Key Statistics of Thailand 2012

Preface One major mission, among others, of the National Statistical Office (NSO), is to provide statistical information services to all users. These statistical data could be used for policy planning and formulation, decision making and as references purposes. To implement this mission, NSO has published “The 2012 Key Statistics of Thailand”, to present major statistics regarding economic, social and environment. Those statistics were compiled from both censuses and surveys conducted by National Statistical Office as well as from other statistical units of the line ministries. Key Statistics of Thailand is published annually. The work plan and presentation format of the 2012 publication were revised to speed up the process. Nevertheless, some data of the previous publication are maintained in the 2012 publication as they are still presently relevant due to the new data are not published by the agencies concerned. The publication contains the latest sectoral statistics available, so as to facilitate the use of statistical tables and indicators in this publication, its contents have been divided into 23 sectors, namely, Demographic, Population and Housing Statistics, Labor Statistics, Education, Training, Religious and Culture Statistics Including Mass Communication Statistics, Health Statistics, Social Security Statistics, Gender Statistics, Statistics of Household Income and Expenditure and their Distribution, Other Social, Demographic and Related Statistics, National Accounts, Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Statistics, Industrial Statistics, Energy Statistics, Distributive and International Trade Statistics, Transport Statistics, Communication Statistics Including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Statistics, Tourism Statistics, Money, Finance, Insurance and Balance of Payment Statistics, Fiscal Statistics, Price Statistics, Statistics of Science, Technology and Patents, Other Economic Statistics, Natural Resources and Environment Statistics, Meteorology Statistics. All sources of data were identified in the footnotes to statistical tables to provide the users further details. The NSO would like to express its appreciation to all government agencies and state enterprises for supporting key information and data for the “2011 Key Statistics of Thailand”. It is hoped that this excellent collaboration can be continued so that the government offices, private sectors, educational institutions, and the general public will be able to make use of the data for their own purposes.