About Us

The National Institute of Statistics (NIS), which is part of the Ministry of Planning, is the focal point on statistical matters in Cambodia. The NIS  compiles and consolidates statistics provided by decentralized offices and also collects primary data through household and establishment surveys and population censuses. The Asian Development Bank, UNDP, UNFPA and the World Bank have been providing technical assistance to the NIS for the past seven years.

Cambodia has a decentralized statistical structure. There are statistical bureaus and sections within planning and statistics departments of the various Ministries and in the planning and statistical units in the provinces and districts.

The NIS is headed by a Director General who is assisted by Deputy Directors General. It has four Departments:
(i) Social Statistics Department, responsible for collecting and compiling primary data on social affairs, education, health, information and culture; 
(ii) Demographic Statistics, Census and Survey Department, responsible for conducting censuses and surveys as well as data processing, statistical and demographic analysis and dissemination of results;
(iii) General Statistics Department, which comprises of the Bureau of National Accounts, the Bureau of Consumer Price Indices, Bureau of Administration and Bureau of Statistical Standards, Classification, Coordination and International Cooperation;
(iv) Economic Statistics Department, responsible for collecting and compiling primary as well as secondary data on agriculture, forestry, industry, commerce, construction, telecommunication, transport, tourism and environment.

The NIS has a total staff strength of 250 distributed amongst the four Departments. There are about 175 statistical staff at the provincial and municipal level and 300 statistical staff at the district level.

The upgrading of staff skills through training both in-country and in international institutions, the establishment of in-house data processing capacity, the collection of primary data through the 1998 Population Census and various surveys, and the increased capacity to serve the needs of data users have in the recent past greatly contributed to enhancing the role of NIS in the statistical system of Cambodia.