Officials from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will be returning to the households in February as part of the final phase of the Post-Enumeration Survey Reconciliation exercise.

Between 2018 and 2021, the death toll rose from 18939 to 24117.

The majority of these fatalities affected males, infants, and the elderly.

This is contained in the second series of mortality and causes of death reports launched by the Namibia Statistics Agency today.

There is a serious need to shorten time lags between the years of producing data.

This was highlighted in the second series of mortality and causes of death reports launched by the Namibia Statistics Agency today.

A lack of data is said to fuel policy blindness and affect national programmes.

The Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations, and Employment Creation and its partners are working together to find ways to simplify employment creation and effect broader change in the economy.

The Census enumeration officially closes today, while the Post-Enumeration Survey will start on Monday.

Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni shares more.

President Hage Geingob has appealed to citizens to cooperate with the Census enumerators and provide accurate data for national development purposes.

The Census exercise has not been a walk in the park, with enumerators being chased and/or harassed by the public.

News anchor Elago Shitaatala spoke to Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni about the progress made so far.

Although this is not Namibia's first population and housing census, there appears to be a general lack of understanding of the importance of this national exercise.

Not only that, but some say they have not tasted the fruits of the government's planning efforts.

In a critical development for the nation's data-gathering efforts, the National Statistics Agency (NSA) is facing formidable challenges as it undertakes a comprehensive population and housing census.

Vice President Nangolo Mbumba led by example today as he was enumerated for the 2023 Population and Housing Census.