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2024 TANZANIA UPDATED STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

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TZA-NBS-SBR-2024-v01
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics, The Office of the Chief Government Statistician
Metadata
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Oct 03, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    TZA-NBS-SBR-2024-v01
    Title
    2024 TANZANIA UPDATED STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER USING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
    Abbreviation or Acronym
    SBR 2024
    Country
    Name Country code
    United Republic of Tanzania URT
    Study type
    Enterprise Census [en/census]
    Series Information
    The Statistical Business Register is a continuous process conducted every year by Regional Statistical Offices, and it is the first joint update using admnistative data conducted by the National Bureau of statistics (NBS), Tanzania Mainland and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Tanzania Zanzibar.
    Abstract
    The main purpose of the update is to ensure the Statistical Business Register reflects the most accurate and current status of active, inative and new establishments by integrating recent administartive data from previous SBR. The scope of the 2024 SBR updated through administrative sources covers establishments in both Public and Private Sectors that engaging one person and above and operating in fixed premises that adhere to the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC-Rev. 4).
    Kind of Data
    Administrative records data [adm]
    Unit of Analysis
    The unit of analysis is establishment

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Updated, anonymous dataset.

    Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
    Version Date
    2025-09-30
    Version Notes
    The 2023/24 SBR is the first updated dataset using administrative data conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS). Prior to the 2024, implementation were conducted separately for Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the 2024 SBR updated through administrative sources covers establishments in both Public and Private Sectors that engaging one person and above and operating in fixed premises that adhere to the International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC-Rev. 4).

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    International Standard Industrial Classification Revision 4 ISIC Rev.4
    Keywords
    International Standard Industrial Classification Revision 4

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    Data representative are in National Coverage- (Tanzania, Mainland Tanzania, Tanzania Zanzibar and Regions). This report presents the detailed findings at national and regional levels.
    Universe
    The 2024 SBR covers all establishments engaging one person and above

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance
    The Office of the Chief Government Statistician Ministry of Finance and Planning
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Government of Tanzania URT Funding
    World Bank WB Funding
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Tanzania Revenue Authority Technical Support
    Zanzibar Revenue Authority Technical Support
    Department of Coordnation and Field Operations National Bureau of Statistics Technical Support
    Department of Standard, Coordination of Statistics and Research The Office of the Chief Government Statistician in Zanzibar Technical Support

    Data collection

    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation Abbreviation
    Tanzania Revenue Authority Ministry of Finance TRA
    Zanzibar Revenue Authority Ministry of Finance and Planning ZRA

    Data processing

    Data Editing
    Data updating goes through the following steps:
    1) Matching Techniques
    2) Validation
    3) Update rules

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal
    Cleaning and validation were facilitated using a well known data processing software, CSPro 6.0 and Microsoft Excel was used for producing tables and charts

    Access policy

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by The Statistics Act, [Cap 351 R.E 2019] Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have formally agreed:

    1. All identifying information such as the name and address of respondent has been removed;

    2. The information is disclosed in a manner that is not likely to enable the identification of the particular person or undertaking or business to which it relates.

    3. Not attempt to identify any particular person or undertaking or business;

    4. Use of information for research or statistically purpose only;

    5. Not to disclose the information to any other person, organization

    6. When required by the Director General, return all documents made available to him to the Director General;

    7. Comply with the directions given by the Director General relating to the records.

    8. Every person involved in the research or statistical project for which information is disclosed pursuant to this section shall make the declaration of secrecy set out in the first schedule.
    Access conditions
    Tanzania NBS considered three levels of accessibility:

    1) Public use files, accessible by all
    2) Licensed datasets, accessible under certain conditions
    3) Datasets only accessible on location, for certain datasets

    The dataset has been anonymized and available as a public use dataset. It accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

    1. The data and other material will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organization without the written agreement of the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics.

    2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.

    3. No attempt will be made to produce links among dataset provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, or among data from the (National Bureau of Statistics) and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.

    4. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identify of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the National Bureau of Statistics.

    5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
    Citation requirements
    National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [Tanzania]. 2024.Tanzania Updated Statistical Bussines Register Using Administrative Data Report - Dodoma, Tanzania: NBS.
    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    National Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance sg@nbs.go.tz
    Office of Chief Government Statistician Ministry of Finance sg@nbs.go.tz

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer
    "The user of the data should acknowledge that, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics is the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences without a written agreement from the National Bureau of Statistics".
    Copyright
    (c) 2024, National Bureau of Statistics

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Statistician General National Bureau of Statics sg@nbs.go.tz

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    TZA-NBS-SBR-2024-v01
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    National Bureau of Statistics NBS Ministry of Finance Data Producer
    Office of Chief Government Statistician OCGS Ministry of Finance and Planning Data Producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2025-09-30

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    version 1.0
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