Last update 8 / 11 / 2016
5 new features enable the authority clients to get statistical products using Arabic and English languages
GaStat launches the second version of its electronic portal
GaStat launched the second version of its electronic portal www.stats.gov.sa . 5 new features were added to enable the clients from both public and private sectors, decision makers, and researchers to get statistical data, bulletins, and reports issued by the authority in Arabic and English.
The authority asserted that the second version is one of the authority's developmental efforts in providing updated, accurate, comprehensive, and credible statistical products and services that have an added value according to the best international standards and practices.
Through its portal, the authority presents its statistical products and services, so that it becomes a digital database for a lot of developmental fields. The statistics and data come in multimedia and templates that help in supporting the developmental decisions, provide those who are interested in statistics with proper knowledge, and help media in raising the statistical awareness using many interactive windows. The second version was developed to facilitate reaching the indicators and information by focusing on five new features. In this version, there is a new interface for the statistical library which displays the statistical products classified by the product issuance period and issuance periodicity ( monthly, quarterly, or annual). The second feature is the possibility of displaying 35 statistical products. However, the third feature aims at providing statistical products issuance methodologies and field survey forms, so that clients, specialists, academics, and researchers can overview the forms used in the field surveys. As for the fourth feature, it provides a separate section for the statistical products and bulletins' dates of releases. This collaborates in achieving the authority values which include independency and transparency. The fifth feature is the ability to download the products in "Excel" and "PDF" format, so that decision makers, specialists, and researchers can download and use the files to select the appropriate indicators.
It is worth mentioning that GaStat official website was designed in a way that enables everyone to browse it using computers, laptops, tablets, and smart phones.