OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
bullet Providing a comprehensive conceptual and accounting framework, which can be used to create a macroeconomic database suitable for analyzing and evaluating the performance of the economy.
bullet showing the relationships between the different productive activities and dependency on the external world.
bullet Providing International comparisons between different countries.
bullet Forecasting future economic situations.
bullet Contributing towards setting up economic and social polices, as well as analysis processes for decision-making.

This bulletin includes a set of concepts and definitions used in the tables and accounts, in addition to a summary of the methodology adopted in compiling the accounts, as well as statistical sources .