Country NSO Main Agency Main Stats Law Stats Last Agr Other Sources of Stats Major Agr Census & Website
for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
Afghanistan Central Ministry of Data collection on Afghanistan None 1967 Cereal Production Survey MoA =
Statistical agriculture , agriculture and Statistical by Min. Of Agriculture www.mail.gov
Organization FAO, WFP livestock. Law .af
(CSO) CSO =
CSO Afghanistan www.cso.gov.
is responsible for af
the conduct of
agriculture census
and the Ministry
of Agriculture for
agriculture
surveys
Australia Australian ABS Agricultural and Census and Australian 2005-06 1. Department of Agriculture 1. Agricultural Census www.abs.gov.
Fisheries and Forestry, including
Bureau of Environmental Statistics Act Statistical Agricultural 2005-06 au
Australian Bureau of
Statistics Statistics Advisory Census Agricultural and Resource 2. Population Census 2006
(ABS) Committee (every 5 Economics (ABARE): crop 3. Agricultural Survey
(ASAC) years) forecasts, broad acre and dairy (annually in inter-
statistics, farm financial
Censal years)
information, farm productivity;
and Bureau of Rural Sciences 4. Resource Management
(BRS): land use information Survey: land and water
2. Bureau of Meteorology (BoM): management practices,
weather information, including
adverse climate
temperature, rainfall and physical
water statistics conditions (biennially)
3. Department of Climate Change 5. Livestock Slaughtering
and Energy Efficiency (DCC): Survey (monthly)
climate change and greenhouse
6. Livestock Products
gas emissions statistics
4. Australian Customs Services: Surveys (quarterly)
export/import statistics 7. Wheat Grain Stocks and
5. State Departments of Primary Use Surveys(monthly)
Industry, Water and
8. Vineyards Survey
Environment: Regional-specific
agricultural and environmental (annually)
statistics
6. Various industry bodies, i.e. Meat
and Livestock Australia, Dairy
Australia, Cotton Australia,
Sugar Australia etc: industry-
specific statistics
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
*Banglades Bangladesh BBS Agricultural No. Only Act National Agricultural 1. BBS : Agr Census data, crop 1. Agr Census of www.bbs.gov
production, land use and irrigation,
h Bureau of Census and for census Statistical Census of Bangladesh, 2007 .bd
wage rates and production cost,
Statistics Surveys, Fisheries Council Bangladesh livestock and forestry 2. Labour Force Survey,
(BBS) and Forestry Stats 2007 2. Directorate of Fisheries (DOF): 2002-03
Fish production 3. Livestock Survey
3. Directorate of Forest (DOF) :
Forestry statistics
4. Directorate of Agr Marketing
(DAM) : Wholesale prices of agr
products
5. Ministry of Agr : Production and
price data of Agr inputs
6. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
(BRRI) : Input costs, yield, cropping
pattern
7. Bangladesh Agr Development
Corporation (BADC) : Seed,
Irrigation & others
8. Pesticide Association of
Bangladesh (PAB) : Pesticides
statistics
9. Bangladesh Tea Board : Tea
production
10. Bangladesh Sericulture Board :
Tea production
11. Cotton Development Board :
Cotton production and statistics
12. BBS and Export Promotion
Bureau (EPB) : Exports and imports
of Agr
*Bhutan Central Ministry of Agr All Agr and No. National Renewable 1. Ministry of Agriculture : Policy 1.RNR Census 2000 www.moa.gov
and planning, livestock, food, forests,
Statistical (MOA), Policy Statistics Statistical National 2. RNR Sample Surveys .bt
survey and land records, and
Organizatio & Planning Bureau Resources agriculture marketing services 3. Annual Agr Survey
n (CSO) Division (PPD), (NSB) Census
Information (RNR) 2000
Management
Section
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
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Statistics
*Cambodia National National All Agr and Non- Statistics Statistics Population 1. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 1. Population Census of www.nis.gov.
and Fisheries, Department of
Institute of Institute of Agr Census and Law, May Advisory Census of NIS kh
Planning Services:
Statistics Statistics (NIS) Statistics 2005 Council NIS Agricultural land use, area and 2. Crop and Livestock www.maff.go
(NIS) and production, utilization of inputs, retail Survey and Crop Cutting v.kh
Statistical and wholesale price, livestock, rubber Survey
plantation and production, weather,
Coordinati 3. Cost of Production
forestry and forestry products, and
on fisheries Survey
Committee
China National National Agr Survey and Statistics No Agricultural 1. Rural Survey Department of 1. Agricultural Census www.stats.gov
Bureau of Bureau of Statistics Law of the Census, 2006 National Bureau of Statistics : 2. Rural Household Sample .cn
Statistics Statistics and People’s Agricultural surveys and Survey www.agri.gov.
(NBS) Ministry of Republic of agricultural census, rural 3. Sown Area and cn
development and farmers’
Agriculture China income
Agricultural Production www.ngx.net.
(PRC), Sample Survey cn
Revised 4. Livestock Survey
2009 5. Socio-economic Survey
in Rural Areas
6. Survey on Farm
Forestry, Animal
Husbandry and Fishery
Production
7. Survey on Agricultural
Value
8. Countries (cities) Survey
9. One-time Surveys
*Fiji Bureau of Ministry of Agriculture, Statistics Statistical National MOA: Crop production, number of 1. National Agricultural www.statsfiji.
livestock and slaughtered animal
Statistics Agriculture Social, Economics Act, CAP 71 Advisory Agriculture Census 1991 gov.fj
surveys
(FIBOS) (MOA) Statistics Committee Census, 1991 2. National Agriculture
(ministries Survey 1999
and private
sector)
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
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Statistics
India Central Directorate of Economic and Collection National Agricultural 1. Department of Animal Husbandry, 1. Agricultural Census www.dacnet.n
dairy and fisheries:
Statistical Economics and Agricultural of Statistics Statistical Census 2. Livestock Census ic.in
Livestock population and products
Organizatio Statistics Statistics Act 2008 for Commissio 2005-06 2. National Sample Survey 3. Marine Fisheries Census www.agruciio.
n (CSO) (DES), Union all kinds of n (NSC) (every 5 Organization (NSSO) : Food 4. Input Survey nic.in
Ministry of statistics years) consumption both rural and urban at 5. Land Use Survey www.mospi.ni
national and sub-national level
Agriculture from 6. General Crop Estimation c.in
3. Directorate General of Commercial
Industries, Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) Survey www.dadf.gov
and : Data on quantity and value of export 7. Integrated Sample .in
households and import Survey of Major Livestock www.dgciskol
4. Ministry of Rural Development:
Products .gov.in
Rural/urban population, employment,
unemployment, literacy and www.nird.org.
migration, wages and debt, in
consumption and poverty www.censusin
5. Office of the Registrar General of
dia.net
India : Human population by age, sex,
rural, urban location, demographic
characteristics, work force
6. Ministry of Environment and
Forests : Forestry and environment
statistics
7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) :
National income, output and prices,
financial market, trade, social-
economic indicators
Indonesia Badan Pusat BPS - Statistics Agricultural Law No. 16 No Agricultural 1. Ministry of Agriculture (MOA): 1. Agricultural Census www.bps.go.id
Statistik (BPS – Indonesia (1997), Census 2003 Agricultural data and 2003 (ST2003). www.deptan.go.id
Census and
Statistics and preparing information. 2. Population Census 2000. www.dkp.go.id
Indonesia) 1. Directorate of Surveys Government 2013 3. Food crops survey: SP- www.dephut.go.id
Food Crops, Regulation No. Agriculture 2. Ministry of Marine Affair and Padi, SP-Palawija, SP
Horticulture, and 51 (1999), and Census. Fishery (MMF): Fishery Lahan, SP-Benih
Plantation Estate Statistics. 4. Horticulture survey:
Statistics. Presidential SPH-SBS, SPH-BST,
decree No. 3 3. Ministry of Forestry: Centre for SPH-TBF, SPH-TH, SPH-BN
2. Directorate of (2002) Forestry Planning and Statistics. 5. Agricultural Machinaries
Livestock, reports: SP-Alsin
Fishery, and 6. Estate Crops Statistics
Forestry Survey
Statistics (LFFS) 7. Forestry Survey
8. Livestock Survey
9. National Socio-
Economic Survey
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
Iran The The Statistical Census and Iran National General 1. Bureau of Statistics and 1. General Agricultural www.sci.org.ir
Information Technology (BSIT),
Statistical Centre of Iran Agricultural Statistical High Agricultural Census 1993 www.maj.ir
Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture :
Centre of (SCI) Statistics Centre Act Council of Census 2003 Agricultural statistics 2. General Agricultural
Iran (SCI) Statistics Census 2003
3. Census of Poultry
Breeder Line Companies
1999
4. Census of Poultry
Breeder Farming 1999
5. Wheat and barley
Survey(1988-2009)
6. Survey of Rice Output in
Rice Producing Provinces
7. Survey of other
Agricultural Products
8. Survey of Agricultural
Products 2000-2005
9. Survey of Flowers and
Decorative Plants
Production holdings 1997
10. Sample Survey of
broiler Poultry Farms in
Iran 1999
11. Surveying of Chicken
Incubation facilities 2000
12. Surveying Industrial
Cattle Farm 2000
13. Survey of Livestock
Slaughtered in
Slaughterhouses 1999
14. Surveying of Edible
Mushroom Cultivation
Companies 2001
15.Agricultural crops
production cost
survey(1988-2009)
16. Horticultural crops
survey(2006-2008)
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
Ministry of Statistics of http://www.m
Ministry of
Agriculture, Agriculture, The Statistics Statistics About 30 surveys such as aff.go.jp/j/toke
Japan Internal
Forestry and Forestry and Act Council
2010
Census i/index.html
Affairs
Fisheries Fisheries
Lao PDR Department Centre of Agriculture, Decree Ministry of Lao MAF and DOS 1. Lao Agricultural Census www.nsc.gov.
of Statistics Statistics and Forestry, 140/PM Planning Agricultural 1998//99 la
(DOS), Information Livestock (Article 5.1) and Census 2. Crop Survey 1994-95 www.maf.gov.
Ministry of (CSI) under Statistics Investment 1998/99 3. Livestock Survey 1995 la
Planning Department of (MPI) 4. Rice Assessment Survey,
and Planning, 2008
Investment Ministry of Ministry of
Agriculture and Agricultur
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Malaysia Department 1. Department Agriculture and 1. Statistics Main User Agricultural 1. Agricultural Census www.statistics
of Statistics, of Statistics, other statistical Act 1965 Committee Census of 2. Economic Census on .gov.my
Malaysia Malaysia information (Revised And Malaysia crops, livestock, fisheries
(DOSM) (DOSM) 1989) – for Statistics 2005 and logging (once in 5
DOSM only Steering years)
2. Census Committee 3. Annual Census on
Act 1960 – agriculture establishments
applicable for crops, livestock, and
for all fisheries (every two years)
4. Monthly Census on
rubber estates, rubber
processors and rubber
consumers
5. Annual Census on rubber
estates (every two years)
Malaysia 2. Ministry of Agricultural - - 1. Paddy Production www.moa.gov
(continued) Agriculture & Census and Survey, 2009 .my
Agro-Based Surveys, Agro- 2. Livestock Survey, 2009
Industry Food 3. Crop Productionsurvey
(MOA) 4. Fisheries Survey
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
Malaysia 3. Malaysian Census and - 1. Cocoa 1. Department of Statistics, 1. Cocoa Estate Census www.koko.go
(continued) Cocoa Board Survey on Cocoa Estate Malaysia (statistics of Labour, 2. Cocoa Smallholder v.my
(MCB), Estate and Census 2009 export & import of cocoa Census/survey
Ministry of Smallholder 2. Cocoa beans and cocoa products in
Plantation Smallholders Malaysia)
Industries & Census 2007 2. Department of Agriculture
Commodities Malaysia (agricultural
(MOPIC) statistics)
Malaysia 4. Malaysian Palm Oil Census - Census on Monthly return form on area, 1. Labour Force Survey www.mpob.go
(continued) Palm Oil Board and Surveys, Labour production of FB, FFB yield, v.my
(MPOB), Collecting Data Force in Oil oil yield and labour
Ministry of on Palm Oil Palm
Plantation Plantation
Industries & 2006
Commodities
(MOPIC)
Malaysia 5. Malaysian - International Rubber Study www.lgm.gov.
(continued) Rubber Board Group (IRSG), Association of my
(MRB), Natural Rubber Producing
Ministry of Countries (ANRPC), Local
Plantation Material Content (LMC)
Industries &
Commodities
(MOPIC)
Malaysia 7. Malaysian Collecting data on - Pepper Statistics on Commodity by Annual pepper production www.mpb.gov
(continued) Pepper Pepper Farmers Department of Statistics, survey .my
Board Census 2009 M'sia
(MPB),
Ministry of
Plantation
Industries &
Commoditie
s (MOPIC)
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
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Statistics
Myanmar Central Ministry of Agriculture- Central Nil Agricultural 1. Livestock Breeding and 1. Agricultural Census www.csostat.g
Statistical Agriculture and related statistic Statistical Census 2003 Veterinary department 2003 ov.mm
Organizatio Irrigation information Authority Now (LBVD) : 2. Aquaculture Census
n (CSO) (MOAI) Act of Initiating Livestock production statistics 3. Population Census www.moai.go
-The Settlement Myanmar, 2020 2. Fishery Department and 4. Crop, Crop Area, Crop v.mm
and Land Act No.32 of Agricultural Forest Department : Fishery Yield, Crop Forecast
Records 1952 Census and Forestry Statistics Survey
Department 3. Ministry of National 5. Cost Survey
(SLRD), Planning and Economic 6. Production of Selected
-Myanma Development : Crop Survey
Agriculture Measurement of economic 7. Livestock Survey
Service growth including agriculture 8. Fishery Survey
(MAS) sector 9. Forestry Survey
-Myanma 4. National Nutrition Centre 10. Land use Survey
Industrial Crops under, Ministry of Health : 11. Structure Survey
Development Nutrition statistics obtained 12. Household Income and
Enterprise from the fields surveys Expenditure Survey
5. Department of labour,
under Ministry of Labour :
agricultural labour force
*Nepal Central Ministry of Crops and Statistics National National 1. Department of Forest Research and 1. National Sample Census www.cbs.gov.
Survey : Forestry statistics and
Bureau of Agriculture and production, Act, 2015 Statistical Sample of Agriculture (NSCA) np
information
Statistics Cooperative livestock, Council Census of 2. Nepal Rastra Bank (Central Bank) : 2001/02 www.moac.go
(CBS) (MOAC) fisheries, and (NSC) Agriculture Price, trade, and balance of payment 2. Population Census (PC) v.np
other agricultural (NSCA) of economy 2001 www.dfrs.gov.
3. Department of Customs : Import,
statistics 2001/02 3. Crop and Livestock np
export, and trade statistics
Survey (CLS) 1999/00 www.nrb.org.
4. Nepal Living Standard np
Survey (NLSS) 2003/04 www.customs.
5. Nepal Labour Force gov.np
Survey (NLFS) 1998/99
*Pakistan The SD and Agriculture General No Agriculture SD, MIINFAL (subdivided in Federal 1. Agriculture and www.minfal.g
Bureau of Statistics (FBS),
Statistics Ministry of statistical Statistics Act and Livestock Census 2000 ov.pk
Agriculture Census Organization
Division Food, information 1975, Livestock (ACO) and Population Census www.statpak.g
(SD), Agriculture and Agricultural Census 2000 Organization (PCO) ov.pk
Ministry of Livestock Census Act
Finance and (MINFAL) 1958
Economic Economic Wing
Affairs
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
Agricultural Body
Statistics
Philippines National Bureau of Agricultural Executive National Census of 1. National Statistical 1. Census of Agriculture www.bas.gov.
Statistics Agricultural statistics, Order Statistical Agriculture Coordination Board: National (CA) 2002 ph
Office Statistics censuses, and Number 116 Coordinati (CA) 2002 Accounts, Poverty Incidence 2. Census of Fisheries www.census.g
(NSO) (BAS), surveys (EO 116), on Board 2. Bureau of Labor and (CAF) 2002 ov.ph
Department of 1987 (NSCB) Employment Statistics 3. Palay (Rough Rice) and www.nscb.gov
Agriculture (BLES) : Labor and Corn (Maize) Production .ph
(DA) employment statistics Survey (PCPS) www.srtc.gov.
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agencies e.g. Sugar Households Stocks Survey www.bles.dole
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Authority, National Tobacco Crops
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Development Authority, Production Surveys
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Administration, National Municipal Fishery Surveys
Food Authority, Philippine 8. Aquaculture Production
Ports Authority. Surveys
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Republic of Statistics Statistics Korea Statistics Korea Stats Law of Statistical 2005 http://www.kosis.kr/ Crop Production Survey, www.kostat.g
Korea Korea Republic of committee Farm Household Economy o.kr
Korea of Survey,
Republic Agricultural Production Cost
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of Census Census and information ordinance Committee Agriculture 2002 .gov.ik
and Statistics (DCS) including 1956, The s 2002 2. Census of Population and www.agridept.
Statistics agriculture Statistics Housing, 2001 gov.lk
(DCS) Ordinance 3. Bi-Annual Crop Cutting
Survey on Paddy
4. Rapid Appraisal Surveys
5. Subsidiary Food Crops
and Other Highland Crop
Statistics
6. Cost of Production of
Major Plantation Crops
(COP)
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for Responsibilities Advisory Census Surveys
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Statistics
Thailand National Center for Agricultural 1. Statistical - Agricultural 1. Department of Agricultural 1. Agricultural Census, www.nso.go.t
Extension (DOAE) : Area and
Statistical Agricultural census and Act of B.E. Census 2003 2003 h
production of crops
Office Information statistic data 2550 (2007) 2. Department of Livestock 2. Marine Fishery Census, www.oae.go.t
(NSO) (CAI), Office of 2.Agricultura Development (DLD) : Livestock 1995 h
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6. Area Frame Survey www.thaicoop
Retail and wholesale prices
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import/export quantity and value 8. Infrastructure Survey www.dit.go.th
7. Ministry of Public Health : Food 9. Crop Cutting (sample
consumption
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15th of the month); Damages 3. Planted Survey
to agriculture (by storm, 4. Yield and Production
epidemic diseases, pestilent Survey
insect,…); some forestry 5.Livestock Survey
statistics; investment for 6. Fishery Survey
agriculture; 7. Forestry Survey
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other information for daily 9. Household Income and
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OTHER:
Independence of the statistical system
Member countries with centralized statistical system include Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Member countries with decentralized statistical system with a strong coordination mechanism include Cambodia, Fiji, India, Japan, Lao PDR, Nepal, New
Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Thailand.
Member countries with loose or weak coordination mechanism include Bhutan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and the USA.
Other variation of decentralized system include countries where NSO conducts agriculture census but MoA conducts current agriculture surveys, such as
Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Thailand.
Census of Agriculture
Fifteen countries in the region (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Maldives, Bhutan, DPR Korea, Mongolia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, FS Micronesia,
Nauru, PNG, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu) have not undertaken any agricultural census.
*Responses
Note that some countries did not provide an update to this information. Information included for these countries is that previously provided. These countries
are marked with an * and are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Note that Timor Leste is not yet a member of the Commission.