The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

governing body established to report to the presidency. The GSS conducts Population and Housing Census in the country.

History

The GSS is a Public Service body established under the Statistical Service Law 135 in 1985 by the

PNDC The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup ...

. The first population census in Ghana began in 1891 as efforts were made to collect and disseminate statistical information.

References

National statistical services Government agencies of Ghana {{Ghana-gov-stub