this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message national statistical office of malawi nso type government industry government department founded 1965 headquarters zomba malawi products statistical reports slogan statistics at finger tips of users website www.nsomalawi.mw the national statistical office of malawi nso is the main government department responsible for the collection and dissemination of official statistics in malawi . it has headquarters in zomba and 300 employees and operates under the 2013 statistics act . the nso also has regional offices in the major urban centres of lilongwe mzuzu and blantyre . contents 1 headquarters and administration 2 economics 3 demography 4 agriculture 5 publications 6 references headquarters and administration edit situated off chimbiya road zomba the nso headquarters contains the offices of the commissioner of statistics and deputy commissioner of statistics together with the general administration accounts and human resources departments . the administration section also deals with first enquiries for statistical data from the general public and with product sales . economics edit the economics division and technical services division . the economics division produces statistics on foreign trade national accounts balance of payments business activity employment consumer prices including inflation industrial production poverty and tourism . major surveys include the annual economic survey the 5 yearly integrated household survey and small and medium scale business surveys . the information technology department is also situated at this campus . demography edit demography and social statistics division the demography division is responsible for the population census which takes place every ten years and a number of other demographic and social surveys such as the demographic and health survey dhs . agriculture edit the agriculture division conducts agricultural surveys like the national census of agriculture and livestock . another survey conducted by the division is the welfare monitoring surveys wms . publications edit the following are some of the publications reports produced by the national statistical office of malawi population and housing census integrated household survey demographic and household survey annual economic survey welfare and monitoring survey references edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national statistical office of malawi & oldid 702553767 categories demographics of malawigovernment of malawinational statistical serviceshidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2014all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 january 2016 at 07 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view