The State Bank of Pakistan is asking users of its EasyData Portal to share their experience through a short survey, as part of an effort to improve how the platform functions and how easily people can access financial and economic data through it. The central bank is specifically looking to understand how straightforward it was for users to locate the information they needed on the portal, and what changes could make the experience smoother going forward.
The EasyData Portal is SBP’s online repository for economic and financial statistics, giving researchers, analysts, students, and members of the public access to indicators such as monetary data, exchange rates, banking statistics, and other datasets that the central bank regularly publishes. Since data portals of this kind are often used by a wide range of people with different levels of technical familiarity, feedback on usability and navigation tends to play a direct role in shaping future updates to search functions, filters, and data presentation.
By collecting structured feedback directly from users, SBP is aiming to identify specific pain points in the portal’s current design, whether that relates to how datasets are categorized, how quickly information loads, or how easy it is to export data for further use. The central bank has not indicated a timeline for when changes based on the survey results might be rolled out, but the move reflects a broader pattern among public sector data platforms in Pakistan, where user feedback loops are increasingly being used to guide incremental improvements rather than relying solely on internal reviews.
The survey is open to anyone who has used the EasyData Portal, and SBP has encouraged users to take part so that the responses collected can reflect a range of use cases, from casual lookups to more detailed research work. No further details were shared regarding how the survey results will be analyzed or whether a public summary of the findings will be released once the feedback period closes. You can find the survey here.
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