Statistical Yearbook 2008 is a compendium of statistics on: climate,population, labour and employment, vital and health, agriculture, livestock and fishery, forestry, industry, mines and power, construction, costal trade, foreign trade, price and internal trade, companies and foreign investment, transport and communication , national accounts, monetary, public finance, education, crime, mass media, tourism, other social and household expenditures. The statistics are compiled mainly from administrative records of government agencies concerned and partly from the censuses or surveys conducted in the country. With this year book,the CSo fulfils its main function of providing economic and social statistics to decidion-makers, planners, administrators, investors, researchers, international agencies and the general public.