TNSO Nationales Büro für Statistik - Thailand

The statistical system in Thailand is regarded as the decentralized system; the National Statistical Office has played the major role in producing basic statistics, while the other government agencies can also produce statistics for their own purposes. Thus to respond the needs of users effectively and cost effective, the National Statistical Office has set up the first – ever Statistical Master Plan (2011 – 2015) for being a tool in administration and management statistical system of the country in order to produce standardized and harmonized statistics. The National Statistical Office also introduces StatXML and web service to link and exchange statistical information to be jointly used among government agencies.