Founded in 1969, École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (National Higher School of Statistics and Economics) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the metropolis of Abidjan (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants). Officially recognized by the Ministère du Plan et du Développement, Côte d'Ivoire (Ministry of Planning and Development of the Ivory Coast), École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) is a coeducational Ivorian higher education institution. École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. ENSEA also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, as well as administrative services.