The Macroeconomics and Financial Statistics Directorate serves as a cornerstone of the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS), tasked with the responsibility of producing and disseminating a timely and high-quality production of Somalia’s key economic indicators. This includes generating annual and quarterly National Accounts statistics (GDP), which are fundamental to understanding economic growth.

Serving as the technical authority in its field, the Directorate is responsible for developing and updating the methodologies for all macroeconomic and financial statistics in accordance with rigorous international standards. This includes setting the technical specifications for national accounts, price statistics (e.g., inflation), public finance, and trade data. In this capacity, the Directorate collaborates closely with the line ministries on administrative data to ensure methodological coherence across the SNBS.