Voorburg Group on Service Statistics

For 40 years, representatives from national statistical agencies have met to address selected problems in statistical methods. The Voorburg Group derives its name from the city in Netherlands where it first met in 1987. The experience with the Voorburg Group has shown that the international community can benefit greatly from such a process. These informal consultative groups are an innovative way to use country resources to improve and speed up the international standards development process.

The mission of the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics is to establish and maintain an internationally comparable methodology for measuring output and producer price indexes for the service industries. We focus on the development of concepts and methods, the sharing of best practices, and identification of classification needs. The Voorburg Group has contributed over the years to building up and sharing a considerable and growing body of knowledge of Service Sector Statistics. It has prompted international cooperation in the development of standards and has assisted in resolving statistical and measurement challenges in the Service Sector.

On this site you can search for all the papers presented at every meeting, view the agenda and participants for all meetings and get the latest Voorburg Group News.

The Reference Documents tab contains the Voorburg Group's Strategic Plan, Content Development Framework, Glossary, and Thesaurus, as well as international recommendations and manuals on national accounting and price measurement.

Next Meeting

The 41st Meeting of the Voorburg Group on Service Statistics will be held in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales (United Kingdom), from September 20 to 24, 2027. Hosted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the tentative agenda includes presentations and discussions on:

• Deflators
• Quality adjustment in Services Producer Price Indexes (SPPIs)
• Sector papers on television broadcasting, travel agency activities, and the leasing of intellectual property
• Industry-specific topics
• Manuals and guidance documents
• The use of alternative data sources
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Methodological developments
• Classifications
• Modern production systems

Details regarding the agenda will be available in a few weeks.

Please use the following link to register for the meeting: N/A

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