National Statistics Office (NSO) says it has a deficit of K1.6 billion for payments of enumerators for the September population and housing census. Spokesperson for NSO Kingsley Manda said the organization is now looking up to the government for a bail out. He said donors pledged to pump in the money out of the K6.4 […]
National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday said they have finalised preparations for the 2018 Population and Housing Census. NSO’s Assistant Commissioner Lizzie Chikoti said equipment for the whole exercise has already been procured which include tablets. In this year’s census, enumerators will use these tablets to generate and record data instead of the traditional paper-based […]
Malawi has reduced extreme poverty levels by at least 4 percent between the years 2011 and 2017, a recent report by the National Statistics Office (NSO) has said. NSO released the latest Integrated Household Survey (IHS4) report Tuesday at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe. According to the new report, the most significant decline in ultra-poverty […]
The Zomba-based National Statistical Office (NSO) will release the 2018 Population and Housing Census (PHC) preliminary report by December three months after data collection while the final report would be ready by April, 2019, Commissioner for Statistics, Mercy Kanyuka has said. Kanyuka made the disclosure at Chilema Ecumenical Training Centre in Zomba, on Monday at […]
National Statistical Office (NSO) will hold the much awaited first ever 2018 Electronic National Population and Housing Census (PHC) in September estimated to cost K21 billion. Commissioner of Statistics, Mercy Kanyuka said the 2018 PHC will be different from previous exercises because enumerators will use tablets for data collecting to improve data processing. The census […]
Inflation statistical figures for the month of January have delayed, the National Statistical Office (NSO) has confirmed. NSO has since attributed the delay to the rebasing of its Consumer Price Index (CPI). “NSO releases inflation figures on the 15th of every month. This month, the delay is due to the rebasing exercise that we have […]
The country’s headline inflation continues to drop and it is now at 7.7 percent, the National Statistical Office (NSO) has confirmed. According to NSO, the headline inflation for November has gone one step down from October’s 8.3 percent compared to the headline inflation of 20.1 percent for the same period last year (October 2016). The […]
The National Statistical Office (NSO) says it is ready for the first ever 2018 Electronic National Population and Housing Census (PHC) pegged at K21 billion. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Statistics, Mercy Kanyuka, on Saturday in Zomba during this year’s African Statistics Day celebrations which held under the theme ‘Better Lives with better […]
The National Statistical Office will in September embark on pilot project for Population and Housing census in hard to reach areas ahead of the 2018 national census. Spokesperson for the National Statistics Office (NSO) Kingsley Manda said the office will need K14 billion for the 2018 census exercise. “Before the actual census, we will have […]
The National Statistical Office (NSO) says it is ready to conduct the country’s 2018 Population and Housing Census (PHC). The census is said to help Malawi come up with the nation’s current projected population and poverty indictors among other things. In an interview with the Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Monday, NSO Statistician and Public […]
Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) report fro 2015/16 has found out that 16 percent of women agree that a husband is justified in beating up a wife, according to National Statistical Office (NSO). The report was launched Wednesday at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe by Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Goodall Gondwe. […]
Transport problems at the Malawi Electoral Commission have forced its chairman, Justice Maxon Mbendera to come out in the opening appealing for support from well wishers to buy new vehicles. Mbendera made the appeal on Monday, February 29, 2016 in Blantyre when his organization received a donation of 24 motorcycles from the National Statistical Office. The MEC […]
Malawi’s National Statistical Office (NSO) said Monday that the country’s year-on-year headline inflation rate for the month of September increased by 1.1 percentage points to 24.1 percent from the previous month’s 23 percent. The country’s inflation rate is measured by the consumer price index. The NSO attributed the jump to an increase in food inflation, […]
Malawi year-on-year headline inflation rate continue to rise as the National Statistical Office (NSO) has said it has now reached 23 per cent in the month of August from 22.2 per cent in the previous month (July) representing a 0.8 per cent increase as measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI). Inflation is the rate of […]
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has said statistical data is vital for national development, adding that it helps in national budget planning as government knows what social services are needed for the people. Commissioner of Statistics, Mercy Kanyuka, said this on Saturday in Mzuzu during the celebration of Africa Statistics Day which falls on November 18. The […]
The National Statistics Office in Zomba has released data showing Malawi’s consumer inflation slowed slightly to 22.5 percent year-on-year in June from 22.6 percent in May. In the 2013/14 budget statement government expected that inflation would slow down to 14.2 percent by December 2013 and to seven percent by December 2014 arguing the economy was […]
Malawi’s consumer prices grew at their slowest year-on-year pace since October in May, with CPI slowing to 22.6 percent from 23.9 percent in April, the National Statistics Office (NSO) in Zomba has said. In the 2013/14 budget statement government expected that inflation would slow down to 14.2 percent by December 2013 and to seven percent […]
Malawi’s consumer inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed to 24.0 percent year-on-year in March, data from the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed on Monday. The inflation rate has slowed to 24.0 percent from 24.6 percent in February. In the 2013/14 budget statement government expected that inflation would slow down to 14.2 […]