A.R.E - Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018, Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018

Reference ID

DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ECOCEN-2018-V01

Year

2017

Country

A.R.E

Producer(s)

CAPMAS - CAPMAS

Sponsor(s)

CAPMAS - CAPMAS -

Collection(s)

Economic_Census

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Last modified

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Overview

Identification

Country

A.R.E

Title

Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018

Subtitle

Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018

Translated Title

Egyptian Economic Census 2017 / 2018

Study Type

Comprehensive and sample survey

Series Information

Census is conducted every five years

ID Number

DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ECOCEN-2018-V01

Version

Version Description

V5 :The release for publication and public use, Egyptian economic census.

Production Date

2020-03-01

Notes

Data was published at 2 digits economic activities and governorate level.

Overview

Abstract

Economic census data has great importance as it provides the opportunity to:

- Build national accounts and monitor GDP,whether at national or local level for each governorate.

- Carry out specialized studies for - different types of establishments (micro, very small, small and medium) whose data is available from economic census.

- A comprehensive counting for all economic units, within certain geographical limits during a specific period of time (fiscal / calendar year), in order to collect,classify,evaluate, analyse and publish basic data for all establishments (No. of workers, wages, production requirements, production, fixed assets, added value of employees, wages, production requirements, production, fixed assets, added value).

Comprehensive coverage of economic censuses is achieved through dealing with multiple sources:

- Collecting data regularly on a regular basis within current statistics system framework through fulfilment of different economic activity units of the required data forms.

- The administrative records that provide a framework for establishments in various activities

, in addition to providing the required information or some of it for the specified time periods,

- Using samples to collect detailed data on some specific characteristics of economic units that are not covered by previous sources, taking into account the sample efficiency in representing the economic units under study.

Kind of Data

Census data

Units of Analysis

Economic establishments in Public/Public business and Private sectors establishments

Scope

Notes

1.Provide a complete picture and detailed information on the structure ,various economic activities characteristics and their geographical distributions that can be used to measure economic growth.

2.Provide comprehensive and detailed information on inputs and outputs value of each economic activity separately at the regional and national levels.

3.Measure the extent to which each economic activity contributes to GDP, as well as measuring relative importance of each economic activity in relation to other economic activities in the national economy at both regional and national levels.

4.Provide data on small, medium and micro establishments (No. of establishments, No. of workers, wages … etc.) upon economic activities and Republic governorates level.

5.Provide data on Informal Private sector (No. of establishments, No. of workers, wages…etc.) upon economic activities and Republic governorates level.

6.Achieving complementarity in various economic activities data by providing data about small establishments that are not covered by current statistics and their data is regularly annually updated.

7.Identify employment structure in each economic activity and its various distributions according to professions groups.

8.Determine the presence or absence of unexploited energy and reasons for existence of unexploited energy in every economic activity.

9.Identify what each economic activity can provide with new job opportunities that help in reduction of unemployment rates.

10. Provide a modern framework for the representative establishments of all economic activities through the selected sample.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
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Administrative guide

Keywords

Economic Census, No. of economic establishments, No. of workers, Value of wages, Value of production, Value added

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Upon A.R.E governorates level

Universe

Take a sample of 471 thousand (operating temporarily and closed establishments), on the basis of three criteria:

1) Economic activity of the establishment,

2) No. of workers,

3) Governorate (geographical location).

The sample includes 10% of the temporarily closed establishments.

The design gives more weight to big establishments (10 workers or more) comparing with small facilities, as they are fully integrated into the sample, as is cleared from the data:

Establishments with (10 or more) workers that It is comprehensively counted within the sample 100%.

Establishments with (5-9) workers that 50% of number of these establishments is selected.

Establishments with (1-4) workers that 5% of number of these establishments is selected.

- All establishments engaged in rare activities that were defined as up to 30 establishments were withdrawn at economic activity level within each governorate.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
CAPMAS	CAPMAS

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
CAPMAS	Ministry of Planning and Economic Development

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
CAPMAS	CAPMAS

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Public/Public business sector establishments
Private sector establishments

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
CAPMAS	capmas	Ministry of Planning and Economic Development	Issuing and Publishing of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2018-07-01

DDI Document Version

Issue March 2020

DDI Document ID

DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ECOCEN-2018-V01