About DoS
Historical Overview
| 1968 | Department of Statistics established |
| 1969 | J.E. Tertullien appointed first Director of Statistics First Statistical Abstract Published |
| 1970 | Census of Population and Housing Household Budgetary Survey Business Establishments Survey |
| 1971 | Monthly News Letter Introduced |
| 1972 | Retail Price Index (RPI) Revised - New Base Year |
| 1973 | Statistics Act passed Freeport Office established National Accounts estimates produced |
| 1974 | Relocated to Clarence Bain Building Population Projections produced |
| 1980 | Census of Population and Housing |
| 1986 | First Personal Computer Introduced Bahamas in Figures Introduced |
| 1990 | Census of Population and Housing |
| 1991 | Hosted 16th Annual SCCS Meeting Institutional Strengthening/Technical Cooperation with IDB |
| 1992 | Local Area Network Introduced |
| 1993 | Charles Stuart Appointed Second Director of Statistics |
| 1994 | CPI Revised - New Base Year |
| 1996 | World Customs Organization Harmonized System for the Classification of Foreign trade Introduced |
| 2000 | Census of Population and Housing |
| 2001 | Bahamas Living Conditions Survey Hosted 26th Annual SCCS Meeting |
| 2006 | Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) Produced Household Expenditure Survey/Poverty Survey Customized Application Systems Introduced |