In the field of economic statistics, the Statistics Division promotes the conceptual and methodological development of economic statistics and indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean, disseminates regionally comparable information, and provides technical assistance and training to countries in the region.

Main lines of work:

• Processing, compilation, systematization, and dissemination of basic information on economic statistics and indicators in the areas of national accounts, balance of payments, foreign trade, and domestic prices.
• Calculation of purchasing power parities (PPPs) obtained from the comparison of prices of baskets of goods and services representative of the components of GDP derived from the International Comparison Program (ICP).
• Compilation and dissemination of international methods and recommendations.
• Compilation, correlation, and dissemination of international economic classifications used both in economic statistics and in the development of economic indicators.
• Methodological development in emerging areas such as satellite accounts and other extensions.
• Provision of technical assistance to countries that require it, in the implementation of the System of National Accounts (SNA), domestic price statistics and foreign trade in goods and services.