National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
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National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (official abbreviation — Belstat; Belarusian: Нацыянальны статыстычны камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь; Russian: Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь) is a Belarusian government organization responsible for the collection, analysis and publication of the national statistics.
History
History of Belstat goes back to 1919 when the Minsk regional statistical bureau was transformed into the Central statistical department of the
Activities
Belstat has 7 regional subsidiaries (one in every
Criticism
Belstat is often criticized for the lack of transparency. In 2020—2021, Belstat stopped to publish some of the statistical information, presumably for political reasons.[5][6][7][8]
For many years, Belstat didn't calculate the number of unemployed people in Belarus according to international standards. This feature was related to the official guideline that there is no unemployment in Belarus.[5] As of 2021, Belstat calculates unemployment according to both national standards and International Labour Organization methods, and they differ many times. Government media usually cite the lesser of two.
In 2020—2021, Belstat was accused of hiding information about the number of deaths
After the EU, USA and several other countries imposed sectoral sanctions against Belarus, Belstat stopped to published reports about several aspects of foreign trade and industry.[5] According to economist Kateryna Bornukova and political scientist Andrey Kazakevich, Belstat acts in accordance with the idea that the people don't need to know and discuss statistical information. Bornukova added that the government isn't interested in revealing the possible economical damage of the Western sanctions because of the official guideline "sanctions make us stronger" and also because this statistical data can show the particular ways to overcome the sanctions.[5] Economist and demographer Anatoly Zlotnikov analysed the lack of reliable data through the established policy that "positive" statistical data is propagated and "negative" is usually avoided to read out.[10] He also suggested that Belstat tried not to provoke panic.[11]
References
- ^ Platonov R.P., Bober M.K., Zhumar S.V. et al. The highest bodies of state power and central government of Belarusian SSR in 1965-1991 [Высшие органы государственной власти и центрального управления Белорусской ССР (1965—1991)]. Vol. 1. Minsk: BelNIIDAD, 2000. P. 107—114.
- ^ Savitsky E.M. et al. Government bodies of the Republic of Belarus, 1991-2008 [Органы государственной власти Республики Беларусь (25 августа 1991 г. — 31 декабря 2008 г.)]. Vol. 1. Minsk: BelNIIDAD, 2019. P. 298—300.
- ^ Территориальные органы государственной статистики
- ^ История страны в документах фонда НАРБ «Государственный комитет БССР по статистике»
- ^ a b c d e Смертность и экспорт. Зачем Беларусь сгСвткрывает статистику
- ^ a b Избыточная смертность – 32 тысячи человек. Власти Беларуси многократно занижают статистику во время эпидемии коронавируса – данные утечки
- ^ a b c Белстат о переносе публикации данных по смертности: “Без комментариев”
- ^ a b Minsk in times of coronavirus. Official COVID‑19 death data shows more Belarusians deceased in Minsk than reported for the entire country
- ^ a b Безответственное решение правительства – сколько человек заболеет из-за него?
- ^ СМЕРТНОСТЬ В БЕЛАРУСИ В ПЕРИОД ПАНДЕМИИ COVID-19
- ^ ПАНДЕМИЯ COVID-19 В БЕЛАРУСИ: ДЕМОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОТРАЖЕНИЕ