Publications of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Statistics and Informatics

Division, Ministry of Planning

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Multiple Indicator Irregular The report provides detailed

Cluster Survey
information and analysis on the
2012-13
situation of children and women
(jointly by BBS &
of Bangladesh in relation to
UNICEF)
indicators on health, nutrition,
water & sanitation, education,
March 2015
protection, HIV and access to
information and communication
technology (ICT).

02.

3.

The report provides data

Report on
Ad hoc regarding production cost of
The Productivity Survey Chili crop at different stages,
Survey of Chili
area of cultivation, leasing
Crop 2014
value of the land, land
preparation, uses of seeds/
May 2015
seedlings, weeding, insectcides, fertilizers, harvesting,
and volume of production.

Report on
Sample Vital
Registration
System 2013
June 2015

Regular The survey report publishes

data on household & population
characteristics, demographic
status of the country especially,
fertility, mortality, expectation of
life, nuptiality, contraceptive
uses, internal migration and
disability for the year 2013.

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Report on
Sample Vital
Registration
System 2012

Regular The survey report publishes

data on household & population
characteristics, demographic
status of the country especially,
fertility, mortality, expectation of
December 2014
life, nuptiality, contraceptive
uses, internal migration and
disability for the year 2012.

05.
Yearbook of
Agricultural
Statistics 2012
August 2014

06.

Regular The Yearbook of Agricultural

Statistics provides wide range
of information on agriculture of
the country. The report supplies
annual estimates of area &
production of 124 crops
including 6 major crops in
details.

Report of the Irregular The report is a compilation of

Case Studies on
six case studies on (i) money
Selected
exchange service, (ii) rickshaw
Economic
& rickshaw van, (iii) easy-bike
Activities
& 3-wheeler, (iv) fisheries, (v)
irrigation services and (vi)
June 2014
cooperative society to estimate
& update various coefficients,
rates and ratios for the
estimation of GDP.

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No
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Bangladesh
National
Accounts
Statistics:
Sources and
Methods

(Revised estimates
from 1995-96 to 201314 with base 2005-06)

Background

Irregular The report reveals the

consistent accounting methods
for measuring the economic
activities, which reflects the
overall
performances
of
macroeconomic scenario of the
country with changing the base
year from 1995 -96 to 2005-06.

August 2014
08.

Report on
The productivity
Survey of
Pumpkin Crop
2014
May 2014

09.

Report on
Survey on the
Use of
Remittance
(SUR) 2013
June 2014

Ad hoc The report provides data

Survey regarding cost of pumpkin
production at different stages,
area of cultivation, leasing
value, land preparation, seeds
/seedlings, weeding, insectcides, fertilizers, harvesting and
volume of production. The
survey is carried out to access
the market status, profitability
and the volume of production
as it has plenty of demand to
the people in the country.
Irregular The report highlights on the
issue of remittance usages in
various dimensions. It has
focused on global perspective
of remittance, socio-economic
conditions of the remittancereceiving households, various
characteristics of migrant
workers, remittance income in
different forms, expenditure,
savings & investment pattern of
remittance and so on.

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Report on
Irregular The report provides data
The Productivity
regarding production cost of
Survey of
pineapple crop at different
Pineapple Crop
stages, area of cultivation,
2013
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
August 2014
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting and volume of
production.

11.

Report on
Irregular The report provides data
The Productivity
regarding cost of cauliflower
Survey of
production at different phases,
Cauliflower Crop
area of cultivation, leasing
2014
value, land preparation, uses of
seeds/ seedlings, weeding,
May 2014
uses of insecticides, fertilizers,
harvesting and volume of
production. The survey is
conducted to access the
market status, profitability and
the volume of production in
acreage.

12.
Report on
Irregular The report provides data
The Productivity
wspecially on production cost
Survey of
of turmeric at different phases,
Cauliflower Crop
area of cultivation, leasing
2014
value, the land preparation,
seeds/seedlings,
weeding,
August 2014
uses of insecticides, fertilizers,
harvesting and volume of
production It has high demand
to the people in the country as
spices.

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Report on Survey Irregular The survey report is conducted

of Self Employed
to reduce existing data gaps,
Professionals
which is identified as continuing
2011-12
barriers for estimating Gross
Value Added (GVA) of the
September 2013
community, social and personal
service sector in an official
manner.

14.

The report contains key

Preliminary
Irregular information on number of
Report on
establishments, their types,
Economic
activities and classified as
Census 2013
major industries, ISIC-BSIC
category, division and group
November 2013
level.

15.
Statistical
Regular The SYB is the most important
Yearbook
public
document,
which
Bangladesh 2013
provides
basic
statistical
information of Bangladesh
December 2013
covering wide range of data on
land, population, economy,
society, culture and so on
covering
fifteen
different
chapters on various aspects.

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No
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Statistical
Pocketbook
20103
April 2014

17.

Regular The Statistical Pocketbook of

Bangladesh is one of the core
publications of Bangladesh
Bureau of Statistics (BBS). It
provides an overview of the
most recent and pertinent
annual data compiled on
various socio-economic and
environmental situation of the
country collected from different
sources
covering
fifteen
different chapters with data on
various sectors.

Report on
Ad hoc
The Productivity Survey
Survey of
Banana Crop
2013
August 2014

Background

The report provides data

regarding production cost of
Banana crop at different
stages, area cultivation, leasing
value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting and volume of
production.

18.
Report on Real Irregular Real estate business is playing
Estate Activities
an important role in the
Survey 2011-12
economy. The survey report
provides
number
of
September 2014
establishments, employment,
wages & salaries, expenditures, income, fixed assets of
the real estate sector and
changes in the inventory of RE
and intermediate consumption
patterns.

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No
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Child and Mother Irregular The report presents the

Nutrition Survey
nutritional status of children
of Bangladesh
and mothers by age sex, area
2012
of residence and socioeconomic status. It also
December 2013
provides
information
on
underlying determinants of
malnutrition including household food security, caring and
breast
feeding
practices,
health, environment, maternal
and child health care services.
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21.

Gender Statistics Irregular The report reveals the

of Bangladesh
disaggregated data on gender
2012
statistics, especially on population, fertility and contraJune 2013
ceptive use, health & nutrition,
morbidity and health services,
disability, economic participation and gender, education,
expenditure & poverty, women
expenditure & poverty, empowerment,
violence
against
women, etc.
Child Equity
Atlas:
(Pockets of
Social
Deprivation in
Bangladesh)
(jointly by BBS &
UNICEF)

July 2013

Ad hoc
Survey

The major focus of this report is

an analysis on children aged up
to18 years and women aged
15-49 years to show the
patterns of social development
outcomes across the areas and
population groups, with light on
a composite deprivation index
to measure progress and
produce maps with geographical location. The maps will
provide a uniquely powerful
visualisation of the issues.

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Health and
Regular This report covers a wide
Morbidity Status
spectrum of maternal health,
Survey 2012
morbidity pattern and health
seeking behaviour at different
December 2013
ages, coverage of vaccination,
injury/accident and some
effective policy measures on
health and morbidity.

23.

Tourism Satellite Ad hoc

Accounts (TSA) Survey
of Bangladesh
2011-12 (Pilot)
June 2014

24.

Report on Cost of Ad hoc

Production
Survey
Survey 2012
(Papaya, Brinjal,
Tomato & Watermelon)

December 2010

The report provides elaborate

information on the types of
tourism and its consumption,
direct & indirect contribution of
tourism to GDP and tourism
employment in Bangladesh. It
presents the compilation of
TSA tables by products and
market prices, production
account of tourism industries &
employment and so on.
The report provides data
regarding production cost of
Papaya, Brinjal and Watermelon crops at different stages,
area of cultivation, leasing
value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting and volume of
production.

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Time Use Pilot
Survey 2012

Ad hoc
Survey

December 2013

26.

Background
The TUS report presents the
household base information of
economic status, average time
use of family members by
gender,
recreation
and
accessories, ICT facilities
available in the households and
so on.

SAARC
Each The SAARC SYB is a report of
Statistical
alternative data compilation of 8 SAARC
Yearbook 2012
year member countries. It covers
(BBS was assigned to
area & population, agriculture,
prepared the report as
industry, socio-economic and
the SAARCSTAT
document)
macroeconomic
indicators,
trade, cooperative society,
April 2014
housing, health and education
status of this region.

27.
Report on
Ad hoc
Violence Against Survey
Women (VAW)
Survey 2011
December 2013

The VAW report provides

information on household &
population
characteristics,
results of violence against
women by partners, nonpartners, perception of women
about
violence
and
recommendations.

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No
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Report on
Wholesale &
Retail Trade
Survey
2009-10
December 2010

29.

Background

The report presents wholesale

Irregular and retail trade prices of
commodities,
employment
status, capital investment, size
of trades and business and so
on.

Survey of
Irregular The report presents the list of
Manufacturing
manufactories industries, size
Industries 2012
of employments, investment,
(SMI 2012)
inputs & output, gross value
and so on.
December 2010

30.
Report on
Irregular The report represents the
Retired
survey findings of retired
Government
government
employees,
Employees
surrendering pension, amount
Socio-economic
of net pension, engagement of
Status Surveypensioners in income gener2010
ating activities by residence,
class and sex. Types of
December 2010
activities performed by them,
living arrangement, use of
leisure time by sex & by class,
association
with
socioeconomic and cultural organisations by types are focused..

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No
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National
Regular National Accounts Statistics is
Accounts Statistic
a regular annual publication. It
2012-13
is the 17th issue of its series.
(Provisional Estimates
The
publication
mainly
of GDP 2013-14 & Final
highlights on sector-wise
Estimates of GDP 201213)
economic performances of the
country through presenting a
June 2014
number of lead macroeconomic indicators. It provides
the provisional estimates of
GDP and other national
aggregates for FY2014.
National
Accounts Statistic
National Accounts Statistics is
2011-12
Regular a regular annual publication. It
(Provisional Estimates
is the 17th issue of its series.
of GDP 2012-13 & Final
The
publication
mainly
Estimates of GDP 201112
highlights on sector-wise
economic performances of the
country through presenting a
number of lead macroeconomic indicators. It provides
the provisional estimates of
GDP and other national
aggregates for FY2013.
Report on Labour Irregular The Labour Force Survey at an
Force Survey
interval of 4-5 year is a core2010
activity of Bangladesh Bureau
of Statistics. The survey of
August 2011
2010 recorded labour force
participation of all persons
aged 15 years and above
covering the whole geographic
area of the country. The
participation
has
been
classified into four categories
namely, employed, unemployed, underemployed and not in
the labour force.

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No
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The Survey on Ad hoc
Volunteerism in Survey
Bangladesh 2010
August 2011

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36.

Background
The survey has covered many
areas connecting the state of
volunteerism in the country.
The survey has addressed the
(i) rural and urban volunteers,
their number and gender
classifications,
(ii)
age
distribution & education levels,
(iii) volunteers rates, (iv) formal
and informal volunteering
activities by organisations, and
(v) annual volunteering hours
and their money valuation.

Regular The latest 2008 agriculture

census completed during the
Census on
period 11-25 May 2008. The
Agriculture 2008
report has provided information
(Analytical
on number of agricultural
Report)
holdings, ownership by type,
land use, cropping pattern,
December 2011
irrigation and other inputs,
equipment, livestock and
poultry,
fisheries,
crop
damages, rural credit etc.
Report of the
Household
Income &
Expenditure
Survey 2010

Regular The
Household
Income
Expenditure Survey 2010
(HIES) is a core survey for
socioeconomic indicators of the
country which provides in
details the household income,
December 2011
expenditure, consumption and
poverty situation in the country.
The data of this survey is
considered as the main source
in Bangladesh for estimation of
poverty and its correlates.

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No
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Pilot Survey on Ad hoc
Working Children Survey
in Dry Fish
Industry in
Bangladesh 2010
December 2011

38.

Bangladesh
Central Product
Classification
April 2012

39.

National
Accounts
Statistics
(Provisional Estimates
of GDP, 2011-12 and
Final estimates of
GDP, 2010-11)

May 2012

Background
BBS has conducted the survey
in 2010 in five selected coastal
districts. The aim of this survey
was to investigate the forced
labour of children and its
measurement on the basis of
some indicators such as unfair
recruitment, work imposed
freedom of work, dependency,
coercion/penalty etc. in line
with ILO Conventions C 29 and
C 105.

Bangladesh Central Product

Ad hoc Classification constitutes a
Survey complete product classification
covering goods and services to
provide a general framework
for international comparison of
data from various types of
statistics. BBS has developed
product classifi-cation guide
entitled Bangladesh Central
Product Classification (BCPC)
2011 following the Central
Product Classification (CPC)
version 2 of the UN Statistical
Office.
National Accounts Statistics is
Regular a regular annual publication of
BBS since 1977. This one is
the 15th issue of its series. The
publication mainly highlights on
sectorwise economic performance of the country through
presenting a number of lead
macro-economic indicators. It
provides
the
provisional
estimates of gross domestic
product and other national
aggregates for FY2012.

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National
Accounts
Statistics
(Provisional Estimates
of GDP, 2011-12 and
Final estimates of
GDP, 2012-13)

June 2013

41.

Yearbook of
Agricultural
Statistics of
Bangladesh
2011
June 2012

42.

Background

National Accounts Statistics is

Regular a regular annual publication of
BBS since 1977. This one is
the 16th issue of its series. The
publication mainly highlights on
sectorwise economic performance of the country through
presenting a number of lead
macro-economic indicators. It
provides
the
provisional
estimates of gross domestic
product and other national
aggregates for FY2012.
Regular The Yearbook of Agriculture
Statistics
is
a
regular
publication of Bangladesh
Bureau of Statistics. The report
is
published
annually
exclusively with the data of
broad agriculture sector (crop,
livestock & Fisheries, farm and
forestry). It includes agricultural
production data published by
BBS and data from secondary
sources.

Statistical
Regular The Statistical Yearbook of
Yearbook of
Bangladesh 2011 is the 31 st
Bangladesh-2011
issue of this annual publication
series of BBS. This publication
September 2012
includes general features and
environment, area, population
and household, labour and
manpower,
agriculture,
industry, energy, transport and
communication, foreign trade,
banking and insurance, price
and wages, national income,
education, health & family
planning, consumption & so on.

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Bangladesh
Standard
Bangladesh Irregular Classification of Occupation
Standard
2012 provides a basis for
Classification of
recompiling basic statistics
Occupationsfrom their original classifi2012
cations into a standard
classification for analytical use.
December 2012
It is developed to enhance
harmonization among various
fields of economic and related
statistics and to strengthen the
role of national accounts.
BBS has been publishing the
Key Foreign
Regular Foreign Trade Statistics since
Trade Statistics
1973-74 regularly in order to
of Bangladesh
ensure due coverage of foreign
2010-11(Volume
trade data. This publication
-II)
provides Key Foreign Trade
Statistics which gives an
January 2013
overview of the foreign trade of
Bangladesh at a glance and
Key Statistical Tables depict
detailed foreign trade statistics
on export and import for the
fiscal year 2010-11.
Report on the Irregular The Report on Survey of
Survey of
Selected Business Services
Selected
2012 is based on the sample
Business Service
survey conducted by BBS in
2012
2012 on four business service
sectors like security service,
January 2013
recruiting service, decorator
service and cleaning service.
The areas that covered under
the purview of the survey is the
first of its kind in Bangladesh.

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Monthly
Regular Bangladesh
Bureau
of
Statistical Bulletin
Statistics has been bringing out
2012
the Monthly Statistical Bulletin
over the last 32 years as a
December 2012
regular publication. The main
purpose of this publication is to
present the current socioeconomic structure of the
country covering almost all the
sectors.
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48.

The report provides a

Cottage Industry Ad hoc comprehensive statistics on the
Survey 2011
Survey characteristics of manufacturing industries particularly those
May 2013
industries having less than ten
person are engaged. It contains
important
characteristics
relating to capital formation,
employment pattern, input,
intermediate
consumption,
gross output, gross value
added etc.

Literacy
Assessment
Survey 2011
May 2013

Ad hoc The report on Literacy

Survey Assessment Survey 2011 is
based on the Literacy
Assessment Survey (LAS)
conducted by Bangladesh
Bureau of Statistics in 2011.
This is the second time survey
of its kind in Bangladesh. This
survey was conducted taking
the cognizance test from each
respondent.

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Statistical
Pocketbook
Bangladesh
2012
June 2012

50.

The Statistical Pocketbook of

Regular Bangladesh is one of the core
publications of BBS. It provides
an overview of the most recent
and pertinent annual data
compiled on various socioeconomic and environmental
situation of the country
collected from different sources
covering 15 different chapters
with data on various sectors. In
this handy book, has been
compiled & updated regularly.

Report on Pilot
Study on Cultural Ad hoc
& Recreational Survey
Activities 2010
March 2012

51.
Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Onion
December 2010

Background

Ad hoc
Survey

The report is intended to

provide comprehensive information on cultural and
recreational activities and its
contribution to the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) of the
country covering the number of
cultural
and
recreational
institutions, employment and
amount of compensation given
to the employees, artists. It also
includes expenditures & fixed
assets, gross output & value
added.
The report provides data
regarding production cost of
onion crop at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting, etc.

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Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Wheat

Ad hoc
Survey

December 2010

53.
Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Aus

Ad hoc
Survey

June 2012

Background
The report provides data
regarding production cost of
pulses crop at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting, etc.

The report provides data

regarding production cost of
Aus (rice) crop at different
stages, leasing value of the
land,
land
preparation,
seeds/seedlings,
weeding,
insecticides,
fertilizers,
harvesting, etc.

54.
Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Oil-seeds 2009

December 2010

Ad hoc
Survey

The report provides data

regarding production cost of Oil
seeds at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting, etc.

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Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Wheat

Ad hoc
Survey

The report provides data

regarding production cost of
maize crop at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting, etc.

Ad hoc
Survey

The report provides data

regarding production cost of
potato at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilizers, harvesting, etc.

November 2010

56.

Report on the
Cost of
Production of
Potato
December 2010

57.

Report on the
Cost of Wheat
2008-09
November 2010

Background

Ad hoc
Survey

The report provides data

regarding production cost of
wheat crop at different stages,
leasing value of the land, land
preparation, seeds/seedlings,
weeding, insecticides, fertilezers, harvesting, etc.