Economic Censuses in the World, Mohamed Ismail and Nany Abd El Kader

Contents• Introduction

• Basic Concepts of Economic Censuses

• The Objectives of the Economic Census

• Implementation phases of the economic census

• UN survey 2006

• Egyptian Economic Census 2012/2013

Introduction• Interest in the economic censuses has recently

grown in most countries of the world, beingthe main source of economic statistics.

• Economic statistics used in the formulation ofthe government's plans and the development ofinvestment policies by identifying the trends oftrade and investment in the country.

Introduction• Economic statistics also the main source for

detailed data on the number and distribution ofeconomic units in the various sectors of thestate.

• Also, it used to calculate the number ofeconomic units with different activities at thestate level at a particular point in time.

Basic Concepts of Economic Censuses

• The Economic Census is known as a huge scan

which is conducted on all economic units in

the country, in a certain time period through

the complete census of all economic units.

Basic Concepts of Economic Censuses

• Sometimes it is difficult to cover all of these

units, therefore it is then conducted using the

sampling method and in this case it is called,

partial census or sample census.

Basic Concepts of Economic Censuses• There are two concepts of the Economic

Census; the broad concept and the narrowconcept. The economic census in the broadsense means the complete census of alleconomic units in the greater part of theeconomy, and this concept was usually the oneused in the past.

Basic Concepts of Economic Censuses

• On the other hand, the economic census in the

narrow concept means the process of scanning

a single layer or a single sector within the

economy, and it is done through large annual

scans.

The objectives of the economic census

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses

• The International Statistical Standards

recommends conducting economic censuses

at regular intervals every five years to serve

as the basis of comparable economic

statistics.

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses• The implementation of the economic census

includes a number of successive stages whichbegins by

(1) Identifying the area of economic andcensus coverage.

Followed by(2) A specific methodology to collect the

required data.Ending by

(3) Publishing of census results.

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses(1) Coverage

The Economic Census covers in general allunits, facilities and economic institutions inthe state, and excludes the agricultural sectorin many countries where it is conductedseparately besides the economic census, as isthe exclusion of the public administrationsector from the economic censuses

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses(1) Coverage

For the geographical coverage; most states

apply the census in its broad concept

covering all geographical areas within the

state.

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses(2) Methodology

The methodology for conducting economiccensus is done through several basic stages:

a) Unit count

b) Design of census forms

c) Data collection

Implementation phases of the Economic censuses(3) Publishing results

The process of publishing census results isdone in most countries in two phases:

a) A tabular display of the important

characteristics of establishments is done

b) This is where results are obtained in more

details

UN survey 2006 • UN Questionnaire

The statistical Commission in United Nation

has set up a survey in 2006 to identify the

basic features of the economic censuses in the

countries of the world.

210countries

114respondent

39 depend on EC

31developing countries

2 Emerging countries

6 developed countries

75 don’t conduct

EC

96Non

respondent

UN survey 2006 Survey results show that:

• 56% of the countries that perform the census,performs it every five years, compared to 26%that conduct it every ten years.

• nearly 64.1% of countries, which conductseconomic census, excludes agriculture andpublic administration.

UN survey 2006 Survey results show that:• nearly 54 % of countries, that perform the

economic census cover all units in theeconomic census without reference to a certainthreshold of the number of employees orrevenue.

• about 44% of countries use the sample surveyto cover these units.

Percentage distribution of the countries that do not conduct the economic censuses according to the geographical group.

70

84.6

42.1

44.4

58.8

66.7

64.7

50.8

88.2

82.4

65.8

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Oceania

Europe

Central, East and South East Asia

West Asia

Latin America & the Caribbean

North America

Africa

Developing Countries

Growing Countries

Developed Countries

Total

UN survey 2006 Distribution of countries that do not conduct economic census insideeconomic groups according to the methods of collecting economicstatistics

Total %Developing Countries %

Growing countries %

DevelopedCountries

%

71478097Business records

75668879Regular economic survey

82718893Administrative records

Percentage distribution of the countries according to a periodic economic census and the geographical group

100

50

9.1

0

14.3

0

0

0

33.3

82

60

28.6

100

33.3

0

16.3

9

40

57.1

0

33.3

0

0

0

0

0

33.3

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Oceania

Europe

Central, East and South East Asia

West Asia

Latin America & the Caribbean

North America

Africa

percentage %

Yearly

Every 5 years

Every 10 years

Others

The proportion of countries that exclude agriculture sector or public administration sector from the census distributed

according to geographic group

100

67

46

80

57

100

67

33

100

36

60

71

100

83

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Oceania

Europe

Central, East and South East Asia

West Asia

Latin America & the Caribbean

North America

Africa

percentage %

Agricultrue

General Administration

Percentage distribution of countries according to the extent of the number of employees that included in the facilities census

as well as the economic group and geographic group

33

50

36

0

57

100

83

45

0

67

46

67

50

64

100

43

0

17

55

100

33

54

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Oceania

Europe

Central, East and South East Asia

West Asia

Latin America & the Caribbean

North America

Africa

Developing Countries

Growing Countries

Developed Countries

Total

percentage %

Do

Don't

Distribution of states in geographic and economic groups, according to the different methods used to cover small

economic units

100

0

0

25

100

20

21.4

25

22.2

25

0

20

0

18

0

33.3

50

75

0

40

50

25

44.4

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Oceania

Europe

Central, East and South East Asia

Latin America & the Caribbean

North America

Africa

Developing Countries

Developed Countries

Total

percentage %

sampling surveys

population census

Adminstrative data

Egyptian Economic Census 2012/2013• Egyptian census performed by combining

complete census and sample census.

• It has been collecting data of current statistics and

unregulated private sector for 13 activity.

• Reference period.

• Publication Method.

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