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Lesotho

Lesotho is ranked #69 for this dataset

What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). Aggregate data (e.g. GDP for whole country at a quarterly level, or population at an annual level) is also considered acceptable in this data category. In general, answers of 'yes' in this category refers to entries with a reasonable amount of both economic and demographic information available.

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as National Data Catalogue published by Bureau of Statistics)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? No

Details

There are open files and licenced files.

Licensed files: This approach involves a signed agreement between the National Data Archive and external trusted users, to permit them to access semi-anonymized data files. Licensing agreements are only entered into with bona fideusers when there is an appropriate sponsoring institution or referee. Users must be able to:

Demonstrate a need to access the data in order to fulfill a stated statistical or research purpose; and Comply with the conditions set forth in a formal Microdata Access Agreement. Those interested in accessing the data under license should fill our Licensed Dataset Request Form. Requests are evaluated by a our Microdata Release Panel. When the decision is made to grant access to the data, users will receive them through secure ftp server.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Christian Villum

Submitters

  • Ciarán Staunton