Country Statistical Information
Mongolia

Basic Country Information
Region	EAP	Population (in million)	2.6
Lending Category	IDA (PRSP)	GNI per capita ($US)	1680

2009 Statistical Capacity Indicator (on a scale of 0-100)
Indicator	Mongolia	All Countries**
Overall	78	65
Methodology	60	56
Source Data	80	63
Periodicity & Timeliness	95	77
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Statistical System Information
Legal/Strategic Framework	Statistical Law	Law on Statistics, enacted in June 1997, last amended in January 2008
	NSDS/Statistical Master Plan	National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (2008-2012)
	NSDS Status	Implementation
Statistical Practice	National accounts methodology	SNA93
	National accounts base year	2005
	Balance of payments manual in use	BPM5
	External debt reporting status	Estimate
	Govt finance accounting concept	Consolidated
	CPI base year	2000
	SDDS/GDDS subscription	GDDS
Data Collection	Population census(es) (since 1995)	2000 - Population and Housing Census
	Vital registration system coverage	Complete
	Agricultural census(es) (since 1995)	-
	Household survey(s) (since 1995)	2007 - Household Socio-Economic Survey 2007-2008 2006 - Labour Force Survey 2006-2007 2005 - Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2005 - Living Standard Survey 2005 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2004 - Disabled Persons One-Time Registration Survey 2003 - Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2003 - Reproductive Health Survey 2002 - Integrated Household Income and Expenditure Survey with Living Standards Measurement Survey 2002 - Labour force survey 2001 - Living Standard Measurement Survey 2000 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000 - Participatory Living Standards Assessment, 2000 2000 - Time Use Survey 1999 - Household Survey 1998 - Living Standards Measurement Survey 1998 - Reproductive Health Survey 1996 - National Monthly income-expenditure surveys 1995 - Living Standard Measurement Survey 1995 - National Monthly income-expenditure surveys
World Bank Statistical Projects	STATCAP	MONSTAT: Strengthening the National Statistical System of Mongolia
	IBRD/IDA (Non STATCAP)	-
	TFSCB	Mongolia: Implementation of NSDS, Census Preparation Strengthening the Institutional Statistical System Strengthening the Institutional Statistical System in Mongolia Updating the Statistical Masterplan and Preparing the the Financial Strategy
Statistical agencies/ publications	CSO	National Statistical Office Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Email info@nso.mn Web http://www.nso.mn
Statistical agencies/ publications	Statistical publications	Catalog and online publications are available at CSOs website
Relevant documents	PRSP	2003, Progress Report (2005)
	CAS	2004
	DQAF/ROSC Report (IMF)	2008
	Article IV Staff Report (IMF)	2006
	MDG report (UNDP)	2004
Other		CSOs history and information on organizational structure are available from CSOs website.

** All countries include low- and middle-income IDA/IBRD countries with a population of over 1 million.