The National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea is a national
institute
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In some countries, institutes ca ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, which is dedicated to collecting socio-economic data in the country. It collects data on
demographics
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,
population
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,
climatology
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, industry,
tourism
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,
education
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and
employment etc.
External links
www.nso.gov.pg- site ceased to function in January 2012 and re-designed and developed again in 2015 by its ICT Branch
Papua
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