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Information related to agriculture is collected, processed and disseminated by the Agriculture and Environment Statistics Division of the Department of Census and Statistics. Statistics collected by the Division include extent and production of Paddy, other seasonal and permanent crops, livestock and cost of production. Census of Agriculture is also conducted by this division once in 10 years.

Information on External Trade is collected, processed and disseminated by the Statistics division of the Customs Department. The Industrial and Construction Statistics Division of the Department of Census and Statistics compiles the following information annually based on the data of Sri Lanka Customs and Central bank of Sri Lanka.

Department of Census and Statistics is the key statistical data producer in Sri Lanka. It has a staff of 1300 working in the Head Office divisions, Branch offices, statutory bodies, and in the District Kachcheries. Staffs have also been posted to Provincial Councils. DCS has 16 Head Office divisions, 39 Branch offices in different Ministries, Departments and Statutory bodies. It has 25 District offices located in the respective District Secretariats (Kachcheries). In addition 24 Statistical Officers provide technical services to the Provincial Administration.

Labour Force Survey, Household Income and expenditure Survey and Employment Census were mainly aimed to measure the levels and trends of socio economic status of Sri Lanka.

Annual survey of industries (ASI) is carried out by the Industrial and Construction Statistics division since 1984. The scope of this ASI is all the activities categorised under the three industry divisions, namely Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing and Electricity, Gas and Water of the International Standard Industrial Classification of the United Nations. State owned industrial establishments, industries coming within the perview of Board of Investment (BOI) and private sector establishments with 5 or more persons engaged, have been covered in this survey.

Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey was designed to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka. This survey is being conducted quarterly by the Sample Survey division since the first quarter of 1990.

From 1980 to 1990, poverty statistics was estimated by the Department of Census Statistics using data collected from various surveys including Family Budget Survey, Labour Force and Socio Economic Survey. Because of the high demand on poverty indices, in 1990, a survey was designed mainly to collect data required for estimating the indices related to poverty and food consumption patterns. This survey is known as Household Income and Expenditure survey (HIES). Since then the HIES is conducted regularly once in five years.

The main source of education statistics is the annual school census carried out by the Statistics Branch of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. This census has been carried out for about two decades. It covers the schools in the country and collects information on schools, teachers, pupils, physical resources etc. Besides, information on educational institutions such as Pirivenas and Teacher Training Colleges are also collected

National Data Archive - Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.