Statistics Korea Holds Population Census Statistical Cooperation Meeting at Saudi Arabia's Request

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Statistics Korea announced on the 21st that it held a meeting to strengthen statistical cooperation on population censuses at the request of Saudi Arabia.

Statistics Korea and the Saudi General Authority for Statistics held a virtual statistical cooperation meeting at 5 p.m. the previous day to discuss promotional strategies to increase the response rate for the population census and how to provide services to those with limited internet access. Saudi Arabia is preparing for its population census this year.

Statistics Korea explained to the Saudi side the successful non-face-to-face 2020 Population and Housing Census conducted last year under social distancing measures due to the spread of COVID-19. It achieved a response rate of 96.3% without spreading COVID-19. The introduction of mobile surveys and the development of a telephone reservation system had a significant impact.

The two agencies agreed to continue cooperating and establish a collaborative system going forward.

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