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)

THANK YOU!