Reviewing construction statistics in North Cyprus

Construction is one of the industries of strategic economic importance. Governments using their national institutions are involved in the collection of economic statistics, which indicate the state of their economy in an annual time series. However the completeness and accuracy of these statistics are always questionable by the stakeholders within the sector. Therefore there is an increasing need of accurate, manageable and reliable statistics for the sound analysis of the construction sector. The main purpose of this research is to review construction statistics in North Cyprus. The objectives of the review are to 1) engage with users to ascertain their views on the statistics and to identify their needs, and 2) investigate whether the statistics in their present form continue to meet user needs, and identify options for change. As part of the review, a user consultation exercise aimed to identify whether there are needs that justify continuing the statistics, as well as to ascertain users’ views on European Statistical System (ESS) key dimensions of the quality of the statistics. This review of construction statistics will provide a conceptual framework of statistical information to be presented in a more comprehensive content, sufficient portrait, highly reliable in terms of quality, and responsive to dynamic changes of the sector (inflation, structural adjustment policies etc.). Additionally, it is aimed to detect and minimize the uncollected information and thus make contribution for prevention of unregistered activities within the sector