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Welcome to dig new oil
“The future will always be on the right path, if it is based
on the correct path at present …
Without statistics we wouldn't know the “Yala” and “Maha”
“Information
is the root of
everything we
do”
Prof. Francis Omaswa, Former
Director General, Ministry of
Health, Uganda
DEPARTMENT OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS (DCS)
Data
Data
Data
INFORMATION
“ගඟට ඉනි කැපීම”
“An essential component of any development planning is data.
Without data, a country’s efforts to plan for future growth and
welfare of its people cannot be grounded in reality and
therefore may be severely flawed”
Hon. Prof, Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o Minister for Planning and National Development, Kenya
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INTRODUCING
Official WEB SITE
www.statistics.gov.lk
Department of Census and Statistics
(DCS, Sri Lanka)
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INFORMATION
Monthly/Weekly Bulletin
Advance Data Release Calendar
Tabulations
Statistical Abstract
Statistical Pocket book
Population | Poverty | Inflation | Prices | NCPI | PPI |GDP | Poverty Line | Cost of
Production | Agriculture | Services | Customs | Industries and more…
http://www.statistics.gov.lk/
Industries
Agriculture
Population
Inflation
Poverty
NCPI
Prices
GDP
We provide vast amount of information under various categories,
Lets turn to some of services
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT
Number of
statistical tables
wide range of
subject fields
statistical
information
on the Country
Home Page 
http://statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2015
PRESS RELEASES
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OR
Main Menu 
Advance Data Release Calendar (ADRC)
Keep on eye
for
upcoming
releases.
Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) releases selected
statistical information including certain census and survey
reports on pre announced dates are shown in the Advance Data
Release Calendar
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more…
Links to sister websites
Statistical Pocket Book
It contains summarized statistical information such as Population, Agriculture,
Industry, National Accounts etc. These information are very useful to the
administrators, students, tourists and the general public
Home Page 
http://statistics.gov.lk/Pocket Book/
NADA (National Data Archive)
http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/
NADA (National Data Archive)
National Microdata Archive of Sri Lanka is to
satisfy the data needs of the National and
International research community
Home Page 
http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/
NADA
Catalogs
National Accounts
Inflation & Prices
MDG Indicators
Income & Expenditure
Poverty
Agriculture
Population
Housing
Education
Labour Force
Industries
Trade and Services
Health
International Migration
LANKASIS
LANKASIS
LankaSIS is the centralized statistical information service created
and maintained by DCS which offers a wide range of official
statistics collected through censuses, surveys, special
enumeration activities by DCS headquarters and its branch
offices as well as statistical data extracted from various
administrative records.
Home Page 
http://sis.statistics.gov.lk/
DCS Library is open for you
http://library.statistics.gov.lk/
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How can we help you
Sound DATA
INFOMRATION
“Sound data represent
a key weapon in the
battle against poverty”
Tadao Chino, former President, Asian Development Bank
“Information gives you
the power to make the
right decisions”
Dr. Roberto Tapia Conyer, Vice-Minister of Health, Mexico
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YOUR SOURCE OF INFOMATION
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