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Government explores work from home policy
Jensen La Vende Trinidad and Tobago Newsday The Ministry of Planning is currently drafting a national policy to keep one of the add-ons of the pandemic on a permanent basis – working from home (WFH). Since mid-March last year, the private and public sector have been up-ended by the restrictions imposed by the government to combat the...
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Statistics in Focus: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Thursday 24th December, 2020. Source: Thursday Business Guardian Author: Central Statistical Office In September 2000, at the UN Headquarters in New York, countries of the world agreed to adopt eight (8) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. These goals aimed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality...
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TATT and the CSO Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in the rollout of the Authority's Digital Inclusion Survey (DIS)
The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 17, 2020 with the Central Statistical Office (CSO) to provide technical assistance in the rollout of the Authority’s Digital Inclusion Survey (DIS). The Authority is also happy to announce that it has engaged the professional services of an...
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World Statistics Day, Tuesday October 20th, 2020
3RD OBSERVANCE OF WORLD STATISTICS DAY CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO The Central Statistical Office (CSO), along with National Statistical Organisations all around the world, will observe World Statistics Day on Tuesday October 20th, 2020. The General Assembly of the United Nations designated this day as 'World Statistics Day' to acknowledge the importance of reliable, timely...
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CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2020
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNIY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE OBSERVANCE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2020 It is my pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to send greetings on the launch of the Twelfth Observance of Caribbean Statistics Day on 15 October 2020. This year also marks the Third Observance of World Statistics...
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Protected Areas - A necessary economic driver
An estimated $18.8M TT in revenue was generated from the sale of fruits and vegetables across six (6) protected areas in Trinidad and Tobago in one year, from October 2018 to September 2019..This is according to a socio-economic survey, which formed part of the Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago...
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2011 Census Database now accessible online
The 2011 Population and Housing Census database can now be accessed and queried via the Central Statistical Office’s website www.cso.gov.tt. You can now rapidly produce various types of user defined tables, graphs and maps which are easily downloadable for inclusion in reports, presentations and for personal use. The “2011 Census Data” link falls under the...
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T&T Population Reaches 1.4 million
The total population of Trinidad and Tobago reached 1,353,895 persons in 2016 according to the Central Statistical Office’s Population, Social and Vital Statistics Division. This total consists of 679,288 males and 674,607 females and represents the CSO’s 2016 mid-year estimates. Based on these official statistics the population of Trinidad and Tobago can now be stated...
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