Bureau of Statistics

2006 census data processing in progress

	Bureau of Statistics
Government department under the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning mandated to set up a system for national official statistics on economic, social, demographic, including human resources, and environmental areas in relation to the development needs of Lesotho; and official statistics for purposes of economic and social planning, research, public information and international cooperation, and for related matter

Key Indicators
Preliminary Population Census Results	2006	1,880,661
Inflation rate	May 2008	9.5%
Unemployment	2002/03 HBS	23.2%
literate self reported	Demographic survey 2001	84%
infant mortality	Demographic survey 2001	81
child mortality	Demographic survey 2001	35
GDP (growth rate)	2006 Preliminary estimates	7.2%
GNI (growth rate)	2006 Preliminary estimates	3.1%
GDP per capita (growth rate)	2006 Preliminary estimates	7.1%
GNI per capita (growth rate)	2006 Preliminary estimates	3.0%
Food Poverty Line	2002/03 HBS	M 84.41
Poverty Line	2002/03 HBS	M 149.91
Maize - Area Planted (hectares)	2004/05	120, 011
Maize - Area harvested (hectares)	2004/05	112, 302
Maize - Production (metric tonnes)	2004/05	78, 739
Sorghum - Area Planted (hectares)	2004/05	30, 643
Sorghum - Area harvested (hectares)	2004/05	29, 687
Sorghum - Production (metric tonnes)	2004/05	18, 527

2006 Census Preliminary Results Report

Agriculture Production Survey Livestock Report

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