Central banks’ use of the SDMX standard

This report presents the results of a survey on central banks’ use of and interest in SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange). SDMX is an ISO standard to describe statistical data and metadata, normalise their exchange, and improve their efficient sharing. It provides an integrated approach to facilitating statistical data and metadata exchange, enabling interoperable implementations within and between systems concerned with the exchange, reporting and dissemination of statistical data and their related meta-information. Fifty-three central banks worldwide participated in this survey, which was facilitated by the BIS and the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC).  

This information is derived from a broader online survey, organised by the SDMX sponsor organisations in August–September 2015 with the aim of measuring the acceptance and implementation of SDMX in the international community of official statistics (ie central banks, statistical offices, international organisations) in general. This general survey was prepared for the Fifth 2015 SDMX Global Conference entitled SDMX in Action and held on 28–30 September 2015 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.