This edition shows the now available data for thirteen fields namely: Population, Vital Statistics and Gender; Health and Nutrition; Education; Environment; Agriculture; Energy and Water Production;Transportation and Communication; Travel and Tourism; Income, Expenditure and Wealth; Price Indexes; Banking, Finance, Insurance; Business Enterprise and Foreign Trade; and finally Law Enforcement, Courts and Prisons.

Timely and reliable statistics are considered essential for evidence-based policy and decision-making and for better support to policy implementation, monitoring progress and evaluation of outcomes and impacts of development initiatives such as the Vision 2020 Programme, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).