Welcome to the Central Statistical Office web site. The CSO is a Division of the Ministry of Planning and Development charged with the responsibility of taking censuses in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and collecting, compiling, analyzing and publishing statistical information relating to all social and economic activities of the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

This web site is our latest venture in a host of proposed activities as we seek to meet the challenges of effectively performing our mission. As we move towards our strategic vision, it is our hope that through this web site the CSO will significantly re-engineer and re-package our traditional reports and bulletins and will generate a mix of products superior and easily accessible to our clients. The web site will assist to strengthen the cohesiveness and effectiveness of Trinidad and Tobago official statistics and maintain the cooperation of our data providers. Through this medium we hope to build a warm relationship of mutual respect and trust with our data providers who are really our partners in the national statistical system.

Looking ahead, we envision a restructured and re-organized department with a new corporate culture, more customer focused and pro-active in meeting the needs of users. With additional funding, and a continuous process of enhancing this web site we hope to provide more timely, accurate and quality statistics. This dissemination of information would help to provide greater transparency and trust .

I hope you will find this web site helpful. Your comments on improving it will be welcomed.

Peter Pariag
Director, Central Statistical Office