In this seminar we present the results of the scientometric study of the state of Statistics in South Africa. The aim of scientometric studies is to provide academics and scientists in the field as well as science and research managers and relevant policy-makers and decision-makers with a high-level, standardized framework against which the strengths as well as the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the selected basic science disciplines can be monitored. Based on the first round of studies of the natural sciences in 2017 and the subsequent studies of the social sciences and humanities in 2019, a benchmarking framework could be developed. This framework assesses the disciplines in terms of four key dimensions: investment (funding) of research in the field, the academic staff capacity in the field, the trends in student enrolments and graduations in the field and the research publication performance of the field.