Our achievements

Major achievements in recent years (3 years):

It is the responsibility of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to provide reliable and up-to-date information for the formulation of development plans and administrative activities of the country. Planners, public-private research institutes engaged in the formulation of national and local plans, BBS has been responsible for regularly collecting, compiling and publishing various information for the use of international organizations and the public. Recently, the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and the Statistics Act 2013 have been formulated. As a result, the scope of work of BBS has expanded. In view of this, the organizational structure of BBS has been redefined under Section 7 of the Statistics Act 2013. Under section 7, surveys have been completed in various census and socio-economic and demographic fields. The fifth census and household census of the country was held on 15-19 March 2011. The data collection of the third economic census was completed in March-May 2013 in Bangladesh. The BusinessRegister has undertaken activities under the Economic Census 2013 project. It will be used as the main framework for the formulation of economic statistics of the country. The business register will contain information on the name, address, legal structure, type of functions, number of manpower employed, annual average production, total assets, etc. of each organization. The Economic Census 2013 conducted the 'Expatriate Income Investment Survey 2017' under the project. Besides, the field level work of NHD (Khana Data Basera Census / 2018 including field level work, Fisheries and Livestock sector has been completed. The final report of the slum census and floating census 2014 program has been published. ‌ The volume and production of 126 crops have been estimated on a regular basis on an annual basis. Land and irrigation statistics have been prepared. Under the Monitoring the Situation of Vital Statistics of Bangladesh (MSVSB) project, Vital Statistics of Bangladesh is regularly published on the basis of data collected through 11 types of schedules from 2,012 selected areas across the country.