBS mission is: “To provide the National and International Community with sound Statistics that provide an insight into the social, cultural, demographic and economic situation and development of Suriname”.

News from GBS - update 28 jan. 05

(Provisional) Results of the Seventh General Population and Housing Census
Clck here (only in dutch)

Our Maxim is from H. G. Wells:
“Statistical Thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write”

The website will provide you with an opportunity to note inter alia:
- Consumer Price Index numbers (CPI)
- Construction Price Index numbers (BPI)
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and
- Gross National Product (GNP)
- Imports and Exports
- Unemployment figures
- Poverty lines
- Other Social Statistics / Indicators
- (Provisional) Results of the Seventh General Population and Housing Census

We do hope that the information on our website will make all visitors more Statistics Minded and will provoke you to ask for more.
For more information, please see our Public Relations & Information Section at the Ground Floor of our Head Office at the Klipstenenstraat 5

Kindest Regards,

Drs. Iwan A. Sno, M.Sc.
Directeur – Algemeen Leider van de Volkstelling