Bhutan | Agriculture Statistics 2021

Each year, Bhutan's National Statistics Bureau releases its Agriculture Statistics Reports. This notebook reads in data from the 2021 report.

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About the Agriculture Survey of Bhutan

The 2021 Agriculture Survey of Bhutan, conducted by the National Statistics Bureau (NSB), presents key statistics on the country's farming population, including crop area, yield, and production. It provides production data at the Dzongkhag level and serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, planners, and the international community. The survey was carried out between January 8 and April 20, 2022, with the assistance of university graduate students in low-risk Dzongkhags and Gewog agriculture extension officials in high-risk areas such as Samtse, Sarpang, and Samdrup Jongkhar. NSB collaborated with several government agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Dzongkhag, and Gewog Agriculture Extension Officials (GAEOs).

About Bhutan's National Statistics Bureau

Bhutan's National Statistics Bureau started as a statistical cell within the Ministry of Development in 1971 to support formulation of policies and plans. It was later expanded and upgraded as the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in 1979 under the Planning Commission. With major changes in the govaernance structure in 2003, the CSO was granted autonomy and it was re-named as the National Statistics Bureau (NSB). The NSB operates under an Executive Order issued in 2006. The executive order designates NSB as the central authority for the collection, compilation and release of any official data and its custodian thereof.

NSB provides key statistics on economics, environmental, population and social statistics. It also works to promote greater use of statistical information, contributing to informed decision making by the government agencies, businesses, households and individuals, while protecting the confidentiality of the sensitive information collected from respondents. NSB plays an important role in relation to statistical activities both at the national and international level as a provider of data and related services.