Abstract

The paper, after a short overview of the institutional framework of the National Statistical System and of the political and economic features of Mozambique, analyses the recent censuses of agriculture and of the enterprises which can represent an interesting case for Developing Countries with similar socio-economic characteristics. These censuses, allowing the territorial localisation of the collected data, can open important spaces for the evaluation of needs concerning social services and the allocation of related resources, planning of infrastructures, and solutions to productive localisation problems. Moreover, the collected data will constitute the benchmarks for sample surveys needed for gathering the country’s socio-economic transformations. Finally, the last paragraph is dedicated to the informal sector which has a high incidence on the value added of the country’s production.