The Demographic and Social and Statistics (DSS) Department is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as education, health, gender, environment, labor market, living conditions, and demographic characteristics of Rwanda’s population. The Department is also in charge of the implementation of the periodic Health and Demographic Surveys (DHS) as well as Service Provision Assessment Surveys (SPA). Detailed and in-depth policy analysis of the demographic surveys and population censuses is the responsibility of this Department too, which, in addition, carries out population projections (national, sub-national and sectoral) and produces regular vital statistics. The department also carries out periodic surveys on Labor Market (labor demand), Labor Force (labor supply), and Living Conditions (EICV).
To accomplish its mission, the Social and Demographic Statistics Department is headed by a director and is organized into three sections with following staff :
- Director (1)
Vital Statistics & Cross Cutting Social Statistics Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Vital Statistics Data Collection & Analysis Statistician (1)
- Youth & Gender Statistician (1)
- Justice & Human Right Statistician (1)
Labor Statistician Research Statistician Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Public Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Formal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Informal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
Demographic, Social Statistics & Surveys Team (7):
- Team Leader (1)
- Health Statistician (1)
- Primary and Secondary Education Statistician (1)
- Vocational, Technician and Tertiary Education Statistician (1)
- Household Surveys & POverty Statistician (2)
- Government Program Monitoring Statistician (1)
Director of DSS (a.i)
Mr. Faustin NILINGIYIMANA
Acting Director DSS
Mr. Faustin NILINGIYIMANA is the Acting Director of Social and Demographic Statistics at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) since July 2024 where he is entrusted with managing Social and Demographic Statistics Department (DSS) which is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as education, health, gender, labour, and demographic characteristics of Rwanda’s population.
Previously, he served as MDGs and EDPRS Monitoring statistician at NISR, from June 2024 to January 2018 and thereafter, he was appointed to be the Vital Statistics and Cross-cutting Social Statistics Team Leader at NISR in the department of Social and Demographic Statistics, from February 2018. As a head of vital statistics section, he played a pivotal role in boosting improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system in Rwanda, from paper-based to digital registration system, and has been coordinating the production and dissemination of Gender statistics and, Rwanda vital statistics Report.
Mr. NILINGIYIMANA has a Master of Science in Economics obtained from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics obtained from the former National University of Rwanda. He is devoted to strengthening administrative data collection systems to complement official statistics from surveys and census and, promote evidence-based decisions. Prior to working at NISR, he worked at Fair Construction Ltd as a Site Administrator from February 2012 to May 2014.