The development of NADABAS started in Mozambique in 2004 in a Nordic project operated jointly by the national statistical agencies in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and providing support to the National Statistical Institute in Mozambique. Since then, the system has been implemented in several countries, including Lesotho (EU-project), Kenya (World Bank and Statistics Sweden), Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana (African Development Bank) and Zambia (Statistics Sweden). NADABAS is also used in Palau and the Marshall Islands.
NADABAS was originally developed by Søren Netterstrøm (IT) and Jan Redeby (national accounts), who were working at Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden at the time. Jan Redeby now works as an independent consultant, and Søren Netterstrøm has retired since May 2024.
Additionally, Mark Sturton and Glenn McKinlay, independent consultants active in the Pacific region, contributed to further development of NADABAS. Their work was supported by the EconMap program, International Institute, Pacific Islands Training Initiative, Graduate School USA (https://pitiviti.org/initiatives/economics/index.php).
Starting May 2024, Jarle Kvile (Statistics Norway) and COMESA have taken over the responsibility of the IT development. They are working together with the NADABAS network to improve selected features, and Jarle Kvile is currently responsible for fixing any errors reported.
STATAFRIC is the custodian of NADABAS. The system is supported by NSOs in Norway, Sweden and Kenya, together with COMESA and EAC.