workshop on industrial statitics, 8 – 10 july 2013 country presentation maldives
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WORKSHOP ON INDUSTRIAL STATITICS,
8 – 10 JULY 2013
COUNTRY PRESENTATION MALDIVES
COLLECTION OF STATISTICS
Maldives has a decentralised statistical system
The Statistics Division of the Department of
National Planning is responsible for the
development of the national statistical system in
addition to the collection and compilation of the
core social and economic statistics
PERCENTAGE SHARE OF GDP BY SECTOR, 2012
Tertiary sector > 80%Manufacturing 4.7%
Since the economy is very small and is heavily depends on tertiary sector, no special survey is done to capture the industrial statistics
Done for the first time in 2007/2008
Currently conducting second survey in 2012/2013
Definition of Establishment An establishment is an enterprise, or part of an
enterprise: that is situated in a single location and in which only a
single (non-ancillary) productive activity is carried out Or
in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added
ECONOMIC SURVEY 2012/2013
COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC SURVEY
Incorporate establishments AND Unincorporated establishments covered in EShousehold economic activities: covered under HIESFrequency – every five years
Incorporated Establishments
Economic Survey ES
UnincorporatedEstablishments
All economic activities
Household Income and Expenditure Survey
HIES
Household Establishments
OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC SURVEY Measure the size and structure of establishments
To use in the compilation of Gross Domestic Product (G.D.P) by various industries and other national accounts aggregates
Compilation of economic indicators to monitor the performance of various economic activities:
Output per worker, average salaries etc in specific industries
Provide data aggregated and analysed in a manner that can be used for national & sectoral planning and be useful by private sector for their business development
To compute weights for the producer Price Index and Index of Industrial Production
DATA COLLECTED Establishment Characteristics: size, type..
Employment and compensation
Production, income, sales
Consumption of materials, expenditures
Capital formation: fixed assets
Stocks and inventories
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES USED
Country was Stratified into three domains Male’ City Addu City Atolls
In Atolls all the establishments were enumerated for the islands with population of 2500 and above
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES USED
In Male’ City and Addu City A listing was done to use as a frame for sample
selection All the establishments were classified into major
groups of ISIC Rev.4 ISIC groups with less than 20 establishments were
included in the sample For ISIC groups with more than 20 establishments:
1. include all the establishments having employment above 20
2. Simple Random Sample was taken for the establishments having less than 20 employees
ISSUES Geographical barriers High staff turnover Unavailability of financial data required by
the unincorporated establishments eg: small retail shops
Lack of staff with adequate knowledge and skills
Lacks a means to update the business register – currently discussion going on with the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA)
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