Building the System of National Accounts - business register and
statistical classifications From Statistics Explained This
article is part of a set of background articles explaining in
some detail how statistics producers, such as national or
international statistical institutes, may build a coherent
system of national accounts (SNA), especially in developing
countries. The articles are based on the official Eurostat
handbook Essential SNA: Building the basics and they focus
particularly on the early stages of the implementation. The aim
of this article is to highlight the fact that the status and
quality of the statistical infrastructure make a decisive
contribution to the compilation and quality of national
accounts. Two of the main pillars of statistical infrastructure
are identified and described in separate sections: the
statistical business register (SBR) and classifications. While a
good quality statistical business register should offer a
realistic view of a country’s businesses, the classifications