Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie

What Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie does

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) is Burkina Faso's central national statistics office, operating as a public administrative establishment under the Ministry of Economy and Finance since 1974 (with predecessor entities dating to 1958). It holds the statutory mandate to coordinate the National Statistical System (SSN) under Decree N° 2015-1518 and Law N°036-2021/AN, producing official statistics across economic, demographic, and social domains. Its core product portfolio spans national accounts (annual and quarterly), the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (IHPC, covering 836 products across 2,137 observation points in 13 regions), the Industrial Production Index (IPI, Laspeyres-type methodology), external trade statistics, demographic and health surveys (EDS/MICS), the decennial General Population and Housing Census (RGPH), regional statistical yearbooks, and thematic dashboards (demographic, social). Technology infrastructure includes mobile data collection, online surveys, telephone interviews, and emerging big data analytics capabilities, with distribution through the official website (insd.bf), the Burkina Faso Open Data Portal, and the NADA microdata archive.

INSD serves a diverse stakeholder base that includes government ministries and public institutions (primary users for policy formulation and national accounts), researchers and academics (using microdata from NADA), private sector enterprises (for market intelligence and economic indicators), international development partners and NGOs (for program design, monitoring and evaluation, and poverty assessment), and the general public and media. All statistical data and publications are provided free of charge under an open data license, with downloads available in PDF and Excel formats. The organization is funded through government budget allocations and international development partner grants (including the EU PAGPS Program), rather than through commercial revenue, and operates without private shareholders or listed securities. INSD is currently led by Director General Toubou RIPAMA, with institutional strategy directed by the Plan stratégique 2026-2030 and Schéma Directeur de la Statistique 2026-2030.

Name

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie

Legal name

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie

Website

https://insd.bf

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

INSD is Burkina Faso's national statistical institute, producing official economic, demographic, and social statistics under the Ministry of Economy and Finance for government, researchers, development partners, and the public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Statistical Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of General Economic Programs (926110)

akta.pro primary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

Keywords

• National statistical services
• Demographic data collection
• Economic indicators production
• Government statistical agency
• Public data dissemination

Headquarters

HQ city

Ouagadougou

HQ country

Burkina Faso

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) is Burkina Faso's official national statistical office, mandated to produce, analyze, and disseminate official statistics on the country's economy, demographics, and social conditions. It conducts censuses and large-scale household surveys, calculates harmonized consumer price indices and national accounts, and publishes statistical yearbooks and analytical reports accessible to government, researchers, and the public.

Product overview

The Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) is Burkina Faso's central statistics office operating under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of statistical products and services organized around economic statistics (national accounts, price indices, trade statistics, business surveys), demographic statistics (censuses, health surveys, population projections), and social statistics (employment, living conditions, gender statistics). The organization provides data through multiple channels including an Open Data Portal and Microdata Archive (NADA), and publishes various dashboards, bulletins, and annual statistical yearbooks at national and regional levels. Key products include the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (IHPC), Industrial Production Index (IPI), Demographic and Health Surveys, General Population and Housing Census (RGPH), and Regional Statistical Yearbooks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitation (RGPH)
• Enquête Démographique et de Santé (EDS)
• Indice Harmonisé des Prix à la Consommation (IHPC)
• Comptes Nationaux (National Accounts)
• Annuaire Statistique du Burkina Faso Annual reference publication consolidating statistical indicators across demographic, economic, social, cultural, and environmental domains for Burkina Faso, distributed to government, libraries, researchers, and partners.
• CountrySTAT Burkina Faso Online platform aggregating food and agricultural statistics for Burkina Faso, including production, trade, prices, and consumption indicators, supporting evidence-based decision-making in the agricultural sector.
• Portail Open Data INSD Online open data portal providing free public access to downloadable INSD datasets, microdata, and statistical indicators for researchers, students, businesses, and citizens.
• INSD DataLab Innovation lab providing a collaborative data analysis environment, training, and resources for students, researchers, and young statisticians to work with INSD microdata and develop new analytical products.

Quantifiable outcome

• Coverage expanded to 13 regions with 836 representative products in the consumer price basket
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNS (Conseil National de la Statistique)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026
• Ministry of Economy and Finance (MINEFID)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025
• AFRISTAT (Observatoire Economique et Statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Institut National de la Statistique (INS) - Côte d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire's national statistics office performing the same statutory mandate: price indices (IHPC), national accounts, RGPH census, EDS/MICS, and regional yearbooks within the WAEMU harmonized statistical system.
• Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSAE): Benin's national statistics office, also producing IHPC, EDS, RGPH, national accounts, and open-data products under the same WAEMU harmonized methodology framework — making it one of the closest functional comparables to INSD.
• Institut National de la Statistique (INS) - Niger: Niger's national statistics office with near-identical portfolio — IHPC, RGPH, EDS, national accounts — and shares the same Sahelian geographic, security, and donor-funding context as INSD, making it a strong contextual peer.
• Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD): Senegal's national statistics office, structurally and functionally a direct peer: produces IHPC-style consumer price indices, demographic and health surveys (DHS), national accounts, RGPH census, and open-data portals. Shares near-identical naming convention and WAEMU regional methodology with INSD.
• National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) - Nigeria: Nigeria's national statistics office producing GDP rebasing, CPI, labor force surveys, and demographic surveys. While much larger in scale, its mandate and product suite directly parallel INSD's and represents the regional upper bound for capability benchmarks.
• Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT) - Mali: Mali's national statistics office executing the same mandate: consumer price indices, RGPH census, EDS, SMART/EMOP surveys, and national accounts — sharing the WAEMU/UEMOA harmonized methodology with INSD.
• Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT) - Madagascar: Madagascar's national statistics office performing the same core functions (national accounts, price indices, demographic and health surveys, census) and similarly dependent on international donor financing for major survey cycles.
• Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et Démographiques (INSEED): Togo's national statistics office with parallel functions — IHPC, EDS, RGPH, QUIBB household surveys, national accounts — operating in the same WAEMU statistical ecosystem as INSD.

Others

• AFRISTAT (Observatoire Économique et Statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne): Regional intergovernmental economic and statistical observatory for WAEMU/CEMAC member states. AFRISTAT coordinates and harmonizes methodologies across national statistics offices including INSD, providing methodological standards rather than competing as a peer data producer.

Broad incumbents

• Statistics South Africa (Stats SA): South Africa's national statistics office and a regional benchmark for African NSOs. Operates the same product lines (CPI, national accounts, census, community survey, labour force survey) at significantly larger scale and methodological sophistication, serving as a benchmark for capability advancement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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