It refers to a technical, dynamic and permanent process of interinstitutional agreement, organization and coordination, which helps optimize in a given time and with defined resources, the management and use of statistical information for decision making.

Statistical planning provides methodologies and tools to ensure consistency between production and demand for statistical information required by the country, in order to improve the design, assessment and monitoring of public policies, decision-making and private and public governance.

The statistical planning areas are: National, sectoral, territorial and institutional statistical planning.