Institut National De La Statistique

What Institut National De La Statistique does

Institut National De La Statistique (INS) is Tunisia's official national statistics institute, a public establishment operating under the Ministry of Economy and Planning and headquartered in Tunis. Founded in 1969, INS produces, analyzes, and disseminates official statistical data and indicators across demographics, the economy, trade, employment, prices, and social conditions, serving government agencies, researchers, businesses, international organizations, and the general public. The institute is responsible for major statistical operations including the General Population and Housing Census (RGPH 2024), quinquennial Household Budget, Consumption and Living Standards surveys, the MICS survey with UNICEF, and the DEGURBA urbanization methodology with UN-Habitat.

INS's core product is the Tunisia Data Portal (dataportal.ins.tn), a multi-module platform offering data search, query interfaces, statistical dashboards, interactive maps, data analysis tools, and API access, developed in partnership with the African Development Bank and powered by Prognoz. Supporting outputs include the Monthly Statistical Bulletin, the multi-year Statistical Yearbook of Tunisia, the External Trade Statistics Portal, the Infrastructure Indicators Report, and the Tunisia Poverty Map produced with the World Bank. The platform implements SDMX standards for interoperability and applies advanced GIS capabilities recognized by the 2019 Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award for the AIR-STAT project. All data is released under an open license compatible with OGL, CC-BY, and ODC-BY, enabling commercial and non-commercial reuse with attribution.

As a government statistical institute, INS is funded through state budget allocations and does not operate a commercial revenue model. Distribution spans a Tunis headquarters, a Documentation and Statistical Information Center, and six regional offices across Tunisia, complemented by global digital access via the website and data portal in Arabic, French, and English. The institute has no subsidiaries, no disclosed private investors, and no public stock listing; its sole ownership and supervisory relationship is with the Tunisian government via the Ministry of Economy and Planning.

Name

Institut National De La Statistique

Legal name

Institut National de la Statistique

Website

https://ins.tn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Institut National De La Statistique is Tunisia's official national statistics institute, producing and disseminating official statistical data on demographics, the economy, trade, employment, and social conditions for government, researchers, businesses, international organizations, and the public. It operates the Tunisia Data Portal, runs national censuses, and publishes monthly bulletins and yearbooks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Official Statistics / National Statistical Services

NAICS

Administration of Economic Programs (9261)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Official statistics
• National census
• Economic indicators
• Statistical publications
• Open data portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Tunis

HQ country

Tunisia

HQ region

Africa

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As Tunisia's official national statistics institute, INS operates as a public institution funded by government budgets. It produces and disseminates official statistics as a public service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Institut National De La Statistique (INS) is Tunisia's official national statistics institute that produces, analyzes, and disseminates official statistical data and indicators for the country. It conducts the General Population and Housing Census, tracks macroeconomic and social indicators (inflation, GDP growth, unemployment, trade balance, poverty), and publishes regular statistical bulletins, yearbooks, and thematic reports. Data is distributed through the Tunisia Data Portal (dataportal.ins.tn), APIs, regional offices, and a documentation center under an open government license.

Product overview

Institut National De La Statistique (INS) operates as Tunisia's official national statistics office, providing a comprehensive suite of statistical products and services. The core offering is the Tunisia Data Portal (Portail de données de la Tunisie), a multi-module platform comprising data search, query interfaces, dashboards, maps, data analysis tools, and API access. Supporting this are specialized portals like the External Trade Statistics Portal. INS publishes regular statistical reports including the Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Annual Statistical Yearbook covering five years of data across 18 themes (agriculture, trade, national accounts, population, prices, etc.), and thematic reports like the Infrastructure Indicators Report. Major survey products include the 2024 General Population and Housing Census (RGPH 2024) and the Household Budget, Consumption and Living Standards Survey 2021. All data is released under an open license compatible with OGL, CC-BY, and ODC-BY, enabling broad reuse.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tunisia Data Portal: Online data portal providing access to Tunisian statistical data, operated in partnership with the African Development Bank

Products and services

• Tunisia Data Portal (Portail de données de la Tunisie)

Quantifiable outcome

• Population of Tunisia: 11,972,169 as of 2024 census
• +5 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

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App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major.

• UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2024INS partnered with UNICEF to conduct the MICS (Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) survey in 2023, producing updated statistical data on the situation of mothers and children in Tunisia, supporting national goals and sustainable development monitoring.
• UN-Habitat (ONU-HABITAT)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 May 2022INS collaborates with UN-Habitat on the DEGURBA project to apply the global Degree of Urbanisation methodology in Tunisia. This partnership generates comparable urban data aligned with international standards for monitoring sustainable development goals.
• World BankmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020INS collaborated with the World Bank to produce the Tunisia Poverty Map, using the E.L.L. methodology for precise poverty measurement at the smallest geographic units by combining census and household survey data.
• African Development BankmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Tunisia Data Portal is developed in partnership with the African Development Bank. The bank provides financial and technical support for the data portal infrastructure, enabling INS to offer comprehensive open data access to the public.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurostat: The statistical office of the European Union. Comparable as a supranational aggregator/standardizer of national statistics, providing methodological frameworks (such as SDMX) that INS implements in Tunisia.
• U.S. Census Bureau: The United States' federal statistical agency for population and economic data. Comparable as a benchmark national statistics authority with advanced digital dissemination, GIS capabilities, and Esri-recognized excellence.

Direct peers

• Office for National Statistics (ONS UK): United Kingdom's national statistics office. Comparable in producing official economic indicators, labor market statistics, and population/demographic data with a strong digital data-portal presence.
• Statistics South Africa (Stats SA): South Africa's national statistics agency. Closely comparable as an African national statistics institute conducting quinquennial household surveys, census operations, and producing SDG-aligned indicators.
• Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS Egypt): Egypt's national statistics agency. Comparable as a large Arab/North African national statistics office with census operations, economic indicators, and regional statistical cooperation programs.
• Statistics Mauritius: Mauritius's national statistics office. Comparable as a smaller national statistics institute producing economic, demographic, and trade statistics with strong digital dissemination in a similarly sized economy.
• Office National des Statistiques (ONS Algeria): Algeria's national statistics office. Comparable as a North African national statistics institute conducting population censuses, labor force surveys, and price index calculations under similar regional conditions.
• INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques): France's national statistics institute. Directly comparable as a fellow Francophone national statistics office producing census, economic, and demographic data with public open-data dissemination.
• High Commission for Planning (HCP Morocco): Morocco's national statistics body. Comparable as a North African Francophone peer producing census, poverty, and economic data and competing for the same regional/international statistical mandates.
• National Bureau of Statistics (NBS Nigeria): Nigeria's national statistics bureau. Comparable as an African national statistics office conducting population censuses, household surveys, and economic indicators with multilateral partner support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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