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