Organisation Structure

Director General

The Director General is the head of the National Statistics Office and has the legal representation of it. The Malta Statistics Authority Act, 2000 makes provisions for this position in Article 9.

NSO staff

The National Statistics Office (NSO) is the executive arm of the Malta Statistics Authority and draws its mandate from the Malta Statistics Authority Act, Cap. 422 of the Laws of Malta.  The NSO is headed by the Director General and is made up of five directorates: Economic Statistics, Business Statistics, Social Statistics, Data Capability and Corporate Services.  The first three directorates are directly responsible for statistical subject-matter.  The Data Capability directorate is tasked with assisting domain units in data management and methodological issues whilst helping the office reach a higher degree of efficiency in terms of processes and IT infrastructure.  The Corporate Services directorate provides lateral support to all units for matters related to human resources, finances, procurement and administration. Other horizontal functions are carried out by the International affairs unit, the Central ​management and institutional affairs unit, the Disseminations and communications unit, the NSO Legal advisor and the team responsible for special projects:-

A hierarchical organisation chart for NSO may be viewed here​​​​.