National Statistics Office completes data processing for six provinces

The National Statistics Office (NSO) has announced that it has finished processing data for business establishments across six provinces as part of the ongoing national economic census. According to reports from Onlinekhabar, Gorkhapatra, Nagarik News, and Ratopati, the provinces of Koshi, Madhesh, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim have completed the processing phase.

1. Bed Prasad Dhakal, director of the census branch, stated that work remains ongoing for Bagmati Province. The census, which took place between Wednesday, 15 April 2026, and Sunday, 21 June 2026, aimed to capture a comprehensive view of the nation's commercial landscape. A total of 1.366 million establishments were included in the scope of the census, covering diverse sectors such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, trade, private services, and financial institutions like banks and cooperatives.

Ensuring data quality

Currently, the NSO is focused on refining the quality of the collected information. Officials are working to identify and correct errors, remove duplicate entries, and resolve numerical inconsistencies within the records of approximately 1.1 million establishments.

1. Dhakal noted that the office is classifying these establishments into industrial, commercial, and service-oriented categories, applying both national and international coding standards. The process of entering data from physical and digital forms into a centralized database is nearing completion, with approximately 700,000 records already processed.

The NSO has confirmed that it has managed the necessary human resources to handle the data entry and processing tasks. Once the final report is compiled, the office expects the data to provide critical insights into the impact of investments on employment generation, industrial output, and the broader Nepali economy.