About
The Central Statistical Office is a Division of the Ministry of Planning and Development charged with the responsibility of taking censuses in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and collecting, compiling, analysing and publishing statistical information relating to all social and economic activities of the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and Tobago (CSOTT) was established in 1952 by the passing of the Statistics Ordinance, Chapter 42, No. 11 of the Revised Ordinances 1952. The Ordinance was later replaced by the Statistics Act, Chapter 19:02 of the Revised Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 1982.